A protester carries a Trump flag during the Ventura protest to reopen the country on Friday, May 1, 2020 in Ventura, Calif.

Firefighter from the Orange County Fire Authority observes the behavior of the Woolsey Fire as it burns the hillside next to Westlake High School on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Santa Barbara High School student Eli Papadopoulous starts the chant “it’s real, it’s now, climate is in our hands now!” on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, at De La Guerra Plaza in Downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. Around the globe masses of young people left school to protest human influence on climate change and hundreds marched down State Street chanting and encouraging others to join them.

Peter and Naomi Pavia in homemade masks stitched by Naomi on Tuesday, April 24 in Downtown Santa Barbara, Calif. Naomi Stitches masks to donate to friends, neighbors and nursing homes while Peter thinks the virus is exaggerated, but wears a mask to be courteous to others.

African art scholar, collector and international dealer Ron Atwood stands in his home office with a portion of his antique tobacco pipe collection and a portrait painting of himself from 1998. At 81 years old, Atwood is the longest established African art dealer on the west coast and a City College student taking a vocals class.

City College student Brandon Reyes-Gray served a 12 year sentence in state prisons and is now creating the Free Club at City College to provide assistance for people transitioning from incarceration into college and society. “It’s too easy to fall back into criminal behavior after they let you out,” Gray said. “The cycle is geared against you.”

Through tears, Azalea Corral reads comments and messages her family received during the vigil remembering her parents Adolfo and Mary-Jane Becerra Corral on Wednesday, Feb. 12, on the West Campus Lawn at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Parents of four and recognized community members, Adolfo and Mary-Jane were killed in a hit and run by a drunk driver on Feb. 9 2020.

Dylan Osgood heelflips on Wednesday, Nov. 17 outside the East Campus Cafeteria.

 Vaqueros goalie Lukas Schuh lays face down on the turf after colliding with another player on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at La Playa Stadium at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Surfer and surf photographer Luke Williams rides a wave at Leadbetter Beach on Wednesday, Feb. 26 in Santa Barbara, Calif. “It feels good to just get wet and float around,” Williams said. “Even when the waves are this small.”

Unit Care Coordinator Johanna Hoyos works in the surgery department at Cottage Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic in Santa Barbara, Calif. “It’s been hard personally because I work nights now and everyone is being shifted around,” said Hoyos.

Cherie McDonough is comforted by a loved one while grieving the death of her 25 year-old daughter Alexandra Kurtz, at a memorial remembering the 34 victims killed in a boat fire on Tuesday, Sept 3, 2019, next to Sea Landing in Santa Barbara, Calif. “She followed her dream,” said McDonough, “This is where she was happy at.”

Police arrest suspect Fernando Huerta after City College went on lockdown for an armed shooter alert on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, on Del Sol Ave and La Marina Street in Santa Barbara, Calif. Huerta fled police after being spotted behind the Luria Library and was unarmed upon arrest.

Vaqueros offensive lineman Brenden Chapman or “Chappy” as his teammates call him, is a stage-four colon cancer survivor and sets an example of toughness and resilience that head coach Craig Moropoulos believes the other players can learn from.

Kevin Escobar has driven for MTD for nearly two years and feels he is at high risk for contracting COVID-19. “A lot more homeless people are riding because we’re offering free rides and when they come on coughing I feel trapped in here,” Escobar said.

From left, Kayla Hatfield and Emma Horanic stand beside a dive tank used to practice underwater pipe cutting on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in the basement of the Marine Diving Technology Building at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Horanic and Hatfield are the only female students in the MDT program at City College.

A community member takes a brief pause while singing the words “We shall overcome.” during a march to protest human influence on climate change on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, at Pershing Park in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Sports Information Specialist and Journalist Dave Loveton spends most of his time in the Press Box above La Playa Field to gather details for his sports reporting while announcing the games, tweeting updates and keeping score for the Vaqueros. Loveton was diagnosed with kidney cancer in Jan. 2018, and after having his left kidney removed Loveton says his work for City College hasn’t been affected much on his road to recovery.

Jenna Rolle stands with fossil casts in EBS 115 where she teaches ERTH-122, also known as “Dinosaurs” on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Rolle has traveled to China and across the United States studying fossils.

Bruce Falen takes a brief pause from dispersing water gathered in puddles from recent rains on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 on the Pershing Park City College softball fields in Santa Barbara, Calif. “I have been here since 9 a.m. and I still have a lot more to do,” said Falen. “It just doesn’t drain enough here, especially when there is no wind.”

A child peers out the roof-hatch of a high security SWAT Team vehicle brought to Touch a Truck day by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s department on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in the West Campus parking lot at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Children played inside the bulletproof Lenco Bearcat SUV for the entirety of the event.

Jennifer Stafford arranges flowers and small pendants for a memorial remembering the 34 victims killed in a boat fire on Tuesday, Sept 3, 2019, next to Sea Landing in Santa Barbara, Calif. Stafford, a community member, said she wants to give family members of victims something beautiful to look at.

Senior Forensic Technician and adjunct City College Instructor Mike Ullemeyer sits with forensic analysis tools at the evidence table in the crime lab in the Sheriff's County Office on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. Ullemeyer teaches introduction to forensics at City College and has played key roles in the investigation of recent cases like the Conception boat fire and the Hope Ranch stabbing for the Sheriff’s Department.

Jessica Chalk makes final adjustments to her first sculpture for her Studio Art Foundations class with a flap disc grinder to “clean it up” before turning it in on Friday, March 12, 2020, behind the Humanities Building at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif. Chalk put 12 hours of work into her 9’ metal sculpture sculpture.

Kevin Winard plays his drum set with hi-hat symbols that he purchased from Ike Jenkins in the 9th grade during The Ike Jenkins Legacy Concert by the SBCC Monday Madness Jazz Band on Monday, April 1, 2019, at the Soho Restaurant and Music Bar in Santa Barbara, Calif. Winard sang “You Make Me Feel so Young” by Frank Sinatra a few songs later making him the only singer of the evening to honor Jenkins and his tendency to gripe about his age.

Charlotte Gould passes thread through a loom to weave a rug for her home on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at the School of Extended Learning Wake Campus in Santa Barbara, Calif. Gould says the rug will take several months to complete.

Alexis Willis impresses Emily Hayman by solving a rubik’s cube on club day at the Friendship Plaza at City College in Santa Barbara, Calif.