Homeless Still Calling Anisq’ Oyo’ Home

The approximately one dozen homeless residents who pitched tents in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Sunday are still there - and they say they're not moving.
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Attias Judge Sets March Hearing Date

Prosecution and defense teams for murder suspect David Attias haggled over the suppression of evidence collected from Attias' parent's home and former school, during a short hearing on Wednesday.
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Shooting Suspect Faces Arraignment

Terrence Short was arrested on a charge of shooting and killing a male on Monday night at a residence in Goleta. He will be arraigned on one murder count this morning.
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Homeless Rally in Anisq’ Oyo’

About 15 transient Isla Vista residents set up camp in Anisqu' Oyo' Park Sunday evening, calling the pouring rain the last straw for a group that says it is tired of having nowhere to sleep safely and...
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Islamic Forum Aims to Boost Understanding

The forum, which will be held at the Board Hearing Room in the County Administration Building downtown, is co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Human Relations Commission, the Council on American ...
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Police Investigate Murder

Jacqueline High, a 56-year-old woman, was found dead at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday at Diamonds and Rust Bijoux Etc., a thrift shop on Haley Street in downtown Santa Barbara.
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Marshall To Chair SB Board of Supervisors

As chair, Marshall will run the board's weekly meetings, represent the county on several statewide committees, including the California State Association of Counties, and act as chair of the county's ...
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Authorities Arrest Man for Child Molestation

Gonzalo Arambula, a 42-year-old Goleta resident, was arrested on Dec. 31 for sexually assaulting three juveniles between 1991 and 1998.
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Attias Judge Dismisses Evidence

At a hearing for David Attias last month, Judge Thomas Adams ruled to dismiss evidence collected by the prosecution, but upheld the 13 felony counts, including four counts of murder.
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Apartment Fire Kills Two on Picasso Road

Arcadio Lopez Castrejon, a 41-year-old Isla Vista resident, and his seven-year-old son, Fabian Arcadio Lopez, were killed early Friday morning after a fire raged through their Picasso Road apartment.
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I.V. Apartment Fire Kills Two

Arcadio Lopez Castrejon, a 41-year-old Isla Vista resident, and his seven-year-old son, Fabian Arcadio Lopez, died early in the morning on Friday, Nov. 30, after a fire raged through their 6651 Picass...
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Attorneys for Attias Move to Dismiss Case

Defense attorneys for murder suspect David Attias have filed a motion to dismiss the case and four motions to suppress evidence on the grounds that law enforcement violated the defendant's rights in j...
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I.V. Business Owners Sue SB County

Isla Vista business owners, afraid of losing their property as the county moves forward with plans to redevelop I.V. have filed a lawsuit against Santa Barbara County.
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Voters Approve Goleta Cityhood

The cityhood proposal - which failed twice in the past when Isla Vista was included in the boundaries - was voted on by 6,689 of the 15,179 registered voters in the area.
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The Best Words in Their Best Order

"You can analyze the music of poetry, but it's difficult to conduct an argument about its value, especially when it's gotten into the blood. It becomes autobiography there." -Robert Haas
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