Customers Powerless in Blackout

January 10, 2006 by

A power outage on Embarcadero del Norte left more than a dozen Southern California Edison customers in the dark yesterday and forced some local businesses in the area to temporarily close their doors.
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Suspect Pleads Guilty to Murder in Davidson Case

January 9, 2006 by

Nearly a year and a half after UCSB graduate student Jarrod Davidson was shot and killed in front of his Goleta apartment in July 2004, the man's father-in-law and ex-wife have pleaded guilty to charg...
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Details Surface in Local Mail Facility Shooting Incident

January 1, 2006 by

The investigation into the Monday night shooting spree at a local mail sorting facility continues, but authorities have now confirmed that six people were killed and one woman remains in critical cond...
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SB High Court To Review Factors of Woman’s Plunge

December 1, 2005 by

The Santa Barbara Superior Court set a hearing date yesterday for the multimillion dollar lawsuit, filed by the family of a young woman who fell from the Del Playa bluffs last year, against the Isla V...
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Holiday Prompts Additional CHP Traffic Control

November 22, 2005 by

Students driving home for Thanksgiving weekend should take extra care to follow the rules of the road as the California Highway Patrol (CHP) steps up its enforcement to account for increased holiday t...
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SB Council To Review Parking Rates

November 16, 2005 by

The Santa Barbara City Council Finance Committee approved an fee increase yesterday that could leave downtown shoppers paying more for their parking spaces.
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Film Exposes International Effects of Wal-Mart Empire

November 14, 2005 by

A free movie screening in downtown Santa Barbara tonight will give local residents a chance to learn about the price communities across the world pay every time retail giant Wal-Mart rolls into a new ...
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Voters Veto Props, Re-elect Mayor

November 9, 2005 by

As of 12 a.m. this morning, preliminary returns from yesterday's special election showed that all the statewide propositions failed by very narrow margins and Santa Barbara City's incumbent Mayor, Mar...
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I.V. Celebration Review Exposes Unsafe Behavior

November 2, 2005 by

During this year's raucous Isla Vista Halloween celebrations, more than 700 people were arrested or cited by police, and local hospitals and emergency response teams were completely inundated with rev...
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Police Kept Busy During Weekend

October 31, 2005 by

Although today is officially Halloween, holiday celebrations on Friday and Saturday night resulted in hundreds of arrests and citations, and left many revelers in need of medical treatment after they ...
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IVFP Completes Halloween Plans

October 25, 2005 by

With the Halloween weekend quickly approaching, local law enforcement agencies are gearing up to combat crime, fight fires and provide emergency medical care in Isla Vista during the holiday. More tha...
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New Commission Consolidates Approval Process for Park Use

October 12, 2005 by

Representatives from local law enforcement agencies and the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) are coming together to make it easier for local groups to get the thumbs up for events in I....
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IVRPD Nixes Panel, Fails to Resolve Internal Conflicts

October 7, 2005 by

The Board of Directors of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) scrapped plans to form a new committee at its meeting yesterday, while tempers flared during a discussion about the past c...
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SATC Is a Lot Like Life; Did We Say Life? We Meant Sex

October 3, 2005 by

Comedy. Drama. Romance. The closest thing to porn on TV before 11 p.m. With all of this going for it, I can't help but wonder: can there possibly be a better show than "Sex and the City"?
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City Salutes New Complex

September 30, 2005 by

Local politicians, community members and residents of a new housing complex on South Voluntario Street are celebrating the opening of the building, which has increased the availability of affordable h...
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