Court Sends Attias to Mental Hospital
David Attias, the former UCSB student who was convicted of murdering four people when he struck them with his car, will spend at least the next 180 days in Patton State Hospital.
Working-class Zero
Before deciding what to do with my vacation, I asked the editor in chief how much I would be paid for this summer issue of the Nexus.
Defining the Destruction
Despite an imperfect PA system and lead singer Jason Navarro barely having a voice, The Suicide Machines rocked the Living Room on Tuesday, June 18. As guitar player Daniel Lukacinsky said, “This is punk rock and we don’t give a fuck.”
Inside Isla Vista’s Mess
Of the different properties Val walked me through, this house was the dirtiest. All the other properties fluctuated between slightly messy, a little dust and a small hole here and there, to sparkling clean.
7 Video Assailants Face Jail Time
Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa sentenced the remaining seven defendants on June 17 in the videotaped assault case involving a Santa Barbara City College freshman.
Slouching Away From Bedlam
It’s become fashionable now to rage against anything that has the name “David Attias” attached to it.
Light It Up
Artsweek caught up with rising drum ‘n’ bass artist Troels Knudson, aka Pyro, between tracks at his home studio.
Summer Concert Guide
For those ready to rock, we salute you. For the rest of you, here are some warm-ups. Concerts listed chronologically by date. Target demographics in italics.
Those Transient Blues
As someone who has vacated a residence upwards of three times now, I am aware of exactly one good thing about the process of moving: You get to eat out, or, at the very least, go to the grocery store and buy fantastically unhealthy preprepared food.
Nagel Resigns, Regents Agree to Legal Terms
Three top administrators from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and the Office of Academic Personnel are leaving their positions in July.