Softball: Gauchos Get That Sweeping Sensation
With clear skies on Tuesday came the opportunity for the UCSB softball team to test-drive some hidden talent in a doubleheader sweep against Centenary College of Louisiana.
Campaigners Grapple With Sign Rules
Confusion over the number of campaign signs allowed per grass plot during Associated Students elections ended after the A.S. Elections Committee made its ruling Wednesday on the disagreement.
Man Dies From Drug Overdose
Investigation into a death the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Dept. deputies had initially labeled as “mysterious” and “suspicious” has revealed that cocaine killed 36-year-old James Luna.
lll Spittin’ Game: Your Time’s Up, Mr. Jordan
If parting is such sweet sorrow, then somebody better pump the laughing gas way up because this ending has the aroma of a crummy, water-soiled dime store novel
Supervisors Vote to Protect Oak Trees
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt new guidelines designed to protect local native oak trees by closely regulating their removal.
Triathlon: Tri-athlon This On for Size: SB Surges Ahead
In 1978, former Navy Capt. John Collins got into an argument with some of his buddies about which Hawaiian sporting event – the 2.4 mile Waikiki Roughwater Swim, the 26.2-mile Honolulu Marathon or the 112-mile bike race around Oahu – was the toughest?
Researchers Check Quakes’ Irregular Pulses
UCSB researchers using three-dimensional computer models have found that earthquakes work much differently than previously assumed.
Crime Stopper Helps Catch Local Robber
The Santa Barbara County chapter of Crime Stoppers International program has allowed its first informant to safely supply the name and whereabouts of a wanted criminal.
Latino Cartoonist To Give Workshop, Lecture
Like its namesake insect, Lalo Alcarez’s La Cucaracha comic has proven hard to kill. The sometimes controversial cartoonist Lalo Alcarez will spend the day at the UCSB MultiCultural Center for “Latino USA: A Cartoon History” Thursday