Weekend Blaze Damages Building, Car
Flames from a burning couch shot nearly 100 feet into the air early Sunday morning when a fire scorched a car and the side of an Isla Vista apartment building. No one was injured, but firefighters estimate the blaze caused around $2,000 in damage to the apartment building and the car parked next to it.
GSD Waffles on Treating Water
Beach lovers, surfers and environmentalists armed with picket signs gathered in front of the Goleta Sanitary District (GSD) building yesterday to protest the delay of treatment facility upgrades.
Yay for Rescue Workers, Boo for Nocturnal Firebugs
At about four in the morning Sunday, I was woken up by the sound of some drunken shouting outside my window. This has happened before, so I didn’t pay attention to the drunken jackassing around that was happening outside.
Drunken Goleta Driver Hits Pedestrian
University police arrested a man believed to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs after he hit a UCSB student with his car Sunday night.
SB Shelter To Offer Classes to Homeless
Santa Barbara’s Casa Esperanza homeless shelter will soon offer more than just a place to stay. Beginning Feb. 15, volunteer teachers will teach free adult classes in subjects including song writing, poetry, photography, yoga, politics and current events, and women’s transformational dance.
Powell Talks About Race, Education
Journalist, poet and television personality Kevin Powell spoke to a crowd of nearly 100 people in Corwin Pavilion Monday night. Powell’s speech kicked off the MultiCultural Center’s Black History Month events.
A.S. Opens Coffers, Approves 4 Requests
Feeling generous, Associate Students Finance Board gave out over $4,500 to one fraternity and three A.S. committees Monday night. The board gave the A.S. Committee on Public Safety (C.O.P.S.) $320 for a Feb. 19 debate in Embarcadero Hall between the four candidates for 3rd District supervisor.
Slope-browed Interlude
Dear readers, the Weatherhuman was not to be found on Superbowl Sunday, most likely because the human was not answering the phone at the Fortress of Inebriation.
UCSB Blasts Fullerton
For the first 20 minutes of play on Saturday night, the UCSB men’s basketball team was nearly perfect. The Gauchos drubbed Cal State Fullerton 77-44 at the Thunderdome, holding the Titans to just nine first-half points.
Surrender Your Parking Spot!
You, your boozer friends and your shitty car just aren’t welcome, apparently. As part of a plan to reduce the fun out-of-town revelers have in Isla Vista, Academic Senate Chair Walter Yuen proposed to eliminate weekend parking on campus.