County Cuts Rural Land Area in Plan for Santa Ynez Valley

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted to slash the study area for the Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan by 79 percent Tuesday, leaving the excluded land subject to existing zoning regulations.

The Pill Isn’t Your Ticket to Condom-Free Sex

At the zoo, I found myself surrounded by the most disgusting, stinky, vile animals I had ever seen: ugly, little human babies. They made the gibbons look like Mr. Belvedere. And as I watched the tiny bastards hoot and poop and dribble Fanta all over my new boots, I couldn’t help but thank the men and women who created the pill.

In The Trenches: Help SB Help You

“I guess all you can really learn from a loss like that is to copy everything they do and do it yourself,” UCSB men’s basketball Head Coach Bob Williams said Feb. 5 after watching his Gauchos fall by 30 to Utah State.

Work Crews Block Off Ocean Road to Locate Water Leak

Crews working to find the source of a leak in the pipes running under Ocean Road in front of the Rec Cen are widening excavation of the street to find the exact location of the problem.

Human Wall To Show Pathways’ Risk to Disabled

Students cruising through the Arbor on foot, skateboard or bike today will be met by a human wall armed with signs that read, “Bikes Are Replaceable, But I’m Not.” The Associated Students Commission On Disability Access (CODA) is organizing the event, and the wall of human bodies is scheduled to go up between 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.

Author To Speak on Getting Smashed

Koren Zailckas doesn’t regale close friends with tales of drinking in college — she tells her stories to the whole world in her new book and is touring college campuses across the nation to share her story.

ICA Building Undergoes More Delays

The opening of the new Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) Building has been pushed back another four to six weeks because materials for the project were not delivered on time, university officials said. Associate Athletic Director Bobby Castagna said the delay is the most recent setback for the building, which was originally set to open in August 2004.

Not In Kansas Anymore

And here I thought I.V. was crowded. Authorities who were rescuing people from a potentially fatal gas leak in a duplex last night found that there were 25 people living inside

Sophomore Sensation Sizzlin’

Sears Tower and the Empire State Building may be tall, but if they ever witnessed the towering Gaucho sophomore Evan Patak take the court in Rob Gym, they’d wish for the ability to spike volleyballs just like the 6’8″ killing machine.

Strike Three, You’re Drunk

For a half second, all of my hopes and dreams of fatherhood flashed before my eyes. Then I realized that I really wanted another beer. Then I scoped out this cute blond shortstop on an adjacent field, sporting a Giants hat no less — so hot.