Daniel Haier

May 4, 2006

Hot Desert Action

By Marissa Stockham, Aly Comingore, Daniel Haier, Fergal Madigan

There's nothing like two days of nonstop stage-hopping in 95-degree heat to satiate the need for a good live show. Once again, the big money masterminds behind the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival spent their wee...

May 4, 2006

Notes on Coachella 2006

By Daniel Haier

Formed by outstretching one's index and pinky fingers while curling the other three, metal horns - also referred to by your God-fearing grandmother as "devil horns" - used to symbolize a concertgoer's enthusiasm for a pa...

April 27, 2006

I.V. Plan Discusses Housing Expansion, Area Improvements

By Daniel Haier

Local property owners, residents and students focused on the future development of Isla Vista and the UCSB campus at last night's meeting of the Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee.

April 17, 2006

250 Students Skip School for Protest

By Daniel Haier

Nearly 50 junior high school students marched across the UCSB campus in the rain Friday morning to protest the proposed tightening of federal immigration laws.

February 27, 2006

Grief Lingers In the Wake of Fatal Collision

By Daniel Haier

For Abby Pollak, the mother of Elie Israel, every morning requires a conscious decision to get out of bed. She makes the decision to get up, but not without thinking about what Elie will miss in life, like getting marrie...

February 24, 2006

Locals Remember I.V. Crash Victims

By Daniel Haier

Just after sundown Thursday evening, the voices of 70 people singing "Amazing Grace" marked the end of a ceremony remembering those lost in a horrific Isla Vista crash five years ago.

February 23, 2006

Victims’ Families To Reflect on Crash, Lives Lost

By Daniel Haier

Five years to the day after a high-speed crash on Sabado Tarde Road killed four people, the victims' family and friends will gather tonight in Isla Vista for a candlelight memorial service.

May 11, 2005

Remembering A Soldier’s Life

By Daniel Haier

Sean Brock tried to convince his hung-over friends to hike down the coast from Isla Vista to his home in Redondo Beach -- a distance of over 100 miles. It was June of 1998, just after a weekend of partying to celebrate h...

May 9, 2005

Former Students Take Roles as Soldiers

By Daniel Haier

Somewhere in Baghdad, her exact location classified for security reasons, 2nd Lt. Jennifer Pozzi serves with a U.S. Military Police unit in a combat zone she describes as "pretty darn scary."

May 5, 2005

Graduating Into War

By Daniel Haier

With their backs to a skyline of research buildings and residence halls, a squad of camouflage-clad cadets charges up the side of a blufftop ridge between the UCSB Lagoon and Campus Point. On this sunny, breezy Wednesday...

March 28, 2005

March 28, 2005

By Daniel Haier

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers at the corner of Del Playa Drive and Camino Majorca observed a 46-year-old man staggering in the roadway. Officers watched as the man struggled to maintain his balance and eventually grasp...

February 25, 2005

For Social Change, Fair Play and Peace

By Daniel Haier

Violence in Isla Vista was renewed in June 1970 during one of Malcolm Gault-Williams' shifts as a DJ for campus radio station KCSB.

February 24, 2005

I.V.

By Daniel Haier

Nearly two months after rioting students burned down the Bank of America on Embarcadero Del Norte, UCSB students like 22-year-old Kevin Patrick Moran - who opposed the violence - found themselves defending the reconstruc...

February 23, 2005

Burning Down the Isla Vista Bank of America

By Daniel Haier

Swinging a bottle of wine, Rich Underwood strolled from Harder Stadium into Isla Vista with several hundred other students who had just attended a speech delivered by defense attorney William Kunstler. The date was Feb. ...

February 22, 2005

An Oceanside Revolution

By Daniel Haier

With 1,000 angry students surrounding the administration building, their bodies packing the concrete plaza in front of Campbell Hall, university officials moved to resolve the situation peacefully.

February 10, 2005

Of Mice and Modest Mouse

By Daniel Haier

Leaning heavily on material from its 2004 release Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse hatched a 90-minute set and two-song encore. Extra attention to back up vocals and a two-drummer setup helped smooth ...