Jaws of Life Save Three Lives While Woman Dies in Crash

A head-on collision killed one woman and injured three other people Monday morning near Lompoc on Highway 246. The accident blocked both directions of the roadway for nearly two hours as Santa Barbara...
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Tree Removal Leaves Corner, Hearts Empty

A newspaper-stuffed pumpkin-headed man with a sign reading "I love trees" failed to deter workers from cutting one down last Thursday on the corner of Camino Pescadero and Sabado Tarde Road.
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County Gains Grant for I.V. Storm Drains

The UCSB Shoreline Preservation Fund (SPF), a student-funded coastal conservancy group, is helping Santa Barbara County pay for the construction of special trash-collecting storm drains in Isla Vista.
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Teen Center Fear Impact of Party Behavior

While Halloween crowds in Isla Vista this past weekend broke plenty of car mirrors and left plenty of trash, staff members at the Isla Vista Teen Center say the antics of drunken college students also...
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I.V. Weekend Draws Diverse Crowd, Crime

Ninety-eight arrests and 174 citations later, a Halloween horde of students, residents and out-of-town revelers trampled through Isla Vista this weekend in numbers estimated between 40,000 and 50,000.
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UCSB, Police Brace for I.V. Halloween

Residents and local law enforcement personnel are gearing up for tonight's Halloween celebration in Isla Vista - an epic event for UCSB students and the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and a pilgrimage for tho...
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Officials Urge Safe Partying to Protect Students, Reputation

From national media attention highlighting UCSB student participation in pornographic films to stories about rising violent crime rates in Isla Vista, a variety of factors have shaped university and l...
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More Questions for Moore

Michael Moore makes a casual entrance into the green room at the Arlington Theatre last Sunday night - minutes before he's to take the stage before a sold-out crowd. Wrapped in a black sport coat over...
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He Said, She Said: Are Cop Costumes a Good Idea?

If there's one way to avoid attention from the law this Halloween, it's to be the law. Dressing as police officers will provide you and your friends the opportunity to live out every law enforcement f...
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Piru Fire Remains Burning

Smoke from wildfires burning out of control in Ventura County choked the Santa Barbara area Sunday as high temperatures, windy conditions and steep terrain plagued containment efforts.
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The Rapture | Echoes | Universal

The Rapture wants you to dance - but not in any manner that would convince a sober observer of your sanity or muscle control. They want you to pulse all crazy jagged-like with each sporadic, funky gui...
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Debated Rainfall Process Remains

Last week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved the continued funding of a cloud-seeding weather modification program, despite a recent report issued by the National Academy of Scien...
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I.V. Gets Chance to Ask Cops About Halloween

UCSB students and Isla Vista residents with public safety concerns regarding Halloween 2003 have an opportunity to question authority - and enjoy free food - at a town hall-style meeting this Thursday...
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DP Weekend Clash Ends in Injury, Arrest

A brawl in a Del Playa Drive apartment Saturday night left the alleged instigator with a head wound from a miniature baseball bat, in addition to an arrest on charges of unlawful entry and felony batt...
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Police Reports: October 19, 2003

Deputies saw a woman staggering along Del Playa Drive following a group of people. The woman, perhaps deciding that walking was for suckers, sat herself on the bumper of a slow-moving van.
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