David Ferry

January 22, 2009

Pappas Subpoenas University

By David Ferry

Steve Pappas has subpoenaed the University for any and all information regarding the voter registration drives held on campus last fall.

November 5, 2008

Democrats Dominate

By David Ferry, Mackenzie Weinger

Come January, Barack Obama will be president of the United States. Riding on the coattails of Obama's victory, Democrats swept the local elections. Doreen Farr eked out a win in the 3rd District supervisor race, beati...

November 3, 2008

Chancellor Yang Walks Down DP, Visits Parties

By David Ferry

"Oh my god. Four years I've waited for this. Four years."

October 22, 2008

State Finances Bring Broad Cuts to UCSB

By David Ferry

UCSB is facing one of the worst financial crunches the campus has seen in years, administrators say.

July 15, 2008

UC Regents Meeting Concludes

By David Ferry

With zero arrests and no real disruptions, this week's University of California Board of Regents meeting at UCSB went smoothly.

July 15, 2008

UCSB Hosts Regents, UC President

By David Ferry

Amid scores of protesters and loads of extra security, the University of California Board of Regents is meeting on campus this week.

June 25, 2008

UC Workers Protest Low Wages

By David Ferry

As the campus prepares to play host to the UC Board of Regents this week, almost 90 union service workers walked out on the job Monday to protest low wages.

June 25, 2008

Flames Continue to Burn in Goleta

By David Ferry

Officials were cautiously optimistic at today's Gap Fire briefing, noting that while the fire had been halted on some fronts, the blaze was still far from under control.

May 7, 2008

Judge Joseph Lodge — 1932-2008

By David Ferry

In his almost 50 years on the bench in Santa Barbara County, Judge Joseph Lodge had a reputation that preceded him. Seasoned trial lawyers and fresh faces out of law school knew that with a gavel in hand, the UCSB crimin...

April 8, 2008

SB DA’s Office To Soften Drunk in Public Sentences

By David Ferry

After nearly a year of experimenting with a harsher policy for underage public intoxication violators, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's office is taking a step back and easing up on the county's younger drink...

March 10, 2008

Five Years… and Counting

By David Ferry

For Maj. Mike Salvo, a UCSB associate professor of military science, Americans seem to have simply forgotten the pain of September 11 and the threat Islamofacism represents.

February 22, 2008

News-Press Files New Charges

By David Ferry

A day after union officials filed another unfair labor charge against the Santa Barbara News-Press, newspaper lawyers fired back yesterday with three new charges, including harassment.

February 21, 2008

Union Files Suit Against SB Paper Over Wage Policy

By David Ferry

The union representing the newsroom employees of the Santa Barbara News-Press filed yet another unfair labor charge against the paper yesterday, protesting the company's decision not to offer staffers a raise in 2006.

February 19, 2008

Reno Police Find Body of Brianna Denison in Field

By David Ferry

Nearly a month after she was first reported missing, police officers found the body of Santa Barbara City College student Brianna Denison on Friday almost eight miles away from where she was first abducted.

February 5, 2008

Greka Oil May Sue SB Fire Dept. Over Order

By David Ferry

Greka Energy Corporation has threatened the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. with legal action in response to what the energy corporation calls the department's "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable" approach to dealing...

January 30, 2008

Pipe Failure Leads to New Greka Oil Spill in SB Creek

By David Ferry

Greka Energy Corporation, the corporation that spilled at least 140,000 gallons of crude oil and contaminated water into Santa Barbara County and its waterways over the last two months, leaked 8,400 more yesterday.