David Ferry

January 24, 2008

Hazardous Weather Conditions Storm SB

By David Ferry

Over four inches of rain have fallen on and around Santa Barbara since Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which predicts thunderstorms, hail and potentially an isolated tornado in the upcoming storms this...

January 10, 2008

EPA To Inspect Oil Company’s Facilities

By David Ferry

In light of a substantial oil spill in the Santa Ynez Valley last weekend - the second major leak in a month from the corporation responsible...

January 8, 2008

Oil Spill Leads to Fines, Closure for Energy Company

By David Ferry

Multiplying original estimates by as much as ten times, Santa Barbara County officials announced yesterday that Greka Energy Coporation's weekend spill resulted in the leak of roughly 84,000 gallons of crude oil into a c...

May 30, 2007

Dr. Laura Puts Column on Hold

By David Ferry

Laura Schlessinger, of "Dr. Laura" fame, is taking a break from her weekly column in the Santa Barbara News-Press following accusations regarding her son's allegedly sordid Myspace.com profile and her own provocative com...

May 9, 2007

Downed Power Line Results in Two Hour Blackout on Campus

By Aria Miran, David Ferry

Darkness fell on UCSB last night, causing both confusion and joy as students shuffled out of classrooms or labs to seek the light somewhere else.

May 3, 2007

FBI Retains Hard Drive With Child Porn

By David Ferry

A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge blocked the Santa Barbara News-Press' parent company from reclaiming a hard drive containing at least 15,000 images of child pornography yesterday, citing an ongoing FBI investigation...

April 23, 2007

Roberts Speaks Out Against Allegations

By David Ferry

At an impromptu press conference yesterday, former executive editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press Jerry Roberts vehemently challenged a Sunday News-Press article linking him to a newsroom computer that was found to con...

April 10, 2007

Carcass Draws Spectators, Scientists

By David Ferry

Just what do you do with a 30-foot whale, literally dead in the water, tossing and turning in the surf and high tides below the bluffs of Isla Vista?

March 9, 2007

Tournament Funding To Go to Safety, Bathrooms

By David Ferry

Students looking forward to the All-Sorority Volleyball Tournament this year have one less week to wait since Alpha Tao Omega has moved the date of the Dionysian competition up to April 28.

March 5, 2007

DNA Evidence Links Local Man to Rape Cases

By David Ferry

Sheriff's officials arrested an Isla Vista man on Friday in connection with a pair of 2002 rapes that occurred over 200 miles apart - one on a Goleta beach and the other on the slopes of Mammoth Lakes.

February 23, 2007

News-Press Employee Firing Trend Continues

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press terminated two more employees this week, bringing February's total to eight fired workers, on charges one fired employee called "goofy."

February 22, 2007

Star Soccer Player’s Lawyer Asks for Gag Order in Rape Trial

By David Ferry

The trial of Eric Frimpong, a UCSB soccer player accused of rape, will not be a media circus - or even a public affair - the defendant's attorney said yesterday.

February 15, 2007

News-Press Strikes Back Against Claims Made by Protestors

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press launched an even more aggressive counter-assault against its detractors this week, lambasting former employees and local politicians alike.

February 12, 2007

Former Employees Protest Newspaper

By David Ferry

Local residents joined former or fired Santa Barbara News-Press employees throughout last week to continue protests against owner Wendy McCaw, as well as to challenge alleged threats directed toward those still working.

February 7, 2007

News-Press Layoffs Spark Protest

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press continued making its own news yesterday, firing three more staff writers, bringing the toll up to six terminated employees in 48 hours.

January 31, 2007

Service Remembers Postal Shooting

By David Ferry

The Goleta Postal Distribution Center observed several moments of silence and mourning yesterday, as 150 employees, family members and public officials gathered in remembrance of the violent events which happened exactly...