Drew Mackie

April 10, 2003

Park Service Works to Restore Wildlife

By Drew Mackie

The fate of Santa Cruz Island's indigenous wildlife now officially rests on a plan of hunting and burning. The Channel Islands National Park published on Tuesday its Record of Decision for the Primary Restoration Plan Fi...

April 9, 2003

IVFP To Crack Down on Cars in Driveways

By Drew Mackie

Because vehicles parked blocking driveways can hinder local firefighters from dousing blazes and rescuing residents, the IVFP will begin citing vehicles for violating an already existing law.

April 8, 2003

You Can’t Say That on Music Television

By Drew Mackie

As if its rejection of all actual music in favor of fresh-faced, Generation Y-aimed reality programming weren't proof enough that the execs at MTV sniff glue, MTV has decided to lighten the international gloom of waging ...

April 8, 2003

County Secessionists Enlist 2,000 in 6 Days

By Drew Mackie

A release from Citizens for County Organization (CFCO), the group heading the effort to create the proposed Mission County, stated that in the first six days of signature-gathering, over 2,000 residents of the northern p...

April 7, 2003

Police Make Arrest In Motel Standoff

By Drew Mackie

A nearly seven-hour standoff between a transient and Santa Barbara police ended peacefully at about 1 a.m. Saturday. The incident began at 5:53 Friday afternoon, when Santa Barbara resident 51-year-old Barry John McQueen...

April 3, 2003

Dinner Skirmish: War Widens the Gap Between Young and Old

By Drew Mackie

Going Home earned me something aside from getting my clothes washed and my meals cooked for free: a new dimension of our nation's present international entanglement.

April 3, 2003

Police Investigate Lompoc Murder Case

By Drew Mackie

New details about the murder of 78-year-old Mission Hills resident Jean Morgan were released yesterday as the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. continues its investigation into the incident.

April 3, 2003

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks | Pig Lib | Matador

By Drew Mackie

One might guess the Jicks that Stephen Malkmus hangs with on his new album Pig Lib are his new crew, but they're actually the same keyboardist and bassist from Malkmus' bull's-eye, of a self-titled 2001 album.

April 3, 2003

FT To Host Master Plan Meeting on Local Housing

By Drew Mackie

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee will be meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Linda Vista room at Francisco Torres to begin discussion of the PAC interim draft, the most up-to-date version of the plan to redevelop I....

March 31, 2003

Parking Law Sparks Lawsuit

By Drew Mackie

A lawsuit filed by a group of advocates for the homeless aims to repeal a law that prohibits parking large vehicles on the streets of Santa Barbara.

March 31, 2003

County Warns Pet Owners of Raccoon Virus

By Drew Mackie

Dog owners in Isla Vista and throughout Santa Barbara County may want to keep their canines on a short leash and away from prowling raccoons.

March 31, 2003

March 30, 20003

By Drew Mackie

Saturday, March 1, at 2:20 a.m.: In one of the most flagrant displays of intoxicated I.V. ignorance, an officer inside the IVFP station stepped out the front door to find the source of a loud, slurred volley of words.

March 7, 2003

Asian-American Awakening

By Drew Mackie

Director Eric Byler discusses being young, Asian and American in a novel way: by never directly addressing the subject in his film festival entry, "Charlotte Sometimes."

March 5, 2003

There’s No Reason Why Only Christians Should Suffer for Lent

By Drew Mackie

The use of Yiddish to describe a solemn Christian tradition might seem out-of-place. However, as Christian-specific a holiday as today might be, its theme of sacrifice spans faiths.

February 27, 2003

Murder Case Leaves Dead Opinion Walking

By Drew Mackie

On Tuesday, the rootin' tootin' state of Texas executed its 298th inmate since the death penalty's re-institution in 1982. Capital punishment - both in Texas and in non-crazy states - is an unsightly blemish on the Unite...

February 26, 2003

Rigged ATMs Scam Clients

By Drew Mackie

They're helpful. They're conveniently located. And they spit out your money in $20 bills. But the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. is warning residents to be wary of a locally based scam that uses automatic teller ma...