Erica Loera

March 5, 2015

Senator Jackson Encourages Equal Pay with New Bill

By Erica Loera

Santa Barbara State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced Senate Bill 358 (SB 358) which aims to strengthen California’s equal pay laws, ensuring women are paid equally to their male counterparts in the same occupatio...

March 5, 2015

Food Security Forum Explores Finances of Eating Healthy

By Erica Loera

The Associated Students Food Bank and UCSB Sustainability hosted their first of two Isla Vista Food Forums discussing student food insecurity at the local and state level at the Santa Barbara Hillel last night.

February 26, 2015

UCSB To Fund Cliffside Fence

By Erica Loera

UCSB announced Tuesday that it will provide $70,000 to Santa Barbara County for the construction of permanent fences along the bluffs in Isla Vista.

February 20, 2015

Former Candidate Sues Lois Capps

By Erica Loera

Former congressional candidate Chris Mitchum filed a lawsuit against Congresswoman Lois Capps on Feb. 17 for defamation, claiming that her campaign advertisements took his comments from a 2012 interview with Cal Poly TV ...

February 10, 2015

News-Press Gains Access to Councilwoman’s Emails

By Erica Loera

After the Santa Barbara News-Press requested access to correspondence between Santa Barbara City Councilwoman Cathy Murillo and PODER, or the People Organized for the Defense and Equal Rights of Santa Barbara Youth, via ...

February 5, 2015

Professor Speaks on State of American Education

By Erica Loera

Education policy expert and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley David Kirp discussed the U.S. public school system’s need for reform as well as the positive impact of personal connections between students and tea...

January 28, 2015

MCC Discussion Examines Obama’s Deportations

By Erica Loera

Seasoned author and sociology professor at UC Merced Tanya Golash-Boza held a discussion on mass deportation and the racialized trends in immigrant law enforcement in the U.S. Tuesday night in the MultiCultural Center (...

January 23, 2015

Goleta Contemplates Parking Permits for Deltopia

By Erica Loera

The Goleta City Council decided to consider a plan on Tuesday to use parking permits to discourage out-of-town visitors from flooding Isla Vista during Deltopia this April, a method used in October to limit crowds during...

January 21, 2015

IVFP To Start Wearing Body Cameras

By Erica Loera

After roughly a year of discussion, Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) will begin wearing body cameras on their uniforms by the end of February.

October 27, 2014

Sick as a Dog: Parvovirus on the Rise in Santa Maria

By Erica Loera

Santa Barbara County Animal Services has reported a high number of cases of parvovirus in dogs in the Santa Maria area, with five confirmed cases in the last few weeks.

October 20, 2014

C.A.P.S. Continues to Help Students Heal

By Erica Loera

Last Friday at the Student Resources Building, Counseling and Psychological Services introduced “Pathways to Healing” a group counseling program designed to address the needs of students and faculty who have not full...

October 16, 2014

A.S. Senate Learns About Rec Cen, Catering

By Cheryl Sun, Erica Loera

The Associated Students Senate held their second meeting of the year in the Flying A room at the UCen this Wednesday and discussed a variety of issues related to student access to the RecCen, the A.S. Food Bank and the C...

October 16, 2014

Dinner Program To Aid Dialogue

By Erica Loera

Faculty members and lecturers have been invited to dine with students in Isla Vista as a part of new Faculty Dinner Program that began this October and will continue throughout the year.

October 9, 2014

IVFP Discusses Halloween With Residents

By Erica Loera

Isla Vista residents met with I.V. Foot Patrol officers yesterday morning during “Coffee with a Cop,” an event held to allow I.V. community members to ask questions to local law enforcement at the Starbucks on Embarc...