Evan Wagstaff

March 4, 2008

SB Sheriff Arrests Alleged Fugitive Working at UCSB

By Evan Wagstaff

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. detectives arrested a UCSB biological sciences technician last Friday on suspicions that he was actually a prisoner who escaped 36 years ago from a Michigan correctional facility.

February 25, 2008

SB County CEO Faces Discrimination Charges

By Evan Wagstaff

In light of a Superior Court ruling earlier this month, a former Santa Barbara County Public Defender will proceed with his discrimination and harassment charges against the County CEO.

February 19, 2008

Lunar Eclipse To Attract Local Attention

By Evan Wagstaff

The night sky will darken even more for an hour tomorrow evening, as the Earth, the Sun and the Moon become perfectly aligned and Santa Barbara experiences its last total lunar eclipse until 2010.

February 6, 2008

McCain, Clinton Lead in CA Primaries

By Evan Wagstaff

Though California's polls closed last night at 8, Super Tuesday vote tallying continued into the early morning with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Arizona Sen. John McCain winning the state's primary elections.

January 28, 2008

Winter Storm Drives Tree Into Residence

By Evan Wagstaff

Although weekend rain may have canceled a few parties in Isla Vista, inclement weather did not stop one tree from "razing" the roof.

January 24, 2008

Popco Plant Contains Chemical Spill

By Evan Wagstaff

One hundred gallons of sulfolane, a liquid chemical, inadvertently leaked from the Popco Oil and Gas facility near El Capitan yesterday and flowed into the waters of a nearby creek that empties into the ocean.

January 18, 2008

Police Question Student About Accident

By Evan Wagstaff

Police cars crowded Sueno Road last night as officers detained an unidentified UCSB student, following an alleged hit and run on campus.

January 14, 2008

Electrical Fire Evacuates Local Establishments

By Evan Wagstaff

As the result of a small fire on Saturday, Isla Vista Silvergreens fans may now have to make like Jared this week and head to Subway.

January 9, 2008

Campus Democrats Host Capps Lecture

By Evan Wagstaff

Supporting youth voters and claiming that UCSB is "the reason" she is in office, Congresswoman Lois Capps spoke to several students on campus yesterday on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to presidential primaries.

January 8, 2008

State Grant To Fund DUI Checkpoints

By Evan Wagstaff

Sober or not, drivers in Goleta will roll up on a new wave of driving under the influence checkpoints this year as a result of a $45,832 grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety.

December 3, 2007

Mourners Meet in I.V. to Honor Friend With Ink

By Dana Olsen, Evan Wagstaff

Honoring Ryan Moore, a Santa Ynez native who died in Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, 11 of his close friends gathered in Isla Vista on Friday to receive memorial tattoos.

November 15, 2007

Students Protest CIA’s Torture Tactics

By Evan Wagstaff

A group of several protesters dressed in clown costumes and painted faces followed a CIA recruiter last night from his presentation in the UCen to his car behind the Thunderdome.

November 8, 2007

Unofficial Election Winners Celebrate

By Evan Wagstaff

All 38 voting precincts have tallied their ballots and three Santa Barbara City Council seats have semi-officially gone to two incumbents, Helene Schneider and Das Williams, and one newcomer, Dale Francisco.

November 6, 2007

Council Candidates Face Off in Odd-Year Election

By Evan Wagstaff

Today registered Santa Barbara City residents will have a chance to elect three out of eight city council candidates and decide upon a measure that would temporarily extend the term of those seats.

November 5, 2007

I.V. Hemp Fair Dispenses Knowledge

By Evan Wagstaff

Isla Vista residents were encouraged to become "hemp-wise" this weekend as several reggae bands, botanists and clothing designers took their posts at the ninth annual Santa Barbara Hemp Festival in Anisq' Oyo' Park.

October 22, 2007

High Winds Whip Up Ash, Smoke Along Coastline

By Evan Wagstaff

County officials issued a health advisory this weekend after a gust of wind swept in smoke from the ongoing Santa Ynez Valley fire and some leftover ashes from this past summer's Zaca blaze.