Attorney Files Measure A Complaint

April 2, 2008 by

A local lawyer has filed suit against the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, accusing the body of electioneering - or inappropriately using public funds - to promote a November ballot me...
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SB Sheriff Arrests Alleged Fugitive Working at UCSB

March 4, 2008 by

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 correc...
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SB County CEO Faces Discrimination Charges

February 25, 2008 by

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.
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Lunar Eclipse To Attract Local Attention

February 19, 2008 by

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.
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McCain, Clinton Lead in CA Primaries

February 6, 2008 by

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 prim...
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Winter Storm Drives Tree Into Residence

January 28, 2008 by

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

January 24, 2008 by

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 t...
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Police Question Student About Accident

January 18, 2008 by

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

January 14, 2008 by

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.
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Campus Democrats Host Capps Lecture

January 9, 2008 by

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 presid...
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State Grant To Fund DUI Checkpoints

January 8, 2008 by

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

December 3, 2007 by and

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.
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Students Protest CIA’s Torture Tactics

November 15, 2007 by

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.
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Unofficial Election Winners Celebrate

November 8, 2007 by

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 Fra...
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Council Candidates Face Off in Odd-Year Election

November 6, 2007 by

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.
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