Evan Wagstaff

October 19, 2007

Reckless Driving Kills Two Teens in Goleta Accident

By Evan Wagstaff

A head-on collision on Calle Real at Mendocino Drive in Goleta resulted in the death of two local teenagers on Wednesday and a DUI charge.

October 16, 2007

Police Provide Prescription for Prudent Partying

By Evan Wagstaff

While Halloween in Isla Vista is famous for providing a rockin' good time, it is also infamous for creating health problems and legal trouble, both of which were topics discussed by law enforcement officers at a recent f...

October 9, 2007

IVFP Prepares Halloween Strategy

By Evan Wagstaff

While many students have begun to plan parties and costumes for Isla Vista's notorious Halloween weekend, the I.V. Foot Patrol has initiated its own preparations to try to protect the community and its residents from cri...

October 9, 2007

USPS, Patrons Unite Against Fraud

By Evan Wagstaff

In an effort to warn students and local residents about various account-draining scams, U.S. Postal Inspection Service representatives stopped by downtown Santa Barbara last Thursday as part of a national campaign.

October 8, 2007

Freebirds Sets Burritos Free for I.V. Delivery

By Evan Wagstaff

Two orders of nachos, three burritos and several sides of guacamole - also known as the first official Isla Vista Freebirds delivery made yesterday just after 5 p.m.

October 2, 2007

Car Injures UCSB Student, Relatives

By Evan Wagstaff

A UCSB freshman and two family members were transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on Sunday after the they were struck by a car traveling 30 miles per hour through a downtown intersection.

September 27, 2007

Kucinich Pledges Green America, Justice for Bush

By Evan Wagstaff

Two weeks after Barack Obama spoke at Santa Barbara City College, fellow Democratic presidential candidate and Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich held a rally at the same location last Monday.

September 20, 2007

Obama Speech Encourages Hope, Reforms

By Evan Wagstaff

Although he currently trails behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in some national polls, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was greeted like a rock star when he arrived to a crowd of over 3,000 spectators at Santa Barbara City ...

August 29, 2007

Halls Cater to Variety of Tastes

By Evan Wagstaff

While many of you have already selected a residence hall or stalked your future resident assistants on Facebook, some of you have yet to hear the skinny on each particular housing site -- you know, the stuff UCSB's websi...

June 7, 2007

Isla Vista Project Aims to Recycle Student Furniture

By Evan Wagstaff

Local organizers hope Isla Vista residents will donate, rather than douse, their couches this spring, as the Great Isla Vista Extravaganza Project prepares to collect furniture.

May 21, 2007

Students Flock to Floatopia’s Seafaring Fun

By Evan Wagstaff

Though most of humanity may never know a utopian civilization, hundreds of UCSB students found their paradise last Friday among surf, rafts and vast amounts of beer.

May 9, 2007

Development Stalls Due to Concerns for Environment

By Evan Wagstaff

The plans to incorporate low-income housing into downtown Goleta may need to undergo major reconstruction before anything actually gets built.

May 2, 2007

Early Fire Season Could Burn Area

By Evan Wagstaff

Santa Barbara County firefighters are already sweating over the 2007 fire season, which came early this year due to the dearth of seasonal rain in the past few months.

April 27, 2007

SB City To Hold Elections Separate From County

By Evan Wagstaff

In an effort to save taxpayers a chunk of cash - roughly $300,000 - the Santa Barbara City Council voted Tuesday to run their own citywide election this November, independent of the county.

April 20, 2007

Extension of Measure D To Appear on 2008 Ballot

By Evan Wagstaff

County officials met in Santa Maria yesterday to decide the fate of Measure D, and with it, the future of transportation in the county.

April 17, 2007

Woman’s MySpace Increases Sentence

By Evan Wagstaff

For the second time this year, a woman who killed a friend while driving under the influence will spend time in prison, and yet again, her sentence looks to have been exacerbated by incriminating pictures and wall posts ...