Garik Hauer

July 14, 2010

Construction Crew Revamps I.V. Road

By Garik Hauer

Construction crews have ripped up El Colegio Road on the northern edge of Isla Vista in an effort to reconstruct the roadway between Stadium Road and Camino Corto by next year.

June 3, 2010

Duet Duels for District Attorney

By Garik Hauer

After working as colleagues in the county prosecutor’s office for over a decade, Joyce Dudley and Joshua Lynn will face off in Tuesday’s county election for the position of district attorney.

May 26, 2010

New Laws Streamline Recovery of Kidnapped Children

By Garik Hauer

Local Assemblyman Pedro Nava announced a bundle of new bills yesterday that he says will allow police to quickly find kidnapped children.

May 24, 2010

Weekend Crime Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to burglaries, vandalism and several alcohol-related fights this weekend.

May 21, 2010

Tasting the Benefits of Charity

By Garik Hauer

The Taste of the Nation culinary benefit will be held at the Montecito Country Club this Sunday, with all proceeds going to charities focused on ending childhood hunger.

May 19, 2010

Goleta Councilmember under Investigation

By Garik Hauer

Officials are conducting an investigation after county employee Tariq Falfal accused Goleta Councilmember Roger Aceves of calling him a “turban head.”

May 17, 2010

Weekend Crime Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer, Evan Sherwood

Emergency crews and the Isla Vista Foot Patrol dealt with a motorcycle crash, fire and burglary, in addition to a number of crimes stemming from Extravaganza.

May 12, 2010

SB Offers Compost Class

By Garik Hauer

The Santa Barbara County Public Works Resource Recovery and Waste Management Division will present free composting workshops throughout the county this month.

May 11, 2010

Defaulted Loan May Threaten Beach Housing Development

By Garik Hauer

A proposed housing development at Naples could potentially be scrapped this week when the property is put up for public auction.

May 7, 2010

Police Make Drug Bust

By Garik Hauer

Santa Barbara County Narcotics detectives arrested three Isla Vista men in a drug bust Wednesday, seizing thousands of dollars worth of packaged cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.

May 5, 2010

Spill Spurs Caution for CA Coast

By Garik Hauer

With the specter of the Gulf Coast oil spill looming over him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger abruptly withdrew his support Monday for a proposed expansion of oil drilling off Santa Barbara’s coast.

May 3, 2010

Weekend Crime Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two sexual assaults, a medical emergency and an instance of residential burglary this weekend.

April 29, 2010

Coffee Makers Brew Up Art

By Garik Hauer

A latte creativity will be on display this month as local baristas compete for the title of Santa Barbara’s best drink designer.

April 26, 2010

ASVT Champions Dethroned

By Garik Hauer

Kappa Kappa Gamma won the seventh annual All Sorority Volleyball Tournament fundraiser this Saturday, ending Alpha Chi Omega’s three-year winning streak.

April 19, 2010

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Garik Hauer

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol handled several reports of violence this weekend, and also came to the aid of a student who drunkenly fell from the cliffs overlooking the ocean.

April 16, 2010

Charities To Aid Victims of Quake

By Garik Hauer

Local nonprofit groups are working alongside partner organizations in China and Tibet to provide relief to those affected by Tuesday's magnitude 6.9 earthquake on the Tibetan Plateau.