Jack Crosbie

May 8, 2012

Snoop, Wolfgang, Iration Set to Take the Stage at Extravaganza

By Jack Crosbie

Associated Students Program Board announced the official lineup for Extravaganza 2012 — featuring hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg — at midnight last night. The annual concert will rock Harder Stadium from 1 to 6 p.m. on Su...

April 23, 2012

SB Police Apprehend Suspects in I.V. Burglary Case

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested five men allegedly involved in a Saturday afternoon home-invasion robbery in Isla Vista. The five men were apprehended during a felony traffic stop shortly after the in...

April 13, 2012

Capps, Farr Announce New Election Campaigns

By Jack Crosbie

“When Lois [Capps] wins, I.V. wins,” Doreen Farr, incumbent Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor, said. “When Hannah-Beth [Jackson] wins, I.V. wins. When Das Williams wins, I.V. wins. And when I win, you wi...

March 7, 2012

S.B. Police Sniff Out Local Sex Solicitors

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau conducted two prostitution stings in Goleta over the past four months, using undercover detectives at local motels to pick up four male suspects. Accordi...

February 29, 2012

SB Police Arrest Suspects of I.V. Stabbing Case in Venice Beach

By Jack Crosbie

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested two men Monday morning in Los Angeles for their alleged involvement in the Feb. 18 Isla Vista brawl that put three people in the hospital. According to a SBCSO ...

February 21, 2012

I.V. Stabbing Raises Plenty of Questions for Residents

By Jack Crosbie

“They were looking for a fight — you could tell,” Chris Elder, a fourth-year psychology and sociology major said. Shortly after midnight on Sunday morning, Elder and a group of friends left a party at 6662 Del Play...

February 13, 2012

Small Cakes Send Big Messages in I.V.

By Jack Crosbie

Several UCSB students are collaborating with SBMenus.com this Valentine’s Day to play Cupid and deliver handmade cupcakes for all of Isla Vista’s special someones. Third-year global studies major Hanna Mendoza and he...

February 8, 2012

Appeals Court Opposes Prop 8

By Jack Crosbie

Yesterday morning, California opponents of Proposition 8 celebrated a landmark decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the 2008 ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. S...

February 1, 2012

Cops Apprehend Student Suspected of Firebombing

By Jack Crosbie, Vanessa Angiuli

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. arrested 23-year-old UCSB senior Keith Keiper in connection with the Molotov cocktail attack on the Isla Vista Foot Patrol station on New Year’s Day. Keiper, who is believed t...

January 19, 2012

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers narrowly missed an opportunity to reenact their favorite Bay Watch scene this weekend when an inebriated male loudly proclaimed he would brave the icy waters near the Camino Pescadero beac...

January 12, 2012

Arroyo Grande Man Saved After Straying Off Trail

By Jack Crosbie

Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue recovered a stranded hiker from the Los Padres National Forest last Sunday approximately two hours after the volunteer team mounted a full search effort. According to a statement is...

January 10, 2012

Pappas To Run for Supervisor Again

By Jack Crosbie, Megan Meyer

Steve Pappas, a defeated 2008 Third District Supervisor candidate, announced on Dec. 28 that he would once again be challenging incumbent Doreen Farr for her seat in the upcoming 2012 election. After losing to Farr in 20...

January 9, 2012

Law Enforcement Agencies Collaborate To Make Arrests

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department made a series of felony arrests for narcotics and gang-related crimes throughout December. The SBCSD Narcotics and Gang Units collaborated with the State Parole Department ...

January 9, 2012

Police Find Smuggling Boat

By Jack Crosbie

Off-duty Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies found a boat likely used for illegal drug smuggling abandoned at sea north of Refugio Beach last Monday and are on the lookout for more. According to a SBCS O...

November 23, 2011

Two Arrested as Accessories in Isla Vista Stabbing Case

By Jack Crosbie

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office arrested two women last month for their suspected involvement in 26-year-old Santa Barbara resident, Vincent Velasquez’s murder last May. Twenty-year-old Benjamin Vargas is o...

November 13, 2011

Educational Program Draws Mixed Reactions

By Jack Crosbie

Ahmed Mousa grew up hearing about Palestine every day. The soft-spoken second-year religious studies major is a half-Palestinian Muslim who, until recently, had never set foot in his father’s home country. “Growing u...