Kristina Ackermann

October 15, 2002

A.S., Marshall Approve New Blue Phones

By Kristina Ackermann

Third District County Supervisor Gail Marshall is working with the Associated Students Safety Committee to identify appropriate locations for blue light emergency phones.

October 11, 2002

PAC Hits I.V. Traffic Jam

By Kristina Ackermann

The Project Area Committee (PAC) and the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) held meetings on Wednesday and Thursday evening to discuss Isla Vista's transportation and parking issues with members of the community.

October 9, 2002

Anderson Takes Oath as New SB Sheriff

By Kristina Ackermann

After several months of training and preparation, Jim Anderson is ready to take his position as Santa Barbara's top dog. Anderson, who was elected in March, was sworn in as Santa Barbara County sheriff yesterday at the B...

October 4, 2002

AIDS Run To Raise Funds for Patients’ Care

By Kristina Ackermann

Participants will be running and walking tomorrow at Leadbetter Beach toward a brighter future for AIDS awareness and treatment in Santa Barbara.

October 3, 2002

IVRPD To Discuss Alcohol Ban

By Kristina Ackermann

All of Isla Vista's parks, and the homeless who call them home, may run dry if the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District reinstates a ban on alcohol - one that never took effect - at its meeting tonight.

September 27, 2002

North County Seeks Support to Break Away

By Kristina Ackermann

Complaining they have been victims of years of under-representation in county politics and vast ideological differences, residents of northern Santa Barbara County are trying to split the county in two.

June 26, 2002

Goleta Files Suit Against Airport Extension Plans

By Kristina Ackermann

The city of Goleta and Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper filed a lawsuit Thursday, June 6 in an attempt to overturn the April 9 decision to expand Santa Barbara Municipal Airport.

June 6, 2002

IVFP Reports No Change in Yearly Crime

By Kristina Ackermann

As the 2001-02 school year comes to a close, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol reflects on the fact that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

May 23, 2002

Judge Denies Attempt to Invalidate Recall Signatures

By Kristina Ackermann

Calling the No On Recall Committee "counter-productive," Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle shot down efforts to stop the recall against 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall.

May 15, 2002

SB Court Rules in Favor of State Street Building Plan

By Kristina Ackermann

The Santa Barbara City Council approved the development project, La Entrada de Santa Barbara, which was first proposed in 1991 by developer Bill Levy, in August 2001.

May 10, 2002

New Video Store To Open Soon in Isla Vista

By Kristina Ackermann

Isla Vista Primetime Video is scheduled to open in two weeks, just as soon as construction and renovation are completed. The store is located on the corner of Trigo Road and Embarcadero Del Mar.

May 8, 2002

CA To Vote on Sewage Waiver

By Kristina Ackermann

The state government may soon force Goleta to clean up its shit. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board made a tentative vote April 19 to deny a renewing waiver that allows the Goleta Sanitary District to du...

May 1, 2002

State to Consider Bill to Track Oil

By Kristina Ackermann

The State Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill last Wednesday that will allow the state to more closely monitor the marine transport of petroleum and refined oil off the coast of California.

April 26, 2002

County Passes Oil Company Ordinance

By Kristina Ackermann

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance last Tuesday, which requires oil companies to undergo a thorough evaluation before they start up their business.

April 19, 2002

Locals Celebrate Earth Day in I.V., Downtown

By Kristina Ackermann

Both Isla Vista and downtown Santa Barbara hosted festivals in honor of Mother Earth on Sunday, with a vast assortment of tie-dyed T-shirts, organic granola bars, compost heaps and hemp jewelry for all.

April 9, 2002