Goleta Files Suit Against Airport Extension Plans

June 26, 2002 by

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.
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IVFP Reports No Change in Yearly Crime

June 6, 2002 by

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.
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Judge Denies Attempt to Invalidate Recall Signatures

May 23, 2002 by

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.
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SB Court Rules in Favor of State Street Building Plan

May 15, 2002 by

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.
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New Video Store To Open Soon in Isla Vista

May 10, 2002 by

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.
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CA To Vote on Sewage Waiver

May 8, 2002 by

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 San...
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State to Consider Bill to Track Oil

May 1, 2002 by

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...
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County Passes Oil Company Ordinance

April 26, 2002 by

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.
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Locals Celebrate Earth Day in I.V., Downtown

April 19, 2002 by

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 al...
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Commission To Decide Future of Airport Runway

April 9, 2002 by

The $16 million plan would shift the position of the current runway 800 feet to the west in order to create the 1,000-foot safety areas
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New Grill To Open on Pardall Road

April 3, 2002 by

Even though Isla Vista has almost three times the number of legal liquor licenses allowed under California law, Dublin's, a new sports bar and grill on Pardall Road, is scheduled to open as soon as po...
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Advocates of Living Wage Hold Demonstration

February 27, 2002 by

Members and supporters of the Coalition for a Living Wage gathered yesterday in front of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, holding signs and yelling chants calling for an increase in wa...
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Local Groups Clean Up Isla Vista

February 11, 2002 by

On Saturday Feb. 9 the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District hosted a volunteer clean up of garbage and debris in Isla Vista.
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ChannelKeeper Declares Independence

January 28, 2002 by

The Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper, a non-profit organization committed to protecting Santa Barbara's watersheds, announced its independence from the Environmental Defense Center Sunday night at its seco...
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First Stage of SB Bowl Revival Plan Nears Completion

January 18, 2002 by

The first part of the renovation of the Santa Barbara Bowl is on schedule and will be completed by May 14, in time for the summer concert season.
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