SB Youth Arrested For Possession of Illegal Explosives

A Santa Barbara High School student was booked into juvenile hall on Monday, after Sheriff's deputies found enough materials at his home to make at least four pipe bombs.
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Police Report Drop in Isla Vista Burglaries

Home burglaries in Isla Vista significantly declined in 2001, while the number of sexual assaults, alcohol-related offenses and arrests for couch fires did not change notably in the last year.
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Hallucinating Student Runs Naked Into Traffic

Four drivers will need to check if their insurance covers collisions with hallucinating naked men after an incident on Mesa Road Sunday night.
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Junior UCSB Student Falls from DP Cliff

UCSB junior business economics major Jeffrey Cronin will spend his 21st birthday tomorrow in the hospital after sustaining severe injuries in a fall off the cliffs on Del Playa Dr. on Tuesday morning.
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Locals Report Break-Ins Over Long Weekend

While Isla Vista residents were home celebrating Thanksgiving, intruders were reported breaking into two homes last weekend.
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Ordinance To Limit Outdoor Smoking

The Tobacco Control Ordinance passed unanimously at the Nov. 20 Board of Supervisors meeting. Effective Dec. 20, smoking will be prohibited within 20 feet of any building or area where smoking is not ...
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District Supervisor Fights Recall

"Trecall will waste taxpayers' money and divide us when unity and mutual support are what both our country and county need," said 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall.
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It Rained Tuesday, With all the Usual and Wet Results

Rain in Santa Barbara is not a pleasant thing. We don't expect rain here - a lot of us chose this school for that very reason. That's probably why the inaugural precipitation makes us feel so cheated.
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Community To Vote for PAC Reps

Elections for representatives to the Isla Vista Project Area Committee will be held today, despite a pending lawsuit and restraining order filed by I.V. business owners to protest the formation of the...
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What To Do When They Come for You

Daily Nexus staff writer Ladan Moeenziai spends a sober Friday night hanging with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol. By the end of the evening, Moeenziai discovers the drunken-stupor masses romaing the stree...
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Foot Patrol To Increase Presence for Halloween

The county festival ordinance, which restricts loud music after 6 p.m. and has been enforced for years of Halloweens in Isla Vista, will take effect Sunday, October 28, after this weekend's pre-Hallow...
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Repair Work to Begin

Camino Corto and Camino Pescadero will be closed to traffic and parking Tuesday, while both streets undergo construction.
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Locals To Elect Committee To Redesign I.V.

Planners from the Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency met with Isla Vista community members last night to explain the election procedures for an Isla Vista Project Area Committee (PAC).
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I.V. Females Report Two Sexual Assaults

Two more Isla Vista rapes were reported last week, bringing the total number to seven since the start of Fall Quarter.
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Women Should Take Precautions at Night

There have been 14 total reported sexual assaults this year, and two of the latest incidents involved the predator attacking the victim while the victim was sleeping.
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