Ladan Moeenziai

November 30, 2001

Hallucinating Student Runs Naked Into Traffic

By Ladan Moeenziai

Four drivers will need to check if their insurance covers collisions with hallucinating naked men after an incident on Mesa Road Sunday night.

November 28, 2001

Junior UCSB Student Falls from DP Cliff

By Ladan Moeenziai

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.

November 27, 2001

Locals Report Break-Ins Over Long Weekend

By Ladan Moeenziai

While Isla Vista residents were home celebrating Thanksgiving, intruders were reported breaking into two homes last weekend.

November 26, 2001

Ordinance To Limit Outdoor Smoking

By Ladan Moeenziai

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 allowed.

November 6, 2001

District Supervisor Fights Recall

By Ladan Moeenziai

"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.

October 31, 2001

It Rained Tuesday, With all the Usual and Wet Results

By Ladan Moeenziai

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.

October 30, 2001

What To Do When They Come for You

By Ladan Moeenziai

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 streets aren't nearly as ...

October 30, 2001

Community To Vote for PAC Reps

By Ladan Moeenziai

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 PAC.

October 26, 2001

Foot Patrol To Increase Presence for Halloween

By Ladan Moeenziai

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-Halloween parties.

October 22, 2001

Repair Work to Begin

By Ladan Moeenziai

Camino Corto and Camino Pescadero will be closed to traffic and parking Tuesday, while both streets undergo construction.

October 10, 2001

Locals To Elect Committee To Redesign I.V.

By Ladan Moeenziai

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).

October 9, 2001

I.V. Females Report Two Sexual Assaults

By Ladan Moeenziai

Two more Isla Vista rapes were reported last week, bringing the total number to seven since the start of Fall Quarter.

October 3, 2001

Women Should Take Precautions at Night

By Ladan Moeenziai

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.

September 25, 2001

County Approves Plans for Improvement in I.V.

By Ladan Moeenziai

The quest for Isla Vista sidewalks, low-cost housing and other improvements inched forward Tuesday.

September 24, 2001

Pride and Disgrace in the War on Terrorism

By Ladan Moeenziai

When I hear things like "carpet bomb Afghanistan" or, as one articulate Louisiana senator asked, have all people wearing "diapers" on their head be checked out, I think that it is nothing but ignorance and inhumanity.

September 24, 2001

Major Injuries Provoke CHP to Enforce Bicycle Laws

By Ladan Moeenziai

The CHP plans to heighten enforcement of traffic laws for bicyclists - including riding with the flow of traffic and stopping at stop signs - by increasing verbal warnings and citations.