Lauren Crecelius

December 7, 2006

Parlor Provides Piercings, Parcels, Personal Ink

By Lauren Crecelius

Isla Vista residents interested in piercings, henna, body jewelry, ink-inspired paraphernalia, or perhaps just some stamps and mailing packages will jump for joy over the opening of Energy Tattoo at 955 Embarcadero Del M...

November 27, 2006

IVFP, CHP Inquire Into Crimes Over Holiday Weekend

By Lauren Crecelius

Three separate calls for service kept local law enforcement busy the day after Thanksgiving, as officers arrested one man for attempted burglary in Isla Vista and responded to two separate vehicle incidents in the Goleta...

November 17, 2006

News-Press Files New Suit After Union Protest

By Lauren Crecelius

The Santa Barbara News-Press filed another unfair labor practice charge against the Teamsters Union on Wednesday for having its members protest during the newspaper's 18th annual banquet last weekend.

November 13, 2006

News-Press Advocates Protest Reporter Firing

By Lauren Crecelius

Over 50 Santa Barbara News-Press staff members and supporters continued their fight with upper management.

November 9, 2006

Repavement Causes Closures, Towing

By Lauren Crecelius

Despite the abundance of "no parking" signs disbursed throughout local streets, about 44 cars were towed from Isla Vista on Wednesday, as the Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. began a nine-day process of extensive ...

November 8, 2006

SB Board of Supervisors Elects Warfield to IVRPD

By Lauren Crecelius

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted against the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District's wishes yesterday, appointing Ken Warfield to fill IVRPD's vacant seat.

November 3, 2006

Service To Celebrate Life of Student

By Lauren Crecelius

The friends of UCSB student Alisa Naret - who died in a car accident last week - will hold a memorial service to honor her life this Saturday in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.

November 1, 2006

Cedarwood’s Tenants Settle With Conquest

By Lauren Crecelius

The eviction cases between Conquest Student Housing and the Cedarwood Apartments tenants concluded yesterday with all defendants accepting a settlement agreement to move out by Dec. 1. The individual cases were brought f...

October 30, 2006

Truck Mishap Leads to Car Crash; Claims Life of UCSB Student

By Lauren Crecelius

UCSB suffered the loss of student Alisa Naret this past week; the fourth-year biopsychology major was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning in La Conchita. Naret was driving southbound on U.S. Highway 101 on he...

October 27, 2006

UCSB Students Feel Effects of Bacterial Bout

By Lauren Crecelius

A hangover is not the only thing making UCSB students sick in Isla Vista, as a recent outbreak of salmonella infections has students running for the toilet. Michele Mickiewicz, deputy director of the Public Health Dept.,...

October 27, 2006

News-Press Files Case Against SB Independent

By Lauren Crecelius

The Santa Barbara News-Press continued spiraling into its seemingly endless cycle of legal and journalistic disputes this week, as it dropped charges against former Business Editor Michael Todd but brought up some new on...

October 25, 2006

Workers File Suit Against News-Press

By Lauren Crecelius

Santa Barbara News-Press upper management received two blows in the past two weeks, one from a class action lawsuit and the other from a recent decision by the Los Angeles branch of the National Labor Relations Board.

October 19, 2006

IVRPD To Send Power Underground

By Lauren Crecelius

The lofty poles and power lines on El Colegio Road and Camino Corto will soon be another relic in Isla Vista's history, now that the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District has unanimously approved a grant of easement wi...

October 17, 2006

Convicted SB Woman To Serve Time for Homicide

By Lauren Crecelius

Malinda Jones was sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for the murder of UCSB graduate student Jarrod Davidson.

October 11, 2006

IVRPD Discusses Pardall Road Revamping Process

By Lauren Crecelius

A crowd of over 30 people attended a special meeting for the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District last night, where the board of directors updated the public on plans to renovate Pardall Road.

October 10, 2006

Damaged Pipes Impede Repairs on Accessways

By Lauren Crecelius

Isla Vista's beach accessways will not be refurbished until fall 2007, despite a promise from the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors that it would occur this fall.