Mollie Vandor

May 17, 2006

County Postpones Plan for DP Bathrooms Indefinitely

By Mollie Vandor

Tentative plans to build public restrooms on Del Playa Drive have been stalled, for the time being, due to a lack of financing and county support for the project. Santa Barbara County 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Fires...

May 11, 2006

Keanu Reeves, Eat Your Heart Out

By Mollie Vandor

Films about hostage situations are usually limited to Bruce Willis saving children or Harrison Ford kicking people off his airplane. It is definitely rare to find a film about a hostage negotiation in which the terrorist...

May 1, 2006

Locals To Protest for Immigrant Rights

By Mollie Vandor

Thousands of people are expected to protest, strike, boycott and march throughout Santa Barbara today as part of the Great American Boycott, also known as A Day Without an Immigrant. The protests, which are part of a lar...

April 21, 2006

County Links Transportation Tax Bills

By Mollie Vandor

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments approved a proposal Thursday to combine two new taxes designed to replace Measure D, which expires in 2010, into a single measure on the November 2006 ballot.

April 20, 2006

Harbor Patrol Cites Boat Company for Santa Barbara Spill

By Mollie Vandor

A fuel spill in the Santa Barbara Harbor yesterday morning left gallons of fuel in the water and a local charter boat company facing at least one citation from local authorities.

April 17, 2006

Court Sets Date for Goleta Murder Trial

By Mollie Vandor

The trial for Malinda Jones, the third defendant accused of participating in the 2004 murder of former UCSB graduate student Jarrod Davidson, is set for July, following a hearing that took place last Friday.

April 14, 2006

SB Bank Funds Low-Income Housing

By Mollie Vandor

A local financial institution is banking on the construction of affordable housing in Santa Barbara, with a $500,000 donation to the nonprofit Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County.

April 13, 2006

County Limits Park Games in I.V.

By Mollie Vandor

Local sloshball aficionados may find themselves striking out the next time they try to organize a game in Sea Lookout Park - more commonly known as Dog Shit Park - thanks to a new policy at the Isla Vista Recreation and ...

April 10, 2006

IVFP Leads Inquiry Into Assault of Unconscious Woman Over Weekend

By Mollie Vandor

Officers from the I.V. Foot Patrol are currently investigating a sexual assault that occurred while the unidentified victim was unconscious in Isla Vista on Saturday night.

April 4, 2006

Police Arrest Man for Breaking Into Local Restaurants

By Mollie Vandor

While most UCSB students spent their Spring Break resting and relaxing, deputies at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol spent the week dealing with burglaries and broken windows. IVFP Lt. Sol Linver said the overall amount of cri...

April 3, 2006

Officials Cite Area Businesses for Selling Alcohol to Minors

By Mollie Vandor

Three local businesses could find themselves fighting to keep their liquor licenses following a recent undercover operation conducted by the California Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and the Santa Barbara Coun...

March 10, 2006

MTV’s ‘The Real World’ To Hold Local Auditions

By Mollie Vandor

Crowds of strangers, eager for a spot on reality television, will try to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being real at an open casting call for "The Real World" in Santa Barbara this weekend...

February 28, 2006

IHOP To Serve Free Pancakes for Holiday

By Mollie Vandor

Free short stacks and charity will be on the menu at local International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurants today, as part of the company's National Pancake Day celebration.

February 17, 2006

Bill Aims to Ban Coastal Oil Development

By Mollie Vandor

Santa Barbara's coast could receive permanent protection from new offshore oil drilling, depending on the success of legislation that was introduced in both the Senate and the House yesterday.

February 14, 2006

Locals Organize to Raise Funds

By Mollie Vandor

Two local banks, Hospice of Santa Barbara and the son of a local celebrity are teaming up to help the families of the seven people killed by Jennifer San Marco on Jan. 30. The downtown branch of the South Coast Community...

February 7, 2006

Police Find Probable Motive, New Details In Recent Shooting

By Mollie Vandor

Authorities recently uncovered a possible motive behind the Jan. 30 shootings at the Goleta Postal Distribution Center, while searching the New Mexico residence of Jennifer San Marco - the 44-year-old woman who killed 7 ...