Mollie Vandor

May 25, 2005

IVRPD To Fix Three Coastal Access Points

By Mollie Vandor

The journey from land to sand should become safer in the next few months, once local officials work out the final details of a project that will reinforce three I.V. beach accessways.

May 23, 2005

Runners Raise $23,000 for Cancer Cure

By Mollie Vandor

Twenty-four hours after stepping onto the UCSB track Saturday morning, the several hundred volunteers participating in this year's Relay For Life learned they had raised approximately $23,000 for cancer research.

May 19, 2005

Rollover Crash Causes Train Delays

By Mollie Vandor

Santa Barbara County firefighters and Amtrak dispatchers were forced to reroute a passenger train Wednesday afternoon after an automobile accident left an overturned car sitting precariously close to the railroad tracks.

May 17, 2005

City Considers Project Proposals

By Mollie Vandor

Traffic on the Highway 101 might be speeding up and construction on an oil pipeline running through Goleta may be slowing down after yesterday's Goleta City Council meeting.

May 13, 2005

Explosion Propels Asphalt 100 Yards

By Mollie Vandor

The smoke has cleared and the debris is cleaned up, but authorities still do not know why a trailer filled with hot asphalt exploded at the Santa Maria Refining Company (SMRC) on Wednesday morning.

May 11, 2005

Residents Pitch Incorporation Proposal

By Mollie Vandor

The City of Santa Barbara may soon be expanding its borders to welcome some new residents that currently do not have a city to call their own. Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum said the Santa Barbara City Council heard a pr...

May 6, 2005

IVRPD Springs for Skate Park, Vernal Pool

By Mollie Vandor

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) voted to fund two major projects at its Thursday meeting, giving the green light to an $800,000 skate park and the $28,000 restoration of a vernal pool on Del Playa Dri...

May 4, 2005

Council To Replace Oil With Sun Power

By Mollie Vandor

The Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously to oppose the expansion and continuation of offshore drilling facilities along the Santa Barbara coastline Tuesday, and to endorse the creation of a solar power energy pro...

April 29, 2005

Greek Girls To Bump for La Conchita

By Mollie Vandor

Balls will fly as sorority girls, swimsuits and security guards come together on Saturday at Alpha Tau Omega's (ATO) All-Sorority Volleyball Tournament. Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 22 teams of bikini-clad sorority girls w...

April 27, 2005

PAC/GPAC To Discuss Improvements for I.V.

By Mollie Vandor

The Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) will meet tonight to discuss the financial fate of the Isla Vista Community Center, improvements to I.V. bus stops and funding for the I.V. Master...

April 22, 2005

IVRPD Agrees on Preliminary Budget, Office Renovations

By Mollie Vandor

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) is trying to make the best of a tight financial situation, having approved a preliminary plan to budget its time and money during the next fiscal year.

April 21, 2005

IVRPD Flips Fees, Kicks Up Park Plan

By Mollie Vandor

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) Finance Committee recommended Wednesday that the district fund a new project that will make bored local skaters super-stoked. Brah.

April 13, 2005

Church Must Renew Permit to Save Trailers

By Mollie Vandor

Parishioners at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church may have to confer with a higher authority - that of the County of Santa Barbara - in order to retain a parking lot and two trailers situated on its property.

April 8, 2005

IVRPD Accepts Courtroom Loss to Libertarians

By Mollie Vandor

Members of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District decided at a closed session meeting Thursday night to accept terms that would put an end to a lawsuit that has troubled the district for more than three years.

April 7, 2005

Lawsuits, Parks To Take Precedence at IVRPD Meeting

By Mollie Vandor

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) board of directors will discuss the district's legal battles at its first meeting of Spring Quarter tonight - troubles that are proving to be no walk in the park for th...

April 5, 2005

IVRPD Seeks Vernal Pool Financing

By Mollie Vandor

A neglected vernal pool on Del Playa Drive may undergo considerable work to restore it to its natural state, if the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (IVRPD) can find the money necessary to finance the project.