Nikki Moore

May 17, 2006

Coffee House To Restart Conversion

By Nikki Moore

Seven months after Santa Barbara County officials halted the renovation of the structure that used to house Espresso Roma, construction on the Pardall Road building began again on Monday. The remodeling was shut down on ...

May 15, 2006

Two Crimes Result in Hospitalization, Arrest of Suspects

By Nikki Moore

Two people were attacked in Isla Vista on Friday night in unrelated incidents that landed two suspects in jail for robbery and sent one victim to the hospital with a stab wound. Several unidentified suspects stabbed a ju...

May 10, 2006

Board Accepts Update to SB Housing Plan

By Nikki Moore

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted at its meeting yesterday to pass the Housing Element Update - a plan that would increase low-income housing in the area - to Santa Barbara County Planning a...

May 9, 2006

Officers Arrest Man for Alleged I.V. Kidnapping

By Nikki Moore

A man is being held in Santa Barbara County Jail on six charges, including kidnapping and assault, stemming from a domestic dispute with his girlfriend Sunday evening. Brandon Howe, a visitor to the area, has been charg...

May 1, 2006

Locals Light Up Night After Outage

By Nikki Moore

With more than half of Isla Vista blacked out following an electricity failure Thursday night, certain I.V. residents decided to light up the streets by setting fire to more than a half-dozen couches and various other fl...

April 17, 2006

Officers Search for Suspect in Reported Sexual Assault Case

By Nikki Moore

Officers at the Isla Vista Foot Patrol are currently looking for a suspect in an attempted rape reported by an unidentified woman Sunday.

April 12, 2006

SB City Council Votes in Favor of Westward Expansion Planning

By Nikki Moore

Members of the Santa Barbara City Council unanimously voted yesterday for a proposal that could extend the city's boundaries to include unincorporated areas of east Goleta.

April 10, 2006

Researcher Dies in Volcanic Vent

By Nikki Moore

While attempting to rescue two of his colleagues, a UCSB researcher died last week after falling into a volcanic gas vent on Mammoth Mountain.

April 3, 2006

Daily Blotter

By Nikki Moore

Officers patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive were approached by two women who said they were on their way to a house to check on a friend who had passed out.

March 9, 2006

City Council Votes to Raise Living Wage

By Nikki Moore

An ordinance passed by the Santa Barbara City Council Tuesday night will require companies contracting with the city to raise the wages they pay their workers by up to six dollars.

March 8, 2006

Local Resident Begins Recall Process to Get Firestone Out of Office

By Nikki Moore

A campaign pushing for the removal of 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone from office is underway, and the Goleta resident championing the effort must now gather nearly 8,000 signatures if the recall is to appear on...

March 6, 2006

Foot Patrol Inquires Into Isolated Assaults on Saturday Evening

By Nikki Moore

Officers from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) are looking for the perpetrators of two separate incidents - an attempted rape and a stabbing - that occurred Saturday evening in I.V.

February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

By Nikki Moore

Officers responding to an anonymous complaint regarding a loud party on the 800 block of Embarcadero del Norte arrived to find a 19-year-old man lying passed out on an upstairs balcony.

February 23, 2006

County Addresses Safety of DP Homes

By Nikki Moore

One year after the county taped eviction notices to the doors of the eight blufftop properties considered to be unsafe on Del Playa Drive, four of the properties are in the process of being remodeled and the rest have be...

February 10, 2006

Parking Plan To Reach Final Stage

By Nikki Moore

After almost four years of planning, a revised version of the Isla Vista parking plan is making a final pit stop at the California Coastal Commission (CCC), where commission members will decide whether or not to allow th...

January 18, 2006

Students Honor Life of Friend

By Nikki Moore

Over 100 people gathered in Embarcadero Hall last night to remember Kendra Payne, the 21-year-old triathlete and aquatic biology major who died in a crash on Gibraltar Road last week, while the investigation into the acc...