Nikki Moore

January 17, 2006

Unknown Assailants Assault Two Visiting Dartmouth Students

By Nikki Moore

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) officers are investigating an attack in Isla Vista Saturday morning that left two visiting Dartmouth students in need of medical attention.

January 13, 2006

Friends Gather to Remember Life of Deceased Student

By Nikki Moore

Last night, 15 of Kendra Payne's friends got together and traded stories about Payne, 21, who died on Wednesday afternoon from injuries she sustained in a bicycling accident. Payne, a senior aquatic biology major, was ki...

January 12, 2006

Fatal Injuries From Bike Accident Claim UCSB Student’s Life

By Nikki Moore

A 21-year-old UCSB student was killed yesterday afternoon after she lost control of her bicycle and was hit by a trailer truck while traveling down a narrow road in Goleta.

January 11, 2006

Stream Team IDs Local Pollution Risks

By Nikki Moore

After a three-year study, the Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper (SBCK) released the Goleta Stream Team 2002-05 report yesterday, pointing the finger at pollution from agriculture and urban runoff as the most severe problems cu...

January 10, 2006

IVFP Reports Decreasing Winter Break Burglaries; Responds to Five Thefts

By Nikki Moore

Winter break crime in Isla Vista continues to fall as the Isla Vista Foot Patrol's (IVFP) preliminary statistics show that authorities responded to a relatively low number of burglaries during this year's break.

January 9, 2006

Firemen Fetch Fallen Dog From Cliff

By Nikki Moore

It was a "ruff" afternoon for Emma, a seven-year-old Labrador who was trapped for over an hour on one of the ledges of the Ellwood Bluffs yesterday, before firefighters rappelled down the cliffs to rescue her.

December 1, 2005

Local Store Begins Isla Vista Brand of Hookah, 36 Flavors

By Nikki Moore

The owner of Isla Vista Deli Mart is looking to smoke the competition with his new brand of hookah tobacco and coals, which is coming to I.V. straight from the Middle East.

November 16, 2005

UCSB Frat Earns Recharter After 1997 Suspension

By Nikki Moore

Six years after being suspended from campus for hazing, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity received its UCSB charter last weekend, once again becoming an official chapter of the national fraternity.

November 15, 2005

November 15, 2005

By Nikki Moore

Saturday, Nov. 13, 1:30 a.m. - Officers responding to reports of a fight on the 6600 block of Abrego Road arrived at the scene and contacted a 22-year-old man who had been involved in the scuffle. One of the deputies rec...

November 10, 2005

Burglars Break Into I.V. Theater, Steal Projector

By Nikki Moore

Thieves broke into I.V. Theater yesterday and pinched a data projector worth $4,000, leaving other expensive electronics untouched and leading the building's supervisor to believe that the culprits knew exactly what they...

November 3, 2005

November 3, 2005

By Nikki Moore

Friday, Oct. 28, 11:00 p.m. - Officers patrolling the 6600 block of Sabado Tarde Road stopped to investigate after they heard a crashing noise. As a deputy walked toward the area where the noise originated, he spied an 1...

October 27, 2005

Lots To Go Toe-to-Tow With Visitors

By Nikki Moore

Local residents and out-of-town revelers looking to leave cars in Goleta over the Halloween weekend be warned - many Goleta businesses will be monitoring their lots and towing vehicles parked there for prolonged periods ...

October 26, 2005

Car Causes Railroad Explosion, Fire

By Nikki Moore

A man was forced to abandon his vehicle on a local train track yesterday morning when his car got stuck on the tracks in front of an oncoming train.

October 24, 2005

Elderly Local Resident Dies; Cause Unknown

By Nikki Moore

Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) found the body of a 64-year-old Isla Vista resident dead in his camper Friday, following reports that he had not shown up for work in a few days.

October 18, 2005

Friends Mourn Loss, Recall Fond Memories of Philosophy Student

By Nikki Moore

The friends and co-workers of Manuel Stahl, a senior philosophy major who passed away following a motorcycle accident last Friday, said they are shocked by his passing and will always remember him as rambunctious, driven...

October 17, 2005

Driver Strikes Officer, Speeds Away

By Nikki Moore

A white SUV hit an Isla Vista Foot Patrol (IVFP) officer at the intersection of Sabado Tarde Road and Camino del Sur on Sunday morning, leaving the deputy shaken but unharmed.