Students test transportation improvements at IVCSD Pardall pop-up event

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the day of the pop-up, IVCSD temporarily installed marked crosswalks, scooter corrals, bike boxes and sharrows along the highly-trafficked street.
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UCSB community highlights concerns over privacy, racial profiling and criminalization at Halloween policing town hall

Isla Vista Foot Patrol plans to install two to four street cameras throughout Isla Vista and upstaff its patrol during Halloween weekend.
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IVCSD expande el programa Isla Vista Beautiful

El distrito de servicios comunitarios de Isla Vista recientemente emplearon un equipo de cinco empleados para conducir operaciones para el programa Isla Vista Beautiful mientras expanden su programa p...
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Increased policing and street cameras during Halloween in Isla Vista prompt A.S. to host town hall

For the past nine years, local police agencies have increased their patrolling of I.V. and enforced regulations and road closure for Halloween weekend.
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UCPD faces understaffing, struggles to hire Interpersonal Violence Investigator

The role of interpersonal violence investigator is the latest in a list of positions UCPD is yet to fill.
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I.V. Community Services District receives award for sustainable transportation initiative

The California Air Resources Board awarded IVCSD with a Sustainable Transportation Equity Project grant of $182,158 to develop a Community Mobility Plan in November 2020.
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Five seats open across special district races in November election

Other local, countywide and national elections will also take place on Nov. 8, including representatives for Congress, California state assembly and California governor.
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Court declines to convict former SBCC student for rape, gives 90 day jail sentence

The defendant was initially arrested on Sept. 9, 2021 in relation to a sexual assault that occurred on UC Santa Barbara campus property.
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I.V. Recreation and Park District approves budget for upcoming 50th anniversary celebration

Inside the amphitheater will be music, Halloween-themed movies each night, costume contests and fashion shows.
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Santa Barbara County officially files lawsuit against UCSB for underhousing campus population

UCSB is also in litigation from the city of Goleta over allegedly violating plans to add housing and cap enrollment under the Long Range Development Plan.
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Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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UCSB Iranian community raises awareness about women’s rights following death of Mahsa Amini

The Iranian “morality police” arrested Amini on Sept. 13  for allegedly violating Islamic laws requiring women to wear hijabs.
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UCSB community protests for women’s rights in Iran following death of Mahsa Amini

Amini’s death has sparked international protests and online dissent under the hashtag #Mahsa_Amini.
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IVCSD supports installation of flashing lights along key crosswalks

Addressed to SBC Alternative Transportation Manager Mark Friedlander, the letter affirmed local municipal support of the project to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
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Man arrested for assault with deadly weapon at Camino Real Marketplace

SBSO responded at 9:16 a.m. to a report of an assault involving a knife that just occurred, arriving near the Staples located in Camino Real Marketplace.
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