Three Officers Race Against Incumbent Sheriff-Coroner

As the June 6 elections approach, three local law enforcement officers are preparing to challenge current Sheriff-Coroner Jim Anderson for his position. Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. Lt. Ugo "Butch" A...
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Flaming Furniture Ignites Officials’ Preparation

As the smoke clears from a recent string of couch fires, officials in Isla Vista and Santa Barbara County are preparing for the upcoming couch-burning season. Couch-burning season traditionally occurs...
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Holiday Festival Highlights Latino Culture

Santa Barbara's Cinco de Mayo celebrations outlasted the fifth of May this year, as hundreds of Santa Barbara residents gathered at De la Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara to celebrate the weeken...
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Board Grants Eight-Hour Permit for Festival

Despite their concerns about combining a day of live music and educational activities with alcohol, the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District voted yesterday to allow the organizers of the upcoming ...
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Locals Put “Pickles” on I.V. Food Scene

Isla Vista restaurant owners could find themselves in quite a pickle as the only student-owned sandwich shop in town opens for business. The Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop is scheduled to open next to the ...
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Daylong Fair To Honor Earth

Santa Barbara residents can celebrate the environment, watch belly dancing and check out new environmentally friendly automobiles - all while enjoying the musical styling of local musician Crosby Logg...
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SB County Supervisors Approve New Homeless Coordinator’s Contract

The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors announced yesterday its plan to create a special position to combat homelessness throughout the county.
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Juggling Festival To Feature Auction, Live Demonstrations

Instead of hunting for eggs this Easter weekend, a group of Santa Barbara jugglers will be throwing them, along with balls, batons and torches at the 30th annual Isla Vista Jugglers Festival.
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Activists Assemble for Cannabis Conference

Doctors, health care professionals and a famous talk-show host will gather in Santa Barbara this weekend in an attempt to smoke out the truth about medicinal marijuana use.
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Program Aids Endangered Plovers

Sex, sand and snowy plovers are coming together this spring as the endangered species - which is less than a month into its six-month breeding season - continues to bounce back from years of populatio...
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The curtain has fallen on the Cinema Twin Theaters in Goleta, leaving students in the dark when it comes to finding cheap movie tickets in the Santa Barbara area. The Cinema Twin on Hollister Avenue, ...
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Raise in Living Wage Awaits Vote from City

The Santa Barbara City Council will soon decide whether to approve a new living wage ordinance that could raise the minimum wage for local companies contracting with the city by more than six dollars,...
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Circumstances Cause Shift in I.V. Eats

Three restaurants on Embarcadero del Mar are stirring things up, as Sushi Teri is closed temporarily, The Cantina has cut back on its operating hours and business has started cooking at the town's new...
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Cannabis Competitors Roll to Victory

Approximately 400 people gathered on the grass in Anisq'Oyo' Park on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the skills of Isla Vista's best blunt and joint rollers at the 2nd Annual Joint Rolling Contest, ne...
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Local Gym Trains Boxers for Fight Night

While Dukes Boxing and Fitness has only been open for a little more than three months, several of the gym's members are already training to step into the ring as part of a 15-year-old UCSB tradition.
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