Staff Report

October 31, 2012

Daily Nexus Reps Lois, Hannah-Beth and Das

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Lois Capps The Nexus endorses incumbent candidate Lois Capps for 24th Congressional District Representative in what has become a particularly contentious and expensive race against Republican opponent Abel Maldonado. Due...

October 31, 2012

Iconic “Scarface” Residence Put Up for Rent in Santa Barbara for $30,000 a Month

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Say hello to my not-so-little friend: Tony Montana’s infamous 10,000 square-foot residence located on 10 acres of Santa Barbara land at 631 Para Grande Lane is up for rent. If you recently took over a Miami drug cartel...

October 31, 2012

City of Goleta Receives Grant To Create Safer Driving Environment

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As a result of a newly received traffic safety grant, the city of Goleta will be implementing an anti-DUI program in order to establish safer streets for locals. The $68,250 grant, awarded to Goleta by the California Off...

October 31, 2012

The Hungry Gaucho Develops a Habit

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In-N-Out is synonymous with an amazingly delicious burger. That would explain how up until this past year, the Habit has always evaded my attention. In my mind, no other burger could top the juicy, savory quality that co...

October 31, 2012

The Hungry Gaucho Gives You Wings

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Located where the late Chino’s Rock and Tacos used to stand, Angry Wings has finally opened. While the layout of the building itself remains essentially unchanged from Chino’s, the owners of Angry Wings have given th...

October 30, 2012

Police Identify Suspect of Five Stabbings in I.V.

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Last Wednesday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office identified Quiana Edwards as the suspect in the Isla Vista stabbing case from Oct. 7. Edwards, a 22-year-old member of a Ventura Avenue gang, is suspected of st...

October 29, 2012

Halloween Weekend Hits Isla Vista: Part One

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Over the weekend, thousands of partygoers and roughly 200 law enforcement officials crowded the streets of Isla Vista in what Playboy magazine once called the “biggest college party in America.” As Halloween festivit...

October 24, 2012

Vandenberg Air Force Base Officials Warn Public After Fatal Shark Attack

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Orcutt resident Francisco Javier Solorio Jr., 39, was fatally wounded in a shark attack yesterday morning while surfing at Surf Beach in Lompoc — the same area where UCSB chemical engineering student Lucas Ransom ,19, ...

October 22, 2012

Renowned Neurosurgeon Lectures At UCSB on Health, Entertainment

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta — best-selling author, assistant neurosurgery professor at Emory University and CNN’s Emmy-decorated chief medical correspondent — visited Campbell Hall yesterday to discuss his experience with the...

October 18, 2012

Fire Overtakes SB Hills, 100 People Evacuated

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100 people were evacuated from their homes as the result of a wildfire that overtook the hills in Santa Barbara near Highway 154, the same region where a similar fire scorched some 550 homes in 1990. According to a news ...

October 16, 2012

Multiple Weapon Incidents Plague Sabado Tarde Rd.

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This weekend, two separate gun-related incidents took place in Isla Vista; while the subject involved in one occurrence was apprehended, the other remains at large. Early Saturday morning, a man was seen carrying a rifle...

October 11, 2012

Haunting New Art Exhibit To Showcase Current Global Decay

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The UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum will open a new exhibition tomorrow titled “The Stumbling Present: Ruins in Contemporary Art,” which focuses on the portrayal of ruins through a haunting lens. The featu...

October 11, 2012

Local Residents Reject Beach Parking Fees for Rights to Beach Access

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The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors rejected a proposal to implement beach parking fees with a 5-0 vote on Tuesday after the SB county Parks Commission voted against the recommendation in August. Though parking...

October 10, 2012

Tidbits of News From Around the UC System

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UC Profs Earn $500,000 Grants UCLA neuroscientist Elissa Hallem and UC Riverside emeritus art professor Uta Barth were among 23 fellows — including a journalist, a physicist, a composer, a historian and scholars in var...

October 10, 2012

Severed Natural Gas Line Brings On Local Residential Evacuation Orders

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Yesterday afternoon, gas company workers successfully sealed a leak in a natural gas line located south of the Storke Family Housing complex. Southern California Gas Company personnel stopped the leak at about 1:15 p.m. ...

October 9, 2012

UCSB, Independent To Host Maldonado, Capps Debate Tonight

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Current 23rd District Congresswoman Lois Capps and challenger Abel Maldonado will square off on campus tonight in a debate hosted by UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center and the Santa Barbara Independent. The debate, which is one...