Staff Report

February 3, 2012

Kissing Contest To Help Cancer Charity

By Staff Report

This Valentine’s Day, smooching your special someone could help benefit a child with cancer. The “Kisses for Cancer” competition, hosted by local author Leon Scott Baxter and financial expert Tim Tremblay, will att...

January 30, 2012

Search and Rescue Team Retrieves Lost Teenagers

By Staff Report

The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team aided two stranded teenagers stuck on a mountain ridge above the Alisal Guest Ranch last week, marking their second successful rescue this month. According to a Santa Barba...

January 30, 2012

Fire Damages Site Equipment

By Staff Report

The UCSB Police Department and Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a case of arson at a construction site off Phelps Road early yesterday morning. The campus police received a 911 call regarding the fire at ap...

January 27, 2012

Armenian Assocation Advocates Awareness

By Staff Report

Members of UCSB’s Armenian Student Association gathered in silent protest yesterday near Girvetz Hall in objection to the Turkish government and the international community’s failure to officially recognize the Armen...

January 19, 2012

Regents Deliberate Improving Current Educational Policy During Opening Day

By Staff Report

The UC Board of Regents convened at UC Riverside yesterday for its two-day meeting tackling strategies to compensate for the system’s budget shortfalls. Chair of the Board Sherry Lansing started the assembly with an an...

January 18, 2012

Regents To Reconfigure UC Funding

By Staff Report

The UC Board of Regents will convene during a meeting today and tomorrow at UC Riverside to reevaluate the university’s budget outlook amidst the likelihood of additional state revenue shortfalls and trigger cuts for t...

January 18, 2012

Online Community Protests Piracy Bills

By Staff Report

In protest of two anti-piracy laws — the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act — being considered by Congress, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the community encyclope...

January 9, 2012

UCSB TV Jumps on Cox

By Staff Report

Tomorrow will mark the launch of UCSB TV, a campus-specific branch of the systemwide UCTV channel that will be broadcast to viewers in Santa Barbara, Goleta and Carpinteria on Cox Cable channel 72. The new station will f...

March 9, 2009

ACLU Backs SB Transients

By Staff Report

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Santa Barbara on behalf of the homeless population, claiming city officials have committed "unconscionable" violations in prosecuting transients.

March 9, 2009

UCSB Revises Plan to Suit Environment

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As required by state law, a second draft of the Environmental Impact Report that accompanies UCSB's Long Range Development Plan has been released for public review and comment.

March 2, 2009

Woman Kidnaps Newborn Baby

By Staff Report

A Santa Barbara mother had the scare of a lifetime Friday after her 5-hour-old baby boy was abducted from Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

February 23, 2009

UC Faces $450 Million Deficit

By Staff Report

Sacramento has delivered yet another blow to the University of California, slashing $115 million in funding from the budget last week.

February 9, 2009

Fire Scorches I.V. Jewish Center

By Staff Report

A fire torched parts of the UCSB Chabad House yesterday, leaving the rabbi's residence with extensive damage.

October 1, 2008

Cops Make Arrest for Explosive

By Staff Report

After further investigation into the gang-related shootings that took place Saturday night, the Santa Barbara Police Dept. arrested one man believed to have been involved in the altercation.

October 1, 2008

3rd District Candidates To Host Forum

By Staff Report

With the November election only about a month away, local politicians are giving the public a chance to become familiar with their views at a series of free nonpartisan forums this week.

June 5, 2008