IVRPD Selects New Manager

After weeks of vacancy, the office of the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District general manager will finally be filled by the end of the school year. The IVRPD board of directors named Dale Sumersil...
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IVRPD Directors To Fill Vacant Manager Spot

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District is getting a new general manager tonight, as the district's board of directors announces its pick for the position at a 6 p.m. meeting at the IVRPD office. ...
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SB Opinions To Be Voiced in Video

Local residents will have the chance to tell one congresswoman, two senators and the entire audience of Santa Barbara's public access television station how they feel about the United States' policy o...
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‘Splash Olympics’ To Assist Disabled

Swimmers from Devereux Santa Barbara plan to make a splash at Campus Pool this Sunday, as they join the UCSB Swim Team for the fourth annual Splash Olympics. Members of the UCSB swim team are partneri...
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Blood Banks Converge to Pump Up Efficiency

The Tri-Counties Blood Bank joined with United Blood Services of Ventura at the beginning of the month, creating a new system for collecting and delivering blood throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura C...
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SB Juice Joint Blends Fruit, Ice, Charity Together to Encourage Blood Donation

Local smoothie shop, Blenders in the Grass, is mixing smoothies with charity this week and next week as it teams up with the Tri-Counties Blood Bank to promote blood donations in Santa Barbara County.
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National Park Closes to Promote Pelicans

Santa Barbara Island, the smallest of the Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara coast, has been closed until the end of May to protect the mating habits of the endangered California brown pelican.
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Possible Decision to Dismantle Oil Platforms Endangers Fish

The fate of 13 oil platforms off California's southern coast, including the 12 platforms located along the Santa Barbara shoreline, now rests in the hands of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMF...
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Disease Alerts SLO, SB Officials

A recent outbreak of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, at California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo has local authorities reminding Santa Barbara residents to protect themselves ...
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Lecture Series To Examine Weapons-Related Issues

The Santa Barbara Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) is taking over local theaters and lecture halls this week to educate local students and residents about the issues surrounding nuclear weapons and...
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Cyclists Set To Roll Through SB

One of the country's best cycling teams joined officials from the new Amgen Tour of California last evening to set the wheels in motion for a 600-mile bicycle race traveling through Santa Barbara Feb....
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Festival Brings More Business to SB

The 2006 Santa Barbara International Film Festival is in full swing, and local businesses, law enforcement and parking garages are all dealing with the filmmakers and filmgoers flooding into downtown ...
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Devereux To Lecture on Warning Signs of Suicide

Local students, teachers and residents could learn how to save lives this afternoon, at a suicide awareness and prevention course hosted by Devereux.
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Experts To Give Financial Guidance at Free Seminar

Students looking to learn a little sense about how to save and invest their cash can attend a free seminar tomorrow that will teach them how to do just that.
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Professionals To Counsel Law Students in Seminar Tonight

Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum and a panel of local lawyers and judges will be on campus to talk to students about pursuing a career in law tonight at an informational forum hosted by Phi Alpha Delta ...
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