IVRPD Outlines Park Maintenance Plan

The Isla Vista Recreation and Park District added quite a few items to its 2006-2007 to-do list yesterday evening, as board members discussed the District Work Plan for Neighborhood and Open Space Par...
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Touring Cyclists To Arrive in SB During Bike Safety Festival

Live music, BMX bikers and a big screen TV will adorn West Beach at Cabrillo Boulevard today, as world-renowned cyclists from the Amgen Tour of California ride across the finish line for the Santa Bar...
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Nava Announces New Bill on Bicycle Safety

In the wake of the January death of UCSB student Kendra Payne, who was killed in a bicycling accident, Assemblyman Pedro Nava proposed a new state law on Monday that would require motor vehicles to le...
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Community To Drive Transportation Needs

Locals have the chance to help the county get the wheels moving on new public transportation programs today, as the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) hosts a public hearing on un...
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Senior Awaits March Hearing for January I.V. Felony Charges

Sean Michael Cottrell, who drove his roommate's BMW into a crowd of pedestrians on Sabado Tarde Road in late January, pleaded guilty to felony DUI charges and a felony hit-and-run charge last Friday.
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Student To Face Felony Charges for Hit-and-Run

A 23-year-old UCSB student was still being held in Santa Barbara County Jail Sunday afternoon after he drove his car into a group of pedestrians on the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde Road early Friday mor...
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Recent Community Project Encapsulates Presidio Life

Refrigerator magnets, restaurant menus and archaeological artifacts are just a few of the items the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation used to capture contemporary local life in the time ca...
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SB City Council Elects New Pro Tempore Mayor

At yesterday's Santa Barbara City Council meeting, council members elected a new mayor pro tempore to serve as the city's backup mayor and approved a report that will fuel the city's attempts to becom...
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Students Strive for a Clean Halloween

By their powers combined, local students and environmentalists are getting ready to mount a Halloween cleanup campaign in Isla Vista that would make even Captain Planet proud.
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