Travis Miller

May 24, 2007

CHP Arrests Local for Drug-Related Accident

By Travis Miller

After colliding with two UCSB students and another passenger near Isla Vista, a 20-year-old Goleta native was charged with felony DUI on Tuesday night, after police alleged that the driver had driven while under the infl...

May 17, 2007

SB Council Reviews Ban on Styrofoam, Plastic Bags

By Travis Miller

That question at the checkout line, "Paper or plastic?" may soon become a thing of the past, due to a possible ban in Santa Barbara of grocery store plastic bags and styrofoam containers for prepared food.

May 10, 2007

Santa Barbara Cashes In on Blockbusters

By Travis Miller

Big names like Quentin Tarantino and Johnny Depp have called Santa Barbara County home periodically over this past year, sending a few extra dollars to float around the county - $46 million to be exact.

May 8, 2007

Sheriff Brown Wants Crowded Inmates Off Floor, in Jail Beds

By Travis Miller

The stress on Santa Barbara County jails over the past decade has almost busted the concrete foundations on which the nearly impenetrable fortresses rest.

April 23, 2007

Anniversary Bash Celebrates Santa Barbara’s History

By Travis Miller

It was a fiesta more than 200 years in the making, one at which Santa Barbara families and community members joined together to throw a birthday party in honor of their town's Founding Day.

April 18, 2007

UCSB Alum Develops Ridesharing Site

By Travis Miller

With the help of Facebook, a former Isla Vista activist and politician has developed a new website geared toward increasing the popularity of carpooling and revolutionizing the way college students travel.

April 13, 2007

‘It Affects Me’ Rally Concludes Week of Anti-Rape Education

By Travis Miller

Today is the last day students will be handing out those bright blue "It Affects Me" shirts, as the annual campaign against sexual violence draws to a close today after a weeklong run.

April 9, 2007

Cyclists Cruise Through I.V. Bike Race

By Travis Miller

Hundreds of professional and wannabe cyclists burned up the asphalt around Isla Vista's Embarcadero Loop this Saturday, furiously zipping through the town's main way in search of first place and some bragging rights

April 6, 2007

Supervisors To Compete in Bike Race

By Travis Miller

Isla Vista residents have one day left to dust off their long lost bike helmets and grease those rusty chains - the second annual Island View Bike race is rolling through town tomorrow.

February 28, 2007

Board Examines Drug Issues, Chumash Expansion

By Travis Miller

Methamphetamines and casinos were back on the agenda in yesterday's County Board of Supervisors meeting.

February 21, 2007

Customer Drives Car Into Chicken Eatery

By Travis Miller

El Pollo Loco on Calle Real will be getting some minor remodeling done after a woman crashed her car through the restaurant's front windows Sunday evening.

February 16, 2007

Ventury, SB County Residents Oppose Plans for Mines

By Travis Miller

The grumbling growl of gravel trucks is posed to drown out the peaceful sounds of nature along scenic Highway 33 near Ojai, pending protests from local community members.

February 13, 2007

Local Forces Knock Popular Tournament Out of Greek Park

By Travis Miller

Isla Vista's traditional All-Sorority Volleyball Tournament has been spiked out of town this year, after local law enforcement, several community members and the I.V. Recreation and Park District decided they have had en...

February 2, 2007

IVRPD Board Debates Homeless Law

By Travis Miller

Every time a homeless person sleeps in an Isla Vista park overnight they are violating an I.V. law - one, however, that has not been enforced since August.