Isla Vista

May 10, 2020

UCSB Considers Hybrid-Instruction Courses for Fall Quarter 2020

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The county confirmed Isla Vista’s first case of coronavirus on March 30. Five weeks later, it remains I.V.’s only confirmed case.

May 9, 2020

Isla Vista Youth Projects Moves Services Online, Aims To Help Families Impacted by Coronavirus

By Holly Rusch

Isla Vista Youth Projects usually provides year-round, full-day childcare, but the coronavirus pandemic has forced the group to convert its services into an online platform.

April 28, 2020

Goleta City Council Votes To Provide Library Services in Isla Vista

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The chosen option for a hybrid-style library includes multiple pop-up services, such as book vending machines, book drops, pop-up libraries and a cargo van.

April 19, 2020

Isla Vista Tenants Union Creates Emergency Coronavirus Fund

By Jackson Guilfoil

The emergency fund aims to help cover temporary housing, moving and storage costs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

April 11, 2020

A Recreational Cannabis Shop in I.V.? It’s Closer Than You Think

By Max Abrams

Santa Barbara County will award one recreational dispensary license to the top applicant in each of the county’s six “community plan areas,” including Isla Vista.

April 4, 2020

In Photos | Less Than 30 Turn Out For Deltopia 2020, Nearly All Stick to Their Homes

By Daily Nexus Photography

In the weeks leading up to the annual Deltopia, university and local officials warned students not to celebrate.

April 3, 2020

Management Company Wolfe & Associates Suffers Data Breach

By Christina Muoio

Wolfe & Associates was first notified about the data breach by the Santa Barbara Police Department on March 5.

April 1, 2020

SB County To Shut Down Isla Vista Beaches During Deltopia Weekend

By Sanya Kamidi

According to the press release, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will be enforcing the closure.

March 31, 2020

Moratoriums on Evictions Due to COVID-19 Issued on Statewide and County Level

By Katherine Swartz

Evictions may only be halted if the tenant cannot pay rent because of coronavirus, according to the statewide executive order.

March 30, 2020

SBC Public Health Department Confirms First Case of Coronavirus in Isla Vista

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

The SBC Public Health Department confirmed the first case of coronavirus in I.V. on Monday evening, as the total number of diagnosed cases within the county went up to 88.

March 30, 2020

“I didn’t have any time to say goodbye to anybody”: UCSB Students Lament A Senior Year Cut Short

By Evelyn Spence

For the UCSB class of 2020, and for classes of 2020 worldwide, the loss of an in-person spring quarter and the presence of the coronavirus pandemic has thrown their lives into uncertainty.

March 20, 2020

Santa Barbara MTD Announces Route Changes, Free Fares and Social Distancing Procedures

By Nadia Abushanab

These changes will be in place indefinitely.

March 20, 2020

I.V. CSD Absorbs Compost Collective, Aims To Resume Compost Services in April

By Arturo Martinez Rivera

Currently, the collective has plans to resume services in mid to late April; before it can reopen, it needs to fill open-staffing positions.

March 19, 2020

CALPIRG Draws Attention to Climate Change Through Anti-Oil Demonstration

By Megan Ramsey

During the demonstration, approximately 25 students dressed in all black laid down in the plaza, representing an oil spill, while speakers around them spoke about the dangers of oil drilling.