County

IVFP’s “No Open Container” campaign returns to Isla Vista

August 28, 2022 by Asumi Shuda

Santa Barbara County 36-3 deems consuming “intoxicating liquor” in the “unincorporated areas of the county” on any public street, sidewalk, highway, parking lot or alley unlawful.
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Timeline: Historic housing shortage leaves students waiting for additional campus housing to be built

August 28, 2022 by Asumi Shuda and Nisha Malley

During Fall Quarter 2021, UCSB grappled with an unprecedented housing crisis that shocked the community as students returned for in-person instruction.
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Santa Barbara confirms three confirmed cases of monkeypox

August 10, 2022 by Asumi Shuda

The three local adults are currently in isolation, and Public Health completed the contact tracing process to identify anyone who possibly had contact with them.
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Santa Barbara County Surges into High COVID-19 Transmission Level

July 24, 2022 by Asumi Shuda and Siddharth Chattoraj

There are currently 1,033 active cases in the county, with six deaths reported within the week of July 8 and July 14.
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Goleta Starbucks Employees Seek to Unionize

June 13, 2022 by Mark Alfred

The election, organized through the National Labor Relations Board, could make them the third Starbucks to successfully unionize in California.
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LIVE: Statewide and Local Primary Election Results 2022

June 7, 2022 by Nisha Malley, Sindhu Ananthavel, Holly Rusch and Asumi Shuda

The county will release the first polling place results at 9 p.m. and continue to update results throughout the night as additional ballots are received.
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Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

May 30, 2022 by Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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Isla Vista Tragedies Renew Conversations Around Balcony and Cliff Safety

May 28, 2022 by Nisha Malley

The hazardous nature of the balconies and cliffs along Del Playa Drive have been a long-posed concern to the I.V. community.
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I.V. Recreation & Park District Looks to Celebrate 50th Anniversary

May 26, 2022 by Nisha Malley

The anniversary coincides with Halloween — a holiday that the IVRPD celebrated last year with its first-ever Haunted Pumpkin Patch at Estero Park.
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UCSB and Isla Vista Honor Victims of the 2014 Isla Vista Tragedy

May 24, 2022 by Holly Rusch and Melea Maglalang

UC Santa Barbara’s Associated Students and Student Affairs, along with the I.V. Recreation & Parks District, held a day of remembrance at I.V.’s Love and Remembrance Garden.
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I.V. Voters to Vote on Variety of Candidates for June Primary Elections

May 21, 2022 by Nisha Malley

For Santa Barbara County, representatives for Congress, California State Assembly and the second district supervisor are on the ballot.
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Vista Point: Weekly Goings-on in and Around Isla Vista

May 19, 2022 by Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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Planned Parenthood Central Coast Holds March for Abortion Rights

May 18, 2022 by Sindhu Ananthavel

The protest was one of three organized by Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast with two others occurring in San Luis Obispo and Ventura on the same day.
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