Isla Vista

October 5, 2020

Authorities Remove Plane Wreckage, Remains of Missing Pilot Who Crashed Off I.V. Coast

By Holly Rusch

The body of the pilot has been taken to the Channel Islands Harbor, and the Santa Barbara County Coroner's Bureau will be investigating the death.

October 5, 2020

Community Members Gather by Candlelight at Devereux Beach to Mourn Passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Holly Rusch

The event, attended by nine people, was hosted by the local chapter of the national environmental justice group Sunrise Movement.

October 3, 2020

Cops Off Campus ‘Day of Action’ Rally Draws Over 100 to the Streets in Isla Vista

By Holly Rusch, Max Abrams

Thursday’s Cops Off Campus Rally drew a crowd of over 100 students, instructors and community members who assembled at I.V. Theater around noon before marching through I.V.

October 2, 2020

iVMenus Owner Sentencing Postponed for Fifth Time, Rescheduled for Mid-October

By Max Abrams

Leonard B. Levine, Galoustian’s lawyer, said after the Sept. 30 hearing that Galoustain will officially receive his sentence of 18 years in state prison at the October hearing.

September 28, 2020

SBSO Continues Search for Missing Pilot Who Crashed Off the Coast of I.V.

By Holly Rusch

The search for Deborah Nicholson — the plane’s pilot and sole passenger — was originally handled as a search and rescue but is now being handled as a missing person investigation.

September 17, 2020

Goleta Union School District, Isla Vista Elementary School Move Forward With Fall Plans

By Asumi Shuda

Goleta Union School District schools will stay fully remote until Santa Barbara County moves down to Tier 3 in Governor Newsom’s reopening plan.

September 15, 2020

Amidst Rising COVID-19 Concerns in I.V., SB County Supervisors Delay Public Health Urgency Ordinance

By Leila Khan, Melody Chen

While supervisors can bring a non-urgency ordinance back at any time, the six-week delay may be a missed opportunity.

September 2, 2020

SBSO Successfully Deploys Naloxone on Overdose Victim in Isla Vista

By Max Abrams

After determining that the man was suffering from an overdose, one of the deputies deployed naloxone shortly before paramedics arrived on scene.

August 20, 2020

SB County Reports First COVID-19 Death in Isla Vista

By Holly Rusch

The I.V. resident was one of two deaths announced by the county on Thursday, bringing the county’s total death count to 84. 

August 11, 2020

I.V. CSD 2020-21 Budget Projects Increase in Revenue Despite Coronavirus

By Hayley Tice

The Isla Vista Community Services District expects revenues of over $1.36 million and expenses of approximately $1.26 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

August 8, 2020

Isla Vista Experiences Largest Single-Day Jump in COVID-19 Cases

By Katherine Swartz

Santa Barbara County confirmed an additional five new cases on Friday, bringing the total count to 74 cases in Isla Vista, 20 of which are currently active. 

August 7, 2020

In a Reopening Roller Coaster, Barber Shops Are Cutting Profits Thin

By Max Abrams

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Richie Ramirez said he has shuttered and reopened his barber shops three separate times, turning a profit for only six weeks out of the last six months. 

August 2, 2020

Amidst Partying in Isla Vista, UCSB Continues To Warn Students About Coronavirus Risks

By Holly Rusch

I.V.’s cramped living conditions, infamous for housing 10 or more people under the same roof, can make tracking the spread of coronavirus increasingly difficult. 

July 27, 2020

Police Arrest Suspect For Breaking Into Vacant Isla Vista Apartment and Refusing To Leave

By Max Abrams

Donald Cameron was arrested on one count of burglary, vandalism and obstructing a peace officer. He is currently in custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail on $50,000 bail. 

July 21, 2020

California Hair Salons and Barbershop Services Permitted To Reopen Outdoors

By Max Abrams

Isla Vista barbershop services and salons such as Wanderlust Hair Studio, Richie’s Barber Shop and Campus Cuts Hair Salon can once again reopen under the new guidelines, albeit outdoors.

July 19, 2020

Poke Theory SB Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

By Max Abrams

Since learning that an employee tested positive, Poke Theory SB has begun operating under stricter cleaning protocols as a precaution, the manager said.