Over the years: Halloween in I.V.
Nowadays, Halloween is a quieter affair, sometimes with more police deputies patrolling the street than actual partygoers.
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Isla Vista
Police abandon plans for Halloween camera surveillance following community opposition
Isla Vista Foot Patrol originally planned to install between two and four temporary cameras along Del Playa Drive.
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Students test transportation improvements at IVCSD Pardall pop-up event
From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the day of the pop-up, IVCSD temporarily installed marked crosswalks, scooter corrals, bike boxes and sharrows along the highly-trafficked street.
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UCSB community highlights concerns over privacy, racial profiling and criminalization at Halloween policing town hall
Isla Vista Foot Patrol plans to install two to four street cameras throughout Isla Vista and upstaff its patrol during Halloween weekend.
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Man sustains major injuries in fall from Isla Vista cliff
The man fell roughly 50 feet from the bluffs to the shore, according to Eliason.
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Vista Point: Weekly going-ons in and around Isla Vista
Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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Increased policing and street cameras during Halloween in Isla Vista prompt A.S. to host town hall
For the past nine years, local police agencies have increased their patrolling of I.V. and enforced regulations and road closure for Halloween weekend.
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UCPD faces understaffing, struggles to hire Interpersonal Violence Investigator
The role of interpersonal violence investigator is the latest in a list of positions UCPD is yet to fill.
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I.V. Community Services District receives award for sustainable transportation initiative
The California Air Resources Board awarded IVCSD with a Sustainable Transportation Equity Project grant of $182,158 to develop a Community Mobility Plan in November 2020.
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I.V. Recreation and Park District approves budget for upcoming 50th anniversary celebration
Inside the amphitheater will be music, Halloween-themed movies each night, costume contests and fashion shows.
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Vista Point: Weekly goings-on in and around Isla Vista
Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.
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IVCSD supports installation of flashing lights along key crosswalks
Addressed to SBC Alternative Transportation Manager Mark Friedlander, the letter affirmed local municipal support of the project to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
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Local youth center continues summer mural program to heighten representation in Isla Vista
The program was coordinated by recent doctoral graduate of UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz School Stephanie Arguera with support from the Center for Publicly Engaged Scholarship and the Department of Educati...
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IVCSD expands Isla Vista Beautiful Program
The program will aim to continue to address issues of priority for the Isla Vista community, including trash and graffiti.
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Labyrinth: Grades Search
Aries
March 21 - April 19
Forgetting to take off the ratty AF1’s at the potluck (most Asian households don’t take kindly to shoes in the house!)
Taurus
April 20 - May 20
Wearing your only red t-shirt to every final (Red is a lucky color in many cultures, especially Chinese cultures)
Gemini
May 21 - June 20
Putting spiders in your friend’s wedding dress for good luck (Has its origins in old english folklore, and represents abundance for the couple)
Cancer
June 21 - July 22
Accidentally summoned a ghost by leaving their chopsticks straight up (A superstition that has Chinese origins because the chopsticks are reminiscent of funeral incense)
Leo
July 23 - August 22
Didn’t like your friends significant other so they gifted them an umbrella (The word for umbrella ‘san’ sounds like the word for divorce in Chinese)
Virgo
August 23 - September 22
Believing in horoscopes (The modern western zodiac actually came from Babylonian astrology)
Libra
September 23 - October 22
Walked backwards in Portugal to live out the Faust fantasy (In Portugal, walking backwards allows the devil to know exactly where you are)
Scorpio
October 23 - November 21
Stole a raven from the tower of london as reparations (According to UK superstition, if there aren’t 6 ravens in the tower, the kingdom will fall)
Sagittarius
November 22 - December 21
Breaks a knuckle knocking on wood for good scores on finals (Knocking on wood may have originated from the Celts and their love for tree spirits)
Capricorn
December 22 - January 19
Drunkenly rearranging their apartment for the feng shui at 3 AM (A Chinese cultural practice that harmonizes a person with the energies of the environment around them)
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
Left out their middle name on their taxes because the Fae run the IRS (Giving the Fae your full name gives them power over you, and the IRS has too much)
Pisces
February 19 - March 20
Hit by a car but the license plate had an angel number (Beyond just blowing up on TikTok, angel numbers were invented by... Pythagoras)
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