Isla Vista

August 8, 2016

Candidates Make a Run for Office in Isla Vista

By Josh Ortiz

As UC Santa Barbara students bask in a long summer, five Isla Vista residents have begun campaigning for office in a college town on the brink of self-governance.

May 24, 2016

‘Blunite’ Commemorates Second Anniversary of May 23 Shooting

By Maura Fox

The residents of Isla Vista came together in Anisq‘Oyo’ Park on Monday evening, honoring the lives of those lost on May 23, 2014, through art, healing and solidarity.

May 14, 2016

Blue Lights in People’s Park To Mark Anniversary of Tragedy

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

People’s Park in Isla Vista will be glowing blue Saturday night to commemorate the lives of six students killed in the May 2014 shooting.

May 5, 2016

Family Student Housing Rent To Rise Despite ‘Subpar’ Conditions

By Maura Fox, Josh Ortiz

The Family Student Housing Tenants’ Association argued in a statement Tuesday that the rent increase scheduled to begin this summer is unfair, due to what it says are subpar living conditions.

May 5, 2016

Street Names Lack Proper Spanish

By Josh Ortiz

Lacking skill in the Spanish language, early Isla Vista developers erroneously translated Spanish words for I.V. street names.

April 28, 2016

Teens Express Frustrations of Living in Isla Vista

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Middle school and high school students convened Tuesday in Isla Vista, asking community leaders to acknowledge the need for a safe, peaceful community conducive to their busy schedules.

April 19, 2016

Local Group Registers More than 2,000 To Vote

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A collective of UCSB graduates and politically active locals has registered more than 2,000 Isla Vistans and UCSB students to vote in anticipation of the California primary elections.

April 17, 2016

Cutting Board Left in Oven Causes Fire on Camino Del Sur

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Inside a first-floor apartment, Santa Barbara County firefighters found that a cutting board had been left inside a cooking oven, producing smoke that drifted out of the building.

April 17, 2016

Isla Vista Homeless Population Down 44 Percent since 2013

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A new count and survey shows a slight increase in the number of homeless in Isla Vista from last year but a decrease of nearly 50 percent since 2013.

April 16, 2016

Interactive Cigarette Bins May Be Coming to Isla Vista

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Annie Golay

A new proposal would bring interactive cigarette receptacles to Isla Vista that discourage littering by allowing smokers to vote on various questions with their cigarette butts.

April 13, 2016

Jimmy John’s Closes After 2 Years in I.V.

By Supriya Yelimeli

Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches closed its Isla Vista location on Tuesday night, drawing sales to an end after opening up shop in March 2014.

April 13, 2016

10 Questions About Isla Vista Self-Governance

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Answers to some of the most pressing questions about Isla Vista's historic push for self-governance to help you get caught up before the November election.

April 7, 2016

Isla Vista To Vote on CSD, Tax in November

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Isla Vista took a large step toward self-governance Thursday as Santa Barbara’s Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) approved motions to put two measures on the November ballot in I.V.

April 5, 2016

Isla Vista Crime Down 20% Over Two Years, DA Reports

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

A new report from the Isla Vista Safe Committee shows violent crime in I.V. decreased 25 percent and overall crime decreased 20 percent from 2013 to 2015.

April 3, 2016

Deltopia Crowds, Arrests, Citations Down for Second Straight Year

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Dahyana Barraza, Siboney Arias

Despite the ubiquitous parties and red cups in Isla Vista this Deltopia weekend, preliminary statistics show that crowd size, arrests and citations decreased for a second straight year.

April 3, 2016

Adopt-A-Block Volunteers Clean up I.V. After Deltopia

By Dahyana Barraza

A crowd of Adopt-A-Block volunteers faced a foggy afternoon on Sunday, gathering to clean up the remnants of a Deltopia much quieter than previous years.