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Ike’s Sandwich Shop Hopes To Avoid Fate of Other I.V. Restaurants

A new sandwich shop, Ike’s Love and Sandwiches — also known as Ike’s Place — opened in Isla Vista Saturday, hoping to capitalize on a location where other restaurants have failed.
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Cutting Board Left in Oven Causes Fire on Camino Del Sur

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.
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Isla Vista Homeless Population Down 44 Percent since 2013

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.
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Interactive Cigarette Bins May Be Coming to Isla Vista

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.
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Million Student March Returns to UCSB

About 300 students brought the Million Student March back to UCSB on Thursday, using the campaign to address issues of racism, student debt and private prison investments.
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Friends Remember UCSB Student, Army Veteran

A former U.S. Army laboratory technician, U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant and third-year transfer student passed away at his Goleta home at the age of 30.
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Second Million Student March To Address Controversial Chalk

Organizers expect a large turnout Thursday when students plan to march in support of demands including a $15 minimum wage for all campus workers and free tuition.
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GSA Proposes Revision to Bill of Rights

UCSB’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) is proposing a revised graduate student Bill of Rights for the first time since 1995 to protect graduate students from abuse and exploitation.
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Jimmy John’s Closes After 2 Years in I.V.

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.
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10 Questions About Isla Vista Self-Governance

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.
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Biker Collides with Car on El Colegio Road

A 21-year-old man collided with a car going 30 miles per hour eastbound on El Colegio Road toward the UC Santa Barbara campus on Monday morning.
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UCSB Arts Department Takes Interlude To Build Community, Expand Creativity

The UCSB Arts Department is taking a week-long “interlude” this week by opting out of classes to immerse themselves in creative alternatives.
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GSA Resolution Aims To Include Graduate Students in Faculty Hiring Committees

UCSB’s Graduate Student Association is proposing that graduate students be included in faculty hiring committees and has drafted a resolution to be included in the hiring process.
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Activists Say Gun Violence is a ‘Profit-Driven Crisis’

Legislators and activists spoke Thursday night at the Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara on gun violence in America and what can be done to address the "profit-driven crisis."
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Bassem Eid: Divestment Movement Hurts Palestine

UCSB students and Goleta residents gathered Thursday evening in the MCC to hear a human rights activist discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a path toward peace and the divestment movement.
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