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April 2, 2015

VC Firm Chooses Alumnus as Fellow

By Christopher Chen

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (KPCB) recently selected alumnus Kevin Gibbons as a 2015 fellow in their KPCB Fellows Program.

April 2, 2015

Drought Prompts Mandatory Water Restrictions

By Kelly Lin

California Governor Jerry Brown issued mandatory water restrictions across the state for the first time in California history to combat the ongoing drought.

April 2, 2015

Evicted Abrego Villas Apartment Households Reach Settlement

By Peeka Zimmerman

Six households at 6754 and 6764 Abrego Road, which received eviction notices last October and planned to sue Abrego Villas property owner Majestic Asset Management, Inc., for violation of County Ordinance 4444, came to a...

April 2, 2015

SB Leader in Saving Water, AP Study Finds

By Juliet Bachtel

In a study done by the Associated Press of data published by the State Water Resources Control Board this month, Santa Barbara was found to be a leader in water conservation among cities in Southern California.

April 2, 2015

Student Coalition Seeks To Reduce I.V. Police Pressure

By Josh Ortiz

In preparation for Deltopia, Associated Students worked alongside police officers to initiate a collaborative effort called UCIV Safety Coalition to help students mitigate tension with law enforcement.

April 2, 2015

Deltopia 2015: Boots on the Ground, But It’s Still Going Down

By Teddy Krolczyk

As Deltopia weekend approaches, local law enforcement, university administration and campus organizations will take different approaches to monitoring the weekend-long street party, including stricter restrictions on mus...

April 2, 2015

Students Protest ‘Keep Isla Vista Safe’ Campaign

By Danny Kolosta

The UCSB Task Force Against Police Brutality and Black Student Union (BSU) held a silent demonstration at the Arbor on Wednesday to protest the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department’s “Keep Isla Vista Safe” campa...

April 1, 2015

Pizza with Police, Safety Coalition Respond to Deltopia Concerns

By Beth Lebens

The UCSB Police Department (UCPD) in conjunction with Associated Students hosted Pizza with Police last night at Pizza My Heart in effort to address students’ concerns about law enforcement and community safety for thi...

April 1, 2015

Regents Discuss Mental Health, Faculty Focus, Transfers, More

By Supriya Yelimeli, Cheryl Sun, Megan Mineiro

The UC Board of Regents continued their meeting of March 18 and 19 and opened with the Committee on Long Range Planning for the University of California mental health funding, during an afternoon session of the Regents m...

March 31, 2015

UC Regents Discuss Various Initiatives, Enrollment Freeze

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun

The UC Board of Regents meeting continued the morning of March 18 with open sessions in the Committee of the Whole and the Committee on Finance, while the Committee on Grounds and Buildings and Committee on Long Range Pl...

March 31, 2015

A.S. Approves Funding for Campus Organizations

By Supriya Yelimeli

The Associated Students Finance and Business Committee met Monday in the State Street room of the UCen to address 14 funding requests from campus organizations, fully funding six requests, partially funding seven and den...

March 30, 2015

Yosemite Visitors Find Missing Student

By Staff Report

UCSB student Michael Dahl was found alive with a head injury last Monday, two days after being reported missing, after going missing while hiking at Yosemite National Park last Saturday.

March 30, 2015

Regents Discuss Audits, IT Security, Medical Centers

By Megan Mineiro, Cheryl Sun, Supriya Yelimeli

The UC Board of Regents met during finals week amidst ongoing negotiations between California Governor Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano over state funding for the University of California.

March 30, 2015

Former CIA Director, Secretary of Defense Speaks on US Policy

By Peter Mounteer

Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and 22nd Secretary of Defense of the United States Robert Gates gave a lecture at the Granada Theatre last week on the U.S.’s current position in world affairs.

March 10, 2015

CCS Lit Major, Nexite Passes Away

By Peter Mounteer

Lalita Stone, fifth-year College of Creative Studies Literature major and former Artsweek writer for the Daily Nexus, passed away unexpectedly on Friday night.

March 6, 2015

Town Hall Talks Representation

By Beth Lebens, Peter Mounteer

The office of Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams held the third Isla Vista self-governance town hall of the year to determine the governance structure of a potential community services district (CSD) in I.V., which w...