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Santa Barbara County Launches I.V. Restoration Plan

Students returning to Isla Vista this fall will find some typically non-existent or run-down sidewalks newly constructed and repaired thanks to a Santa Barbara County renovation project that aims to i...
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Court Rules on Miller-Young Case

Feminist Studies professor Mireille Miller-Young was sentenced to 108 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management, three years of probation and was ordered to pay almost $500 of restituti...
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Former A.S. President to Run in County Election

This fall’s county elections will determine just how much of District 6 — ranging from student-clustered Isla Vista to the multi-million dollar residences of Hope Ranch — is “all Abboud it.”
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American Doctors Respond Successfully to Ebola Treatment

Two Americans doctors infected by the recent outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Liberia were released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Aug. 21 following a successful treatment with the...
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Changes in UCSB Health Insurance Receive Complaint

Students with health insurance providers outside of a 30-mile radius around Student Health are now ineligible to waive Gaucho Health Insurance according to policy changes made earlier this year.
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Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Gun Violence, Sent to Brown

The California State Senate unanimously passed Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s bill to prevent gun violence last Friday, and the bill now heads to Governor Jerry Brown, who must approve the bill by Se...
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Judge Denies Gang Injunction Request

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Colleen Sterne denied the city of Santa Barbara-proposed gang injunction this past Tuesday, ending a two-year fight between injunction proponents and opponent...
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I.V. Community Discusses Self-Governance

In light of recent violent events in Isla Vista, including the Deltopia riots and the May 23 mass killings, local residents and community officials convened on Monday at Santa Barbara Hillel for a mee...
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UC Regents Confirm New UCSF Chancellor

During last Thursday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Community Center, the Board unanimously confirmed the appointment of UCSF School of Medic...
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UC Regents Convene for 2014-15 Fiscal Year’s First Meeting

The University of California Board of Regents held its first meeting of the 2014-15 fiscal year last Wednesday at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Community Center, addressing the appointments of the ...
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Gun-Wielding Suspect Reported in I.V.

At approximately 12:53 a.m. this morning, an unidentified suspect brandished a handgun between Del Playa Drive and Camino Del Sur, according to a citizen who reported the incident. The suspect, who wa...
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Autopsy Reveals Cause of UCSB Student’s Death

In a coroner’s report provided to the Daily Nexus through a Public Records Act request, an autopsy revealed that former second-year double major in philosophy and language Sierra Markee-Winkler sust...
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Napolitano, UC Target Global Food Crisis

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the UC Global Food Initiative last Tuesday, an initiative that aims to unite various efforts and resources across the UC system to address...
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UCSA To Ask UC Regents to Postpone Student Regent-Designate Confirmation

Yesterday afternoon in a closed meeting, the University of California Students Association (UCSA) voted to recommend the UC Regents postpone their confirmation of Avi Oved as the student regent design...
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Fire Engulfs UCSB Construction Site

At approximate 3:30 a.m. this morning, fire crews, sheriffs and UCPD responded to flames engulfing several structures at a UCSB construction site.
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