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I.V. Officer Offers Instruction to Egyptian Law Enforcement

Isla Vista Foot Patrol Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy recently spent three weeks in Egypt teaching “Community Policing” to the Egyptian National Police. The Emergence Group — an organization that ...
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Union Impedes Release of Report

The Federated University Police Officers Association filed a temporary restraining order yesterday to block the public release of results from a University of California inspection into the pepper spr...
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S.B. Police Sniff Out Local Sex Solicitors

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau conducted two prostitution stings in Goleta over the past four months, using undercover detectives at local motels to pick up four ma...
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Politicians Plan Amid Protests

While state lawmakers met to finalize their portion of next years’ University of California budget, thousands of students, faculty and other community members converged on the Capitol on Monday to r...
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City To Add Electric Vehicle Outlets to Local Lots

The Santa Barbara City Council voted Tuesday afternoon to install six modern electric vehicle charging stations in three downtown parking structures for vehicles including the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Vo...
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Student Protests End in Almost 70 Arrests

Thousands of UC, CSU and community college students, faculty and staff rallied alongside lawmakers yesterday outside the state Capitol to protest against continued tuition hikes and cuts to higher edu...
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Demonstration at UCSC Closes Campus’ West Gate

Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and community members closed off most of the Banana Slugs’ campus last Thursday as part of the statewide student protests against sustained higher educati...
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Local Builders Focus on Efficiency

Isla Vista property owners St. George and Associates contracted architectural firm Shubin + Donaldson to construct a 52,700-square-foot development on 870 Camino Del Sur. The project features five bui...
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SBMTD Drives New Flexible Bus Initiative

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District is adopting a flexible approach toward overcrowding on its 15x and 24x bus lines with the new 112-passenger Nova “Smart Bus.” The New York-made Nova...
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Demonstrators Seek Funding For Education

Over 10,000 students are expected to march to the California Capitol Building in Sacramento this morning for a rally supporting higher education funding. University of California, California State Uni...
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Local Boys And Girls Clubs Search for Private Donors

The United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County recently began a 60-day fundraising campaign to garner $300,000 to offset growing financial difficulties. The 10 clubs serve over 5,000 local yo...
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Event To Promote Better American-Iraqi Relations

Gauchos will have the chance to connect with fellow college students in Iraq during the videoconference “A Dialogue for Peace: Live From Baghdad” this Sunday at 10 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center...
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Lawsuit To Proceed After Regents Violate Protocol

A federal district court denied the University of California’s request to dismiss the Alexander Stern v. Regents of the University of California case this Tuesday after the Regents failed to comply ...
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Locals Question Planned Oil Capacity Increase

Local environmental groups spoke out last Wednesday against Carone Energy Petroleum’s recent proposal to increase offshore oil production at Platform Hogan in the Santa Barbara Channel. Carone Petro...
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Model Student Faces Deportation as DREAM Act Remains Pending

UCSB student Cindy Reyna, who was taken into custody at the Santa Barbara County Jail last Thursday after being unable to produce American identification at a DUI checkpoint in Goleta, is now being he...
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