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Ecologists Debate Impact of New Bill’s Restrictions on Otter Habitats

California’s 24th District Representative Elton Gallegly recently introduced the “Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act” that aims to preserve Southern California’s “No ...
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Campus Burglar Faces Multiple Felony Charges

UCSB Police Department detectives arrested 20-year-old Aaron Brian Ceja, a former UCSB student, as the primary subject in multiple burglaries at Santa Catalina Residence Hall on Feb. 5. The perpetrato...
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Professor Helps Find Ancient Spherules

UCSB earth science professor emeritus James Kennett and 15 other researchers discovered 13,000-year-old black mat sedimentary deposits believed to be evidence of Earth’s encounters with extraterrest...
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Russia’s Democratic Protests Allege Election Fraud

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia for his third term on Sunday with 63.3 percent of the popular vote, sparking major protest movements in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Politic...
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Groups’ Events To Foster Pride in Disabled Community

Various campus organizations are collaborating to promote respect and value toward the mentally and developmentally disabled as part of national Learning Disability Awareness Month in March. The unive...
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New Bakery Opens Downtown

First Picks Management opened Santa Barbara’s first Panera Bread eatery last weekend in La Cumbre Plaza on upper State Street. The popular restaurant chain serves freshly baked breads and offers a m...
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Student’s Federal Suit May Impact UC Admissions

The Supreme Court recently decided to re-examine nationwide affirmative action legislation in light of University of Texas applicant Abigail Fisher’s claim that she was unfairly denied entrance due ...
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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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