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Water Rate Increases Face Public Scrutiny

A golf course manager, several avocado growers and a number of Goleta residents showed up to the Goleta Union School District Office Wednesday evening to voice their concerns over proposed water rate ...
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Library To Optimize Checkout Operations

The Santa Barbara Public Library System is seeking summer volunteers to improve their checkout system and upgrade current collections.
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Davidson To Digitize Historic Media

The UCSB Davidson Library is digitizing materials from its Special Collections department to maintain the accessibility and quality of its 500,000 volumes, photographs and early sound recordings.
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UCSB Engineers To Hold Recital for Kenya Relief

The UCSB chapter of Engineers Without Borders will host a benefit recital at 4 p.m. on Sunday in the Music Building’s Karl Geiringer Hall to help provide clean water for the Kenyan village of Luanda...
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UCSB Burning Skirts Smoke National Competition

The UCSB women’s ultimate frisbee team earned first place at the USA Ultimate College Championships in Colorado on Monday after defeating University of Michigan for the national title.
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UCSB Professor Defends Oil Spill Research Results

UCSB earth science professor David Valentine printed an article in the journal Science last week responding to a study discrediting the findings of his team’s research regarding chemical dispersants...
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Fire Department Urges Caution

The Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. announced that June 6 is the official start of this year’s high-fire season in Santa Barbara.
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Festival Showcases Groundbreaking Art

The 25th annual “I Madonnari” Italian Street Painting Festival featured 150 large scale artworks last weekend at the Santa Barbara Mission plaza in celebration of local artistic talent.
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City To Reseal Ellwood Wells for Restoration

The City of Goleta shut down nine oil and water wells in the Ellwood Mesa area last week as part of the Ellwood Mesa Well Abandonment Project.
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UC Health Center Appoints Executive Director

The UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation elected registered nurse and health attorney Terry Leach as its first executive director last Wednesday. Leach, who earned a bachelor’s degree in nurs...
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Unidentified Suspect Robs Goleta Bank

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to a bank robbery at 10:11 a.m. Friday morning at the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust on the 5000 block of Hollister Avenue.
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Silent Student Film Screening Gets Reel Loud

UCSB’s 20th annual Reel Loud Silent Film Festival took place in front of a sold-out crowd in Campbell Hall last Friday, showcasing silent student productions shot on 16mm film accompanied by live mu...
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UCSB Receives Beckman Scholarship Program

UCSB is one of nine new recipients of the Beckman Scholars Program, which will provide two undergraduate students every year for the next three years the opportunity to conduct research under faculty ...
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Students Share Alternative Views

UCSB’s Respect Coalition hosted a panel discussion in Embarcadero Hall last night at 8 p.m. to respond to conservative activist David Horowitz’s concurrent lecture across the road in Isla Vista Th...
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Surf School To Offer Free Lessons for Locals

Santa Barbara surf school Surf Happens will host a free surf clinic and contest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday at Santa Claus Lane in Carpentaria. The event is open to participants of all ages a...
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