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Local Lake Adds Nature Cruise to Tourist Features

May 7, 2010 by

Nature enthusiasts will have a new way to enjoy Santa Barbara this summer with the introduction of wildlife cruises at Cachuma Lake.
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Shopping Center To Add a Ross

May 7, 2010 by

Camino Real Marketplace will welcome a Ross Dress for Less store this summer, providing Goleta residents with a new inexpensive shopping venue.
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Police Make Drug Bust

May 7, 2010 by

Santa Barbara County Narcotics detectives arrested three Isla Vista men in a drug bust Wednesday, seizing thousands of dollars worth of packaged cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.
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Alternative Film Festival To Aid Haiti

May 7, 2010 by

UCSB filmmakers will have their work on display this Saturday at the first annual Santa Barbara Digital Film Festival.
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CBS Honors Scholar for Energy Innovation

May 7, 2010 by

Shuji Nakamura, a UCSB engineering professor and pioneer in the lighting field, was recently distinguished as one of 40 pioneers of the “green revolution.” In commemoration of the 40th anniversary...
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Police Capture Davidson Library Flasher

May 6, 2010 by

A man exposed himself to a female student in Davidson Library yesterday afternoon and was arrested soon after.
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Renewable Energy Lock-in Fee To Save UCSB Energy, Money

May 6, 2010 by

With last month’s approval of a new energy lock-in fee, UCSB now has the most student funding for on-site renewable energy projects of any university in the United States.
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Legislative Council Addresses Local Hate Speech

May 6, 2010 by

The Associated Students Legislative Council tabled many bills during Wednesday’s five hour meeting.
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Police Blotter

May 6, 2010 by

Sun. May 2, 12:45 a.m. — Officers were patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive when they noticed an especially rude young man yelling at passersby.
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Spill Spurs Caution for CA Coast

May 5, 2010 by

With the specter of the Gulf Coast oil spill looming over him, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger abruptly withdrew his support Monday for a proposed expansion of oil drilling off Santa Barbara’s coast.
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Health Bill Reforms To Help Recent Graduates

May 5, 2010 by

Local Congresswoman Lois Capps and the Obama administration are working with insurance companies on a health care provision that would extend coverage for young adults.
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Temporary Skate Park Opens in I.V.

May 5, 2010 by

A temporary skate park opened in Estero Park last Tuesday in lieu of the permanent structure the Isla Vista Recreation and Park District hopes to construct.
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Japanese Company Renews Funding

May 5, 2010 by

The Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation of Tokyo recently gave UCSB almost $6 million to continue research in advanced materials for the next four years.  This is the third time the company — which sup...
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A.S. Denies the Brothas

May 4, 2010 by

The Associated Students Finance Board allotted $15,746 to 12 student organizations during last night’s nearly three hour meeting. The board began their meeting by addressing their dwindling spring u...
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Four Locals Forge Cash, Go to Prison

May 4, 2010 by

Police arrested a UCSB student and three other young adults late last month for counterfeiting $20 bills and spending them in Isla Vista. Authorities charged all four suspects with forgery and conspir...
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