News

May 12, 2009

TOMS Tours to Benefit Kids

By Staff

Non-profit shoe company TOMS will stop on campus today to encourage students to buy new shoes and help children in need.

May 12, 2009

SB Officials Finger Tool as Blaze Source

By Staff

Almost a week after the Jesusita Fire began, authorities announced they believe a power tool sparked the highly destructive wildfire.

May 11, 2009

Fire Slows, Residents Go Home

By Taylor Haggerty

Lower temperatures and calmer conditions this weekend gave firefighters battling the Jesusita Fire a much-needed advantage after the city fire chief told reporters Friday that "last night, all hell broke loose."

May 11, 2009

UCSB Houses Evacuees

By Evan Sherwood

Hundreds of Santa Barbara residents fleeing the Jesusita Fire sought refuge on campus this weekend.

May 11, 2009

Regents Vote Budget Woes Onto Undergrads

By Evan Sherwood

For the fourth consecutive year, students of the University of California will once again be slapped with a steep increase in their tuition fees, administrators said.

May 11, 2009

1969 Graduate Finishes Time for Murder Charge

By Staff

A former Symbionese Liberation Army member - and UCSB alumnus - was released from a California state prison yesterday.

May 8, 2009

Jesusita Fire Rages On

By Elliott Rosenfeld

UPDATED 5/08/09 8:30 p.m. CAL Fire now estimates that the four-day blaze has left 8,600 acres burned and that containment remains at 10 percent. Officials say 80 homes have burned and over 30,500 people have evacuated.

May 8, 2009

Regents Vote for 2009-10 Tuition Increase

By Evan Sherwood

For the fourth consecutive year, students of the University of California will be slapped with an increase in tuition.

May 8, 2009

Campaign Begs Beach-goers to Clean Up

By Sheila Ganjian

Efforts to promote a more sustainable Floatopia 2 continue with the recently initiated Leave No Trace campaign, which seeks to curb the severe environmental impact of the Isla Vista beach festival.

May 7, 2009

Fire Ravages SB Hills

By Kristin Ferrell and Travis Miller Staff Writers

The Jesusita Fire, which began in the Santa Barbara foothills Tuesday afternoon, grew significantly more destructive yesterday, spurred on by strong winds and high temperatures.

May 7, 2009

Campus Group Rallies for Balanced Living

By Evan Sherwood

Proponents of healthy lifestyles urged students to gorge themselves yesterday in honor of International No Diet Day.

May 7, 2009

Nature Project Survives

By Marie V. Recalde

In the heart of the Arizona desert, UCSB professor emeritus Daniel Botkin's innovative project lives on.

May 7, 2009

Event Series To Promote Health

By Kristin Peters Staff Writer

Gauchos can show off their stride or their stroke this Friday at the first annual Surf & Turf duathlon series.

May 7, 2009

City Considers Staffing Cuts

By Staff

With a sizeable debt of nearly $11 million, the City of Santa Barbara is preparing to potentially make broad budget cuts.

May 7, 2009

A.S. Discusses Next Year’s Budget

By Sheila Ganjian

At last night's Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, the table spent several hours discussing the Associated Students Budget for 2009-10.

May 6, 2009

UPDATED: Fire Torches Houses, Forces Out Thousands

By Katie Tullsen, Taylor Haggerty

5/06/09 8:26 p.m. UPDATE: The Governor has declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara.