News

February 17, 2009

Local Opposition Zaps Lightning Music Fest

By Travis West Staff Writer

Lightning in a Bottle - the local three-day music and art festival once dubbed the ill-begotten child of Coachella and Burning Man - is still without a home after a permit seeking permission to host the festival outside ...

February 17, 2009

Class Cracks Into Earthquakes

By Matt Matejcek

Starting this spring, a new class will shake up the traditional catalog of course offerings at UCSB.

February 12, 2009

The Round-Up

By Jessica Mullen

Assault with a Deadly Weapon A bloody assault erupted outside San Clemente last week after a male partygoer beat away an armed assailant with a Razor Scooter.

February 12, 2009

Coastal Fund Supports Surf Class

By Georgina McNerney

After a successful first year, History 103S: History of Surfing, will once again be funded by the Associated Students Coastal Fund this year.

February 12, 2009

Cottage Hospitals Exceed Fundraising Expectations

By Staff

The worsening economic forecast notwithstanding, the fundraising success of the Cottage Health System demonstrated that charity is alive and well in Santa Barbara.

February 12, 2009

I.V. Businesses Feel the Hurt

By Taylor Haggerty

The promise of a renovated Pardall Road has left local businesses gasping for air as the series of ever-changing roadblocks and construction work continues to keep potential customers off the street and away from shops.

February 12, 2009

Taxes To Rise for Student Services

By Maane Khatchatourian

As the university searches for ways out of a $16 million budget quagmire, its recently unveiled plan to tax services has come under fire by students.

February 12, 2009

Naples Landowner Cancels Plan

By Travis Miller

The decade-long dispute over the development at Naples took a surprising twist late last week when the project applicant, Orange County developer Matt Osgood, abruptly broke ties with the county and terminated a long-sta...

February 12, 2009

UCSB Sorority Probation To Cease Sunday

By Niree Perian

As punishment for mingling with a fraternity house no longer formally recognized by the university, all the sororities in the UCSB greek system have been on social probation for the past month.

February 12, 2009

Drought Plagues State; SB Remains Resilient

By Nico Kiefer

Never mind the puddles, dark clouds and little drops of water falling from the sky - California is currently experiencing a drought several years in the making.

February 12, 2009

Veteran Professor Passes Away

By Sheila Ganjian

UCSB anthropology professor Phillip L. Walker died after a suspected heart attack last Friday. He was 61 years old.

February 11, 2009

UC Profits From Patent Technology

By S.F.

While UCSB has felt the constraints of campus budget cuts, the Office of Technology Transfer has continued to issue patents and reap the rewards generated from new technologies.

February 11, 2009

Police Blotter

By Staff

Sun., Feb. 8, 1:55 a.m. - Officers working the red-eye were called to action when they spotted an inebriated man struggling to walk down the 800 block of Camino del Sur.

February 11, 2009

Baldwin To Reveal UCSB Sex Secrets

By Richard Lau

Students desperate to share their most carnal thoughts with professors are invited to tonight's sex talk helmed by sociology professor and sexpert John Baldwin.

February 10, 2009

Pappas Loses Ground

By Kristin Ferrell

A judge ruled yesterday in favor of Doreen Farr's motion to exclude evidence from the upcoming election suit against her, making Steve Pappas's uphill legal battle to unseat the 3rd District supervisor even steeper.

February 10, 2009

Stimulus Bill Includes Aid for Education

By Elliott Rosenfeld

When the United States Senate votes today on the economic stimulus bill, billions of dollars in financial aid will be on the line for America's college students.