News

September 25, 2008

SB County Fire Dept. Chief To Retire in January of 2009

By Taylor Haggerty

After serving as the Santa Barbara County Fire Chief for nine years, John Scherrei has announced his plans to retire from the department early next year.

September 25, 2008

Air Force Base Tests Missile for Defense Research

By Staff

A rocket blasted off into the sky Tuesday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of a test of the U.S. missile defense system.

September 25, 2008

University Workers Continue to Fight for Higher Wages

By Chris Stein

Despite the ongoing stalemate between the University of California and UC union members over wages, officials hope a newly proposed contract may thaw the frozen bargaining process.

September 18, 2008

MCP Ensures Full State Funding

By Benjamin Gottlieb

UCSB will begin cracking the whip on students who fail to average 15 units per quarter this academic year, as the university implements the Minimum Cumulative Progress policy.

September 18, 2008

Gap Fire Damage Still Threatens SB

By Taylor Haggerty

The Gap Fire - which burned 9,554 acres in the mountains above Goleta and forced thousands of residents to evacuate this July - will continue affecting the county's landscape in the months, and even years, to come.

September 18, 2008

SB Officials Split Over Oil Issue

By Travis Miller

Citing record-high gas prices and a state economy strapped for cash, a divided Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted in support of expanded offshore oil drilling late August.

September 18, 2008

Anti-Harrassment Bill To Protect UC Scientists

By Jessica Mullen

In response to a string of increasingly vicious anti-animal research attacks on University of California employees, the California State Assembly has passed legislation to legally shelter UC researchers from future haras...

September 18, 2008

Candidates Vie for 3rd District

By Kristin Ferrell

As Isla Vista's student population floods back into town for the new school year, candidates for the 3rd District supervisor -- the community's only elected official -- are starting to heat up their campaigns once more.

September 18, 2008

UCSB Helps Make Scientific History

By Elliott Rosenfeld

In one of the largest international scientific collaborations the world has seen, over 1,500 scientists from around the globe -- including 40 individuals from UCSB -- have completed construction of a machine designed to ...

September 18, 2008

Pardall Receives Facelift

By Kristin Ferrell

Over the next few months, Pardall Road will be undergoing a makeover as a result of infrastructure and aesthetic renovations underway in the town's commercial district.

September 18, 2008

Locals Paddle Against Plastic

By Staff

This Saturday, Sept. 20, the Santa Barbara Surfrider Foundation will hold its fourth annual “Turn the Tide on Ocean Pollution” Paddle Out event at Stearns Wharf. The event, which starts at 11 a.m., is designe...

September 18, 2008

Cousteau To Address Freshmen

By Nadia Ismail

Environmentalist and explorer Céline Cousteau will take a break from swimming with sharks and adventuring in the Andes to greet a crowd of 5,000 incoming UCSB students as this year's Convocation Ceremony keynote spe...

September 18, 2008

Police Blotter

By Staff

A deputy on patrol at the intersection of El Embarcadero and Del Playa Drive was rudely interrupted while talking with a pedestrian.

August 30, 2008

Jack Johnson Plays at Harder

By Staff

August 30, 2008

Dear Class of 2012 (or 2013),

By Staff

Let's play a game. No, no, not that creepy one with the hacksaw, Christ. I meant the sweet, innocent kind that you haven't played in years -- the kind with boards and playing pieces and paper money! No? Shit. O.K., I'm...

August 30, 2008

UCSB Academic Programs Compete at National Level

By Elliott Rosenfeld

Congratulations on deciding to push your tiny, colored, plastic automobile down the path marked "college," instead of the shorter "straight to career" path. In The Game of Life, you've just placed yourself a few rolls o...