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Local Opposition Zaps Lightning Music Fest

February 17, 2009 by

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 t...
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Class Cracks Into Earthquakes

February 17, 2009 by

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

February 12, 2009 by

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.
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Coastal Fund Supports Surf Class

February 12, 2009 by

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

February 12, 2009 by

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

February 12, 2009 by

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 a...
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Taxes To Rise for Student Services

February 12, 2009 by

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.
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Naples Landowner Cancels Plan

February 12, 2009 by

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 t...
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UCSB Sorority Probation To Cease Sunday

February 12, 2009 by

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.
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Drought Plagues State; SB Remains Resilient

February 12, 2009 by

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.
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Veteran Professor Passes Away

February 12, 2009 by

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

February 11, 2009 by

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.
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Police Blotter

February 11, 2009 by

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.
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Baldwin To Reveal UCSB Sex Secrets

February 11, 2009 by

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.
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Pappas Loses Ground

February 10, 2009 by

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 superviso...
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