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Farr, Pappas To Face Off in November in 3rd District Supervisor Race

With none of the five candidates able to obtain a majority of votes, the race for 3rd District Supervisor will continue until November, in the form of a run-off election between Doreen Farr and Steve ...
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Santa Rosa Dorm Rooms Burn

Flames scorched six rooms of the Santa Rosa Residence Hall on Friday, after several smoldering hookah coals allegedly left on a second-story windowsill kindled the blaze.
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Underage Decoys Aid Police During Sting Operation

Cal Salzman, a fourth-year anthropology major, was walking past S.O.S. Liquor on his way home from dinner two weeks ago when an underage male approached him, asking for alcohol.
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Police Activate UCSB Alert Due to Suspicious Person

On Friday, the UC Police Dept. received reports of a large Asian male exhibiting bizarre behavior, resulting in the dispatch of a campus wide alert.
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Chilla Vista Bubbles With I.V. Culture

Hundreds of local revelers and self-proclaimed tree-huggers turned out in full force Saturday to celebrate Isla Vista's fourth Chilla Vista festival.
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ROTC Event Raises Money for Children’s Charity

Hurdling through obstacle courses and scrambling under wires, teams competed for glory and charity in the first ever ROTC Gauntlet this weekend.
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Fire Dept. Responds to New Greka Spill

Malfunctioning equipment at a Greka facility in Santa Maria caused approximately 1,500 barrels of produced water and five barrels of crude oil to spill into surrounding fields Thursday.
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Project Spurs Creative Spectacles

Characters invading campus - a naked man, a caged woman, the Easter bunny, a life-size STD, a walking bush and a dead banana - may be strangely reminiscent of a bad acid trip, but rest assured, the un...
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UCSB Student To Race in ’08 Jetta Clean TDI Series

From bike paths to racetracks, professional racecar driver and UCSB student Nick Mancuso lives life in the fast lane.
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Leaders Gather to Discuss Goleta Growth

Community leaders met at Goleta's first annual State of the City Address yesterday to commemorate the town's six years of cityhood.
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UC, Union Continue Talks, Avert Strike

As 20,000 union workers prepared to strike and the University of California filed for a restraining order legally barring the employees from walking off the job, both sides yesterday agreed to back do...
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Police Blotter

Blazing Saddles Mon., May 26, 12:03 a.m. – Deputies in a marked police car came across a truck parked in a fire lane on Seville Road. The truck was not empty, however, and before the officers co...
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Religious Leaders Clash on Validity of Gay Marriage

Reverend Peter Buehler of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara will not marry gay and lesbian couples. For Buehler, the matter is a religious one - an issue to be left to scripture, not leg...
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UCSB Hosts Forum on Myanmar, China

With Myanmar and China ravaged by natural catastrophes and plagued by a combined death toll of over 140,000 and counting, academics and leaders of relief organizations gathered on campus yesterday to ...
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