News

September 28, 2007

UCSB Acquires Deveureux Property for $27.5M

By Mackenzie Weinger

UCSB officially purchased all 33 acres of Devereux this past week, bringing the campus' total property to 1,022 acres.

September 28, 2007

Los Padres Area Soon To Open After Zaca Blaze

By Geoff Skelton

While several roads near Los Padres National Forest remain closed due to the Zaca Fire aftermath, authorities are now saying they may soon lift some of the closures starting Oct. 1.

September 28, 2007

East Beach-Raised Fish Swim Free

By Koren Thal

Angling to replenish their diminishing numbers, local nonprofit organization Santa Barbara Sea released 10,000 white sea bass into the open ocean at East Beach this past Saturday.

September 27, 2007

Kucinich Pledges Green America, Justice for Bush

By Evan Wagstaff

Two weeks after Barack Obama spoke at Santa Barbara City College, fellow Democratic presidential candidate and Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich held a rally at the same location last Monday.

September 27, 2007

Police Jail, Seize Property of Alleged Drug Dealer

By Kristin Ferrell

As part of an investigation that may strip a suspect of his home and car, local detectives are currently compiling the final pieces of their case against alleged cocaine dealer Robert Carlton Lavilette, who was arrested ...

September 27, 2007

UCPD Arrests Murder Suspect, Transient

By Aria Miran

Although many UCSB students left campus during the summer, the University of California Police Dept. remained active and responded to a total of 559 incidents from June until September.

September 27, 2007

Police Exhume Pot Plants in Lompoc

By Dana Olsen

The largest recorded marijuana bust in Santa Barbara County history took place this past Tuesday, when the Sheriff's Dept. discovered over 100,000 plants on a private ranch near Lompoc.

September 27, 2007

Project Strives for Alcohol Education

By Dana Olsen

Commemorating over three years of programming aimed at reducing binge drinking in Isla Vista, students, local residents and businesses gathered in Anisq' Oyo' Park on Tuesday to celebrate efforts made by the Safer Isla V...

September 27, 2007

Sobriety Checkpoints Yield Five DUIs

By Staff

California Highway Patrol officers made five DUI arrests and towed six vehicles in Isla Vista last weekend while many UCSB students made their return to the campus for Fall Quarter.

September 27, 2007

Program Provides for UCSB’s Future

By Chris Stein

The Campaign for UCSB raked in cash over the 2006-07 fiscal year, adding an extra $70 million to its coffers.

September 27, 2007

Governor Receives New Textbook Bills

By Mackenzie Weinger

College students may soon find some relief from exorbitant textbook prices, pending a decision by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger regarding two recently drafted bills.

September 27, 2007

Regents Approve Plan to Increase Faculty Wages

By Allison Bailey

In a vote to make University of California salaries more competitive, the Board of Regents recently passed legislation to bring faculty pay scales up to market level over the next four years beginning in October.

September 20, 2007

Conquest Faces Legal Troubles in L.A.

By Travis Miller

Conquest Student Housing, the same business that attracted protests last year when it evicted several low-income families in Isla Vista, has become the center of controversy once again, this time in Los Angeles, where th...

September 20, 2007

Obama Speech Encourages Hope, Reforms

By Evan Wagstaff

Although he currently trails behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in some national polls, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was greeted like a rock star when he arrived to a crowd of over 3,000 spectators at Santa Barbara City ...

September 20, 2007

I.V. To Develop More Low-Income Housing

By Dana Olsen

Following the approval of the Isla Vista Master Plan this past summer, local officials announced earlier this month that a rezoned neighborhood may satisfy state requirements for low-income housing in Santa Barbara Count...

September 20, 2007