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Local Beach Receives Failing Water Grade

A Santa Monica-based non-profit organization has recently ranked Santa Barbara County's Arroyo Burro Beach as one the top 10 worst beaches in the state.
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Website Finds SB Homes to Be Among Nation’s Priciest

Despite a general slide in the U.S. housing market, real estate professionals have declared the Santa Barbara area as the most expensive region in the country.
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Travolta Warns Students Against Drunken Driving

As graduation time draws near, college and high school students prepare for a new phase of their lives - one that could be cut short by drunk driving.
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Residents, Staff Meet to Discuss Skateboard Ban

Immediate changes to UCSB's campus skateboarding policies were averted yesterday, after university administrators agreed to postpone their decisions until more research is collected.
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Students’ Art, Silent Films To Reel in Crowd

Silent films will have a chance to pump up the volume in Campbell Hall tonight, as the Film & Media Studies Dept. presents the 16th annual Reel Loud Film Festival.
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Project To Fund SB Wildlife Preservation

Threatened species of plants and birds near the Coal Oil Point Reserve may soon recover from their damaged habitats with the help of a few recent monetary grants to local restoration efforts.
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Measure D To Resurface in November

After failing to receive enough votes in last year's election, a newly revised countywide sales tax for Highway 101 improvements and transportation services will return to the ballot this fall.
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University Will Not Act on Off-Campus Substance Behavior

The UCSB Rules and Regulation Committee convened again yesterday in a closed meeting that resulted in tie with seven votes each, thwarting proposed off-campus alcohol and drug amendments from falling ...
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UCPD Apprehends Student for Alleged Indecent Exposure

UCSB student Carlyn Lovell McDonald Jr. was arrested for allegedly exposing his genitals to a female faculty member last Thursday in the Student Resource Building.
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CHP Arrests Local for Drug-Related Accident

After colliding with two UCSB students and another passenger near Isla Vista, a 20-year-old Goleta native was charged with felony DUI on Tuesday night, after police alleged that the driver had driven ...
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Press Council Picks Nick Dürnhöfer as New Editor in Chief

Following the first contested election in five years, Nick Dürnhöfer has been selected as Daily Nexus editor in chief for the 2007-2008 school year.
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SB Accepts Grants to Assist Endangered Fish Population

Although the once prolific steelhead trout currently faces extinction, the city of Santa Barbara may soon help turn the tide with an allocation of several state and private grants.
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SB Officials Approve I.V. Master Plan

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission authorized the Isla Vista Master Plan yesterday morning, leaving it only months away from the desk of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.
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Leg Council Ends Term, Welcomes New Members

The 2006-07 Associated Students Legislative Council ended its tenure yesterday with heartfelt goodbyes and the passage of five bills, as well as advice for incoming representatives.
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Elected Internal VP Leaves Office After Accepting Transfer

With just two days left before the official turnover, Associated Students Internal Vice President-Elect Ian Taylor withdrew from his post on Monday, opting instead to transfer to UC Berkeley next year...
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