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February 26, 2007

Bike Race Rolls Through Santa Barbara

By Casey Ibbetson

Santa Barbara brought out smiling fans and divvied up hotel spaces to hundreds of statewide, national and international fans this Saturday, as the second annual Amgen Tour of California zoomed through on its second-to-la...

February 26, 2007

Second Arrest Returns Soccer Player to SB Jail

By Staff

UCSB soccer player Eric Frimpong was back in jail Friday, following allegations that he sexually battered a second woman.

February 26, 2007

Stories from the files of Isla Vista Foot Patrol

By Nikki Moore

"Jackass: The Movie" Friday, Feb. 23, 1:20 a.m. - Officers observed a 19-year-old man stumble down Camino Pescadero and bump into a car, setting off its alarm.

February 26, 2007

Isla Vista Rampage; Bank Destroyed by Fire

By Reporters Jeff Probst Cindy Heaton Larry Boggs Mark Aulman Becca Wilson Denise Kessler.

Thirty-seven years ago this week the Bank of America in Isla Vista was burned to the ground. Today, Embarcadero Hall stands in its place, as well as a small monument laid into the cement commemorating the events that occ...

February 23, 2007

A.S. Requests Updated Skating Rules

By Linzay Logan

The Associated Students Commission on Public Safety took the first step in a proposal to ban skateboarding on campus after hearing several complaints from students and community members.

February 23, 2007

Truck Driver Gets Penalty for Fatal Bicycle Collision

By Dana Olsen

Thirteen months after UCSB triathlete Kendra Payne was struck and killed by a truck while riding her bicycle, driver Marcos Almaguer has been sentenced on charges of trespass by a motor vehicle.

February 23, 2007

News-Press Employee Firing Trend Continues

By David Ferry

The Santa Barbara News-Press terminated two more employees this week, bringing February's total to eight fired workers, on charges one fired employee called "goofy."

February 23, 2007

Police Arrest Suspect in Rec Cen Robberies

By Jessica Mullen

UCSB Police Dept. officers disguised in street apparel executed a sting operation at the Rec Cen on Wednesday, resulting in the arrest of a UCSB student.

February 23, 2007

Local Teachers Protest Limited Wage Increases

By Sonia Lucyga

Santa Barbara's public school teachers are continuing their crusade for higher wages this week, despite unsuccessful recent attempts to sway members of the city's school board in their favor.

February 23, 2007

County Opens New Highway Addition

By Evan Wagstaff

Santa Barbara County completed construction on a new auxiliary lane off Highway 101 using funds they worry are soon to disappear.

February 22, 2007

Star Soccer Player’s Lawyer Asks for Gag Order in Rape Trial

By David Ferry

The trial of Eric Frimpong, a UCSB soccer player accused of rape, will not be a media circus - or even a public affair - the defendant's attorney said yesterday.

February 22, 2007

Rally Against News-Press Draws Crowd

By Geoff Skelton

The battle for De La Guerra Plaza, home to the Santa Barbara News-Press, drew over 200 community members yesterday for the largest protest against the newspaper in months.

February 22, 2007

Armed Burglars Tie Up Residents

By Nikki Moore

While investigating a reported robbery of a Goleta residence, Santa Barbara Sheriff's Dept. deputies on Sunday found 10 men tied up with telephone cords who had just been robbed at gunpoint.

February 22, 2007

A.S. Requests Space in Building 434

By Mackenzie Weinger, Lindsey Miller

Associated Students Legislative Council and its executive officers kept busy with meetings yesterday, both in its weekly gathering and earlier in the day with Chancellor Henry T. Yang.

February 22, 2007

War Protesters Launch

By Benjamin Gottlieb

After a recent protest against the war in Iraq brought hundreds of demonstrators from the university community to UCSB, local activists are now organizing to further increase student opposition to the conflict.

February 22, 2007

Cycling Documentary Rolls in to SB

By Nikki Moore

A Santa Barbara local who hitchhiked along the Tour de France route in 2005 is now offering locals a chance to experience the ride for themselves - no passports or bicycles required.