News

June 29, 2005

Nurses Union To Decide on Contract

By Ashley Ratcliff, Lindsey Miller

Following five months of negotiations, members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) at University of California medical centers and student health centers are voting whether to accept a recently proposed contract b...

June 2, 2005

Grad Housing Construction Expenses Rise

By Lindsey Miller

While the California Coastal Commission (CCC) decides whether to approve construction of UCSB's latest multimillion-dollar housing complex, university representatives have said the cost of the project is rising by more t...

June 2, 2005

UCPD Reinvestigates 1970 Murder Case

By Dina Vainer

Thirty-five years after two hitchhikers were murdered as they slept on beach at Campus Point, the UC Police Dept. has reopened the investigation in an attempt to close the only unsolved case in the department's history.

June 2, 2005

UCSB Readies to Pick Vice Chancellor

By Stephanie Trujillo

Just as the committee looking for a new UCSB Police Dept. chief enters the final stages of its selection process, another committee is narrowing its options in the search for a new vice chancellor.

June 2, 2005

Santa Barbara Prepares for Fire Season

By Jonathan Vanian

This year, the Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. is instituting new education and brush clearance programs in an effort to extinguish fire season before it starts. Fire season officially started on June 1, Santa Barbara Co...

June 2, 2005

Legislators Pull for SB Tow Truck Patrol

By Nikki Moore

A new program may provide Santa Barbara motorists with some relief to the headache of freeway congestion, placing tow truck companies on call to clear stranded vehicles out of the path of rush-hour traffic.

June 2, 2005

Feature Photo: Putting on a Show

By system

Ryland Aldrich, Reel Loud committee chair, poses in front of the event's marquee. The 14th annual film festival took place Friday evening at Campbell Hall.

June 2, 2005

Feature Photo: Chalkaholic

By system

Lysa Ashley finishes a chalk drawing during the I Madonnari street painting festival on Monday outside the Santa Barbara Mission. The annual festival, held Saturday through Monday, featured over 150 decorated sidewalk sq...

May 27, 2005

Regents Vote to Bid for Lab Stewardship

By Kaitlin Pike

The University of California Regents decided to bid on the Los Alamos National Laboratory management contract Thursday, citing the importance of national security and the two institutions' historic relationship.

May 27, 2005

SB Courthouse Acquires Historic Status

By Lindsey Clodfelter

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse joined the likes of the U.S. Capitol Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Alamo Thursday evening, when United States Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton announced its designation as...

May 27, 2005

UCPD Chief Mystery Nears Finish

By Kristopher Daams

Only two candidates remain in the hunt for a new chief of police of the UCSB Police Dept. (UCPD), as a university search committee enters the final phase of its selection process.

May 27, 2005

UC Technical Workers Strike, Decry Bad-Faith Bargaining

By Jason La

The University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union held a one-day strike across all UC campuses Thursday, protesting what it calls unfair bargaining practices by the UC.

May 27, 2005

I.V. Blacks Out for the Night After Tree Falls

By Mollie Vandor

Over 1,000 local residents were left in the dark Thursday morning when a tree fell and knocked out power lines on the southwest corner of Cordoba Road and Embarcadero del Mar.

May 27, 2005

Reel Loud Fest To Screen Silent Films

By Andrew Levine

A UCSB tradition will reel students in with music, films and ninjas tonight at Campbell Hall. The 14th annual Reel Loud Film Festival will feature 13 student-made silent films accompanied by live musical performances. Th...

May 27, 2005

Candle-Lighting Ceremony To Honor U.S., Iraqi Dead

By Nikki Moore

An army of candles will light the bases of over 1,600 crosses on West Beach this Memorial Day weekend, as the Santa Barbara Veterans for Peace honor the memory of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq.

May 27, 2005

Kids To Chalk It Up at Painting Festival

By James Hill

Over 400 local artists and schoolchildren will be decorating the streets at the three-day I Madonnari Italian street painting festival outside the Santa Barbara Mission this weekend.