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SB City Council Elects New Pro Tempore Mayor

At yesterday's Santa Barbara City Council meeting, council members elected a new mayor pro tempore to serve as the city's backup mayor and approved a report that will fuel the city's attempts to becom...
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Come on Kids, Single File!


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Customers Powerless in Blackout

A power outage on Embarcadero del Norte left more than a dozen Southern California Edison customers in the dark yesterday and forced some local businesses in the area to temporarily close their doors.
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State Colleges To Face Lawsuit Over Out-of-State Fees

Following the example of a similar case in Kansas, several U.S. citizens have sued California, alleging the state is in violation of federal law by allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition ...
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Registrar’s Office Opens Updated Version of GOLD

In order to lighten the load placed on the Gaucho On-line Data (GOLD) system during peak use, the Registrar's office debuted a modernized version of the system over Winter Break that currently provide...
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County Accepts State ID Program for Medical Pot

Last week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that will change the way medical marijuana users identify themselves and could eventually make their prescription-holder pr...
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IVFP Reports Decreasing Winter Break Burglaries; Responds to Five Thefts

Winter break crime in Isla Vista continues to fall as the Isla Vista Foot Patrol's (IVFP) preliminary statistics show that authorities responded to a relatively low number of burglaries during this ye...
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Board Backs Lecture, Events

In addition to allocating funds to three student groups, Associated Students Finance Board began plans for Spring Quarter Monday afternoon, despite it only being the board's first meeting of Winter Qu...
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Remodeled Arbor Provides More

The university extends a branch of its on-campus dining services today with the launch of the new Arbor store, at which patrons can select from over 400 food items, including Woodstock's pizza and Sub...
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Governor’s Budget To Rescind UC Fee Hike

University of California and California State University students may not have to pay a several hundred dollar fee increase next school year, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to fund the systems wi...
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Suspect Pleads Guilty to Murder in Davidson Case

Nearly a year and a half after UCSB graduate student Jarrod Davidson was shot and killed in front of his Goleta apartment in July 2004, the man's father-in-law and ex-wife have pleaded guilty to charg...
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Cable Company Shifts Channels

Students returning to Santa Barbara after winter break may find that channel surfing has changed since local cable provider Cox Communications revamped its channel lineup on Dec. 30, 2005.
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UC To Remain in Control of Lab

Stressing a new beginning for the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced that the University of California and its team will continue to manage the facility.
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Firemen Fetch Fallen Dog From Cliff

It was a "ruff" afternoon for Emma, a seven-year-old Labrador who was trapped for over an hour on one of the ledges of the Ellwood Bluffs yesterday, before firefighters rappelled down the cliffs to re...
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