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Four Gauchos Go Pro in MLB Draft

June 29, 2005 by

Despite a relatively quiet season in the Big West, the UCSB baseball team managed to make its presence felt in the 2005 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft held on June 7 and 8. Four Gauchos...
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County Prepares for West Nile Infections

June 29, 2005 by

With the recent discovery of two dead crows infected with West Nile Virus in Santa Barbara County, local officials are beginning to worry that this year could bring higher activity of the disease, as ...
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Control of SB Planning Dept. Changes Hands

June 29, 2005 by

Despite dissent from local political groups and community members, all planning in Santa Barbara County will be under the control of the Executive Office beginning July 1, in an attempt by county offi...
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Nurses Union To Decide on Contract

June 29, 2005 by and

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...
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Grad Housing Construction Expenses Rise

June 2, 2005 by

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...
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UCPD Reinvestigates 1970 Murder Case

June 2, 2005 by

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 de...
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UCSB Readies to Pick Vice Chancellor

June 2, 2005 by

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.
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Santa Barbara Prepares for Fire Season

June 2, 2005 by

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...
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Legislators Pull for SB Tow Truck Patrol

June 2, 2005 by

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 tr...
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Feature Photo: Putting on a Show

June 2, 2005 by

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.
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Feature Photo: Chalkaholic

June 2, 2005 by

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 d...
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Regents Vote to Bid for Lab Stewardship

May 27, 2005 by

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 re...
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SB Courthouse Acquires Historic Status

May 27, 2005 by

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 announce...
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UCPD Chief Mystery Nears Finish

May 27, 2005 by

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.
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UC Technical Workers Strike, Decry Bad-Faith Bargaining

May 27, 2005 by

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.
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