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Santa Barbara Prepares for Fire Season

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.
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Reel Loud Fest To Screen Silent Films

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

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 Ira...
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Kids To Chalk It Up at Painting Festival

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.
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County Plans to Extend Segovia Paths

Students frustrated by the incomplete sidewalk and lack of bicycle access along the trek from Segovia Road to campus may see a respite to their commute troubles by the end of the year.
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UC-wide Union Strikes for Higher Salaries, Fairness

University of California research and technical workers will strike today at campuses throughout the UC system, including UCSB, to protest what union leaders claim are unfair wages and negotiation pra...
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PAC/GPAC Propose I.V. Lights, Walkways

The Project Area Committee and General Plan Advisory Committee (PAC/GPAC) considered two programs at its meeting Wednesday that could help make Isla Vista streets brighter and easier for pedestrians t...
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