News

July 7, 2004

Firefighters Get Upper Hand on Cachuma Blaze

By Nexus Staff Report

Cooler weather allowed over 800 firefighters to surround most of the Cachuma Fire, which blackened 1,127 acres near Santa Ynez as of 8 p.m. Thursday.

July 7, 2004

Reserve To Offer Public Plover Tour

By Matt Dozier

The Coal Oil Point Reserve will hold a tour this Saturday so locals can catch a glimpse of the private lives of the reserve's protected plovers.

July 7, 2004

Speakers Raise Questions About U.S. Drug Policy

By Jessica Gonzalez

A doctor, a former district attorney and a libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate gathered in Isla Vista on Wednesday night to discuss drug policy in the United States.

June 30, 2004

County Approves Parking Plan

By Daniel Haier

As early as summer of 2005, the county plans to implement a residential parking permit program aimed at easing Isla Vista's notoriously crowded curbsides. The required permits will cost $95 annually for cars registered i...

June 30, 2004

Sticky Fingers Snatch Up Kerr Hall Computers

By Max Rasovsky

The UC Police Dept. is still investigating the theft of nearly $200,000 worth of computer equipment taken from Kerr Hall and a university-owned 1995 Chevrolet Suburban.

June 30, 2004

Grant May Help in Preservation of Ellwood Mesa

By Matt Dozier

The campaign to save Ellwood Mesa from residential development may receive another $4 million today, if the California Coastal Conservancy Board follows its staff's recommendation and approves the grant.

June 30, 2004

UCSB Scientists Create New Date-Rape Drug Test

By Kristen Richer, Jason La

UCSB researchers have developed a test that may help law enforcement and medical officials combat date rape. The test, developed by chemistry Professor Stanley Parsons and Ph.D. student Dawn Bravo, allows for the detecti...

June 30, 2004

Access Goes to Where Students Want to Be

By Kristen Richer

Giovanni's, a pizzeria on Pardall Road, now joins the slowly growing ranks of off-campus locations that allow students to pay for goods with their ACCESS Cards.

June 30, 2004

Signal Casts Internet Across Campus

By Kaitlin Pike

The Office of Information Technology plans to install wireless Internet service in Campbell Hall, the walkway from Campbell Hall to Davidson Library, the area around Corwin Pavilion and the walkway from the UCen to Parda...

June 30, 2004

SB Arraigns King for Theft, Attempted Rape

By Matt Dozier

Ricardo Apollo King, Jr., a former UCSB student, pled not guilty to four felony charges at his arraignment last Wednesday.

June 30, 2004

UC Police Blotter: June 30, 2004

By Max Rasovsky

Monday, June 21, 1:29 a.m.: Resident Coordinators who were checking students in for the summer program at the Santa Ynez Apartments refused to allow a female student to enter because she arrived well past the 8 p.m. chec...

June 3, 2004

Not Your Grandpa’s Golf

By Katie Wallace

Ahead lies a small wetland, grass up to hip level, a muddy path and a tunnel of trees. During the rainy season, there is much more mud and lots of mosquitoes. This is not your grandpa's game of golf.

June 3, 2004

Fire Dept. Asks UCSB to Pitch In for Protection

By Dina Vainer

If budget cuts get any worse and UCSB is unable to increase funding for its on-campus fire station, Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. officials say rotating closures of local stations may threaten the university's safety a...

June 3, 2004

County Remains Parked Over I.V. Permit Decision

By Lulwa Bordcosh

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to further postpone its decision on the proposed Isla Vista parking plan in order to work out several kinks.

June 3, 2004

IVFP Battles Increasing Crime Rates

By Daniel Haier

More UCSB students received parental notifications regarding their illegal behavior in Isla Vista this academic year than last, and records from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol show an upward trend in the occurrence of violen...

June 3, 2004

SB County To Charge King With Four Felony Counts

By Matt Dozier

At a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge gave prosecutors permission to pursue felony charges against Ricardo Apollo King, Jr.