News

November 10, 2022

Incumbents succeed in reelection bids down the ballot; local races decided by a handful of votes

By Nisha Malley, Asumi Shuda, Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel

Santa Barbara County voters cast 75,799 ballots of 237,759 voters, amounting to a turnout rate of 31.88%.

November 8, 2022

LIVE: Statewide and Local Midterm Election Results 2022

By Nisha Malley, Holly Rusch, Mark Alfred, Sindhu Ananthavel, Asumi Shuda

Providing live updates on local races, statewide races, and propositions on the ballot for the November 2022 midterm election

November 8, 2022

One case dismissed, two proceed to evidentiary hearings in IVP’s restraining order cases against UCSB students

By Holly Rusch

Evidentiary hearings in regard to Patel and the anonymous student will be held on Dec. 12, although the court tentatively ruled that Schaefer did not meet the burden of proof for a restraining order against the anonymous...

November 7, 2022

EVPLA Office hosts voter registration fair ahead of midterms

By Asumi Shuda

The voter guide contained information on voting rights and ballot drop-off boxes in I.V. and on UCSB’s campus, as well as information on California propositions.

November 7, 2022

A.S. Senator files Judicial Council case against IVP amid strike

By Holly Rusch, Sindhu Ananthavel

The A.S. Judicial Council did not immediately respond to request for comment regarding the status of the petition or if any other petitions against, or by, Schaefer were currently active.

November 7, 2022

County issues rain advisory to avoid ocean and creek waters

By Nisha Malley

The advisory comes as the National Weather Service forecasts heavy rainfall for Tuesday, Nov. 8 following Monday’s showers.

November 7, 2022

UC News

By Sindhu Ananthavel

A weekly recap of up-to-date UC News

November 7, 2022

Vista Point: Weekly goings on in and around I.V.

By Asumi Shuda

Weekly events in and around Isla Vista.

November 7, 2022

UCSB Latinx/Chicanx Community celebrates Día De los Muertos

By Asumi Shuda

Día De los Muertos originated in Mesoamerica as a holiday tradition to celebrate the lives of those who passed away.

November 6, 2022

I.V. Recreation & Park District celebrates 50th anniversary

By Nisha Malley

Community members across generations gathered to celebrate the history of IVRPD, with current and former board members, local elected officials and UC Santa Barbara staff in attendance.

November 6, 2022

IVRPD hosts 2022 ‘Haunted Pumpkin Patch’ Festival

By Aastha Kashyap

The Halloween festival offered two nights of silent disco, a costume contest, a live “Thriller” flash mob performance by World Dance for Humanity and Día de los Muertos altars.

November 5, 2022

Three UC unions ready to begin strike on Nov. 14

By Mark Alfred, Holly Rusch

A strike would see the 48,000 unionized UC workers organized under United Auto Workers — including TAs, graduate students and academic researchers, academic student employees and others — withhold their labor from th...

November 4, 2022

Munger Hall ‘Borders on experimentation,’ two County Supervisors wrote in unsent letter

By Mark Alfred

“This project borders on experimentation and is of grave concern to public health and safety officials,” the supervisors wrote.

November 4, 2022

Sustainable University Now to sue UCSB, seeking documents related to Munger Hall

By Mark Alfred

S.U.N. also accused UCSB of violating its agreement with the university by not adequately addressing the issue of student housing.

November 3, 2022

SBSO arrests suspected Goleta vegetation fire arsonist

By Asumi Shuda

The suspect was arrested on Nov. 3 on a misdemeanor of obstructing a peace officer, a felony charge of arson and a misdemeanor of possession of a controlled substance.