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February 6, 2003

February 5, 2003

By system

No Love for the SBFP Sunday, Feb. 2, 12:59 a.m.: Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers on the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive were not surprised when they observed a 19-year-old man stumbling down the street. As he was walking p...

February 6, 2003

Gone But Not Forgotten

By system

February 5, 2003

Police Arrest Ten Men at Local Beach

By Drew Mackie

A Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office-initiated sting operation on Sunday and Monday resulted in the arrest of 10 men, nine of whom are Santa Barbara County residents, on charges of lewd conduct in public.

February 5, 2003

Funding Burns Hole in SPF’s Pocket

By Melanie Chase Reporter

Student and local nonprofit groups are making waves as they bid for the latest round of Shoreline Protection Fund grants for environmental research and local restoration projects.

February 5, 2003

Air Force Base To Resume Tours

By Blake Buford

Vandenberg Air Force Base is ready to reopen its doors to the public for the first time since Sept. 11. Prior to the attacks, tours offered Wednesdays at 10 a.m. showed the public various sites and facilities within the ...

February 5, 2003

Law Mandates Helmets for Minor Skaters

By Bonnie Holladay

A new state law that went into effect on Jan. 1 requires all persons under the age of 18 to wear a helmet while skateboarding, inline skating or riding a non-motorized scooter. People who break the law will be subject to...

February 5, 2003

Lawyer To Co-Direct Legal Center

By Jono Szalay

A new face will be gracing the halls of the Associated Students Legal Resource Center. Ron Perry, an attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation for the past 10 years, will be sharing the reins as co-director with current dir...

February 5, 2003

Kick it, Kick it Good

By system

February 4, 2003

Sports Talk Inspires Women

By Melissa Thomas-Anderson

The national event began in 1986 in recognition of Title IX, an education amendment adopted in 1972 that prohibits sexual discrimination in all education programs or activities that receive federal funds.

February 4, 2003

I.V. Community Center Plan To Seek Approval

By Jenny Mayock

The I.V. Community Center Task Force heard presentations from the project designers and consultants at a meeting Monday night at 961 Embarcadero del Mar.

February 4, 2003

Queer Student Union Raises Funds for UC Conference Trip

By Zaviaire Williams Reporter

The Queer Student Union is working to raise money to send 35 students to the University of California Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex Association conference later this month in Riverside.

February 4, 2003

City of Goleta Celebrates 1st Birthday

By Drew Mackie

The motion passed with a 4-1 vote, with Hawxhurst dissenting because he felt many of the thresholds were poorly worded or irrelevant to Goleta.

February 4, 2003

Living Room Struggles to Find New Home

By Jessica Jardine

Located at 430 S. Fairview Ave., in the Airport Plaza, the alcohol- and drug-free venue will need to clear out so that the property owner, ORIX Equity Development of Chicago, can erect a large office complex on the site.

February 4, 2003

UC Briefs: February 4, 2003

By Stephanie Tavares Staff Writer Travis Hunter Staff Writer

The two 17-year-old suspects and one 16-year-old suspect will be tried as adults on counts of rape, rape in concert, oral copulation and oral copulation in concert with force.

February 3, 2003

Shuttle Losses Hit Home for Project Veterans

By Josh Braun

Santa Barbara County was once home to the space shuttle. It was to be launched from the California coast only weeks after the Challenger disaster forced the military to give up the program. A few people remain from the S...

February 3, 2003

SB County Firefighter Dies on Duty

By Jennifer B. Siverts

A Gaviota firefighter died Saturday of what officials said appeared to be a massive heart attack. The death of 51-year-old Moseley is the first on-the-job death the department has experienced since 1967, Johnson said.