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Police Investigate Lompoc Murder Case

April 3, 2003 by

New details about the murder of 78-year-old Mission Hills resident Jean Morgan were released yesterday as the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. continues its investigation into the incident.
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Oil Waste Site To Receive EPA Treatment

April 3, 2003 by

The Environmental Protection Agency has received $31.9 million in settlements to clean the hazardous waste site at Casmalia in northern Santa Barbara County.
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County Project Smooths Way For Pedestrians

April 3, 2003 by

everal hundred feet of Isla Vista sidewalks have recently been repaired to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act specifications and Santa Barbara County Public Works Dept. drainage and safety gu...
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FT To Host Master Plan Meeting on Local Housing

April 3, 2003 by

The Isla Vista Project Area Committee will be meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Linda Vista room at Francisco Torres to begin discussion of the PAC interim draft, the most up-to-date version of the ...
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Leg Council Reviews Plans for I.V.

April 3, 2003 by

The council heard a presentation from Jamie Goldstein, planning project manager for I.V., that outlined many of the goals and potential problems facing the redevelopment plan. A.S. holds one of 13 vot...
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Art Studio Grad Student Dies

April 2, 2003 by

UCSB graduate student Chris August passed away Sunday at 12:23 a.m. in the Santa Barbara area. He was in his early forties. The Santa Barbara County Coroner's Office could not be contacted for informa...
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State Triumphs in Coastal Oil Dispute

April 2, 2003 by

Any oil companies looking to develop leases off the coast of California will have to get by the state government first, as the federal government has backed off from its attempt to control all offshor...
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Elderly Man Kills Wife, Calls 911

April 2, 2003 by

Sheriff's deputies arrested an elderly Lompoc man Tuesday morning on suspicion of murdering his wife. Officers responded to the home of Eugene Carl Morgan, 77, after dispatch received information from...
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Mediator Urges New Contract for C.U.E., UC

April 2, 2003 by

Almost two years of contract negotiations between the University of California and its clerical workers may finally come to an end in the coming weeks.
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Do You Want Fries With That?

April 2, 2003 by


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Regents Indulge GPAs for a Price

April 1, 2003 by

As its coffers dwindle, the University of California is offering its academic wastrels a chance to repent and earn forgiveness through donations to the Mother University.
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Right Makes Might?

April 1, 2003 by

Republican armies took control of key northwestern trade routes and Islavistingham ale-smuggling corridors Monday, marking the latest pitched battle in a series of armed clashes between political ideo...
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UC Merced May Evict Wee Folkes

April 1, 2003 by

The proposed University of California, Merced should eventually have one of the best animal husbandry programs from here to Gaul, but the region's faerie shrimp, gnomes, nymphs, sprites, pixies and ot...
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Vampire Convention Brings A Blood-Letting Good Time

April 1, 2003 by

TRANSYLVANIA, Romania (AP) -- The centennial International Blood Suckers Union (IBSU) vampire convention was held this past weekend to give the undead from all over Europe the chance to congregate and...
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Mead Fortifies A.S. Resolution

April 1, 2003 by

A.S. representatives officially declared their support for Scotland during a towne hall meeting last night, resulting in the first meeting marked by peace and quiet - the sort of peace and quiet that ...
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