News

February 1, 2002

Report Describes Flaw in Vandenberg AFB Test

By Nexus Staff Report

The purportedly successful 1997 test of the nation's controversial missile defense system may have been a failure, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has said.

February 1, 2002

Police Report

By Staff

Kraft Boy Can’t Hold It or Hack It At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Dr. observed an 18-year old male subject urinating on the wa...

January 31, 2002

Attias Judge Sets March Hearing Date

By Marisa Lagos

Prosecution and defense teams for murder suspect David Attias haggled over the suppression of evidence collected from Attias' parent's home and former school, during a short hearing on Wednesday.

January 31, 2002

PAC Examines Isla Vista Highs, Lows

By Ladan Moeenziai

Equipped with slides of the best and worst of Isla Vista, Project Area Committee (PAC) members gave the county an idea of their hopes for redevelopment Wednesday night at I.V. Elementary School.

January 31, 2002

Mentor Program Tries to Assist Local Families

By Jamie Morrow

Thirty-nine sixth-graders from low-income households are receiving help from UCSB students and professors as part of program launched last spring.

January 31, 2002

UC Regents Approve New Tuition Exemption Program

By Cameron Balakhanpour

The UC Regents conditionally approved a tuition exemption program that would allow certain nonresident students to pay in-state fees if they have attended three years at and graduated from a California high school.

January 30, 2002

Judge Hears Motions for Assault Case

By Rebecca Turek

Seven of the eight suspects accused of assaulting a 19-year-old Santa Barbara City College freshman on videotape in September 2000 appeared in court Monday for a hearing on a motion by their attorneys to reduce or dismis...

January 30, 2002

Local Residents Report Multiple Weekend Thefts

By Ladan Moeenziai

On Friday, Jan. 25, police received a report of an intruder who entered an apartment on the 6600 block of Del Playa Drive through an unlocked door around 4 a.m.

January 30, 2002

County Presents Ellwood Coast Development Plan

By Eric Simons

The proposal would shift a 131-unit housing development, planned by Santa Barbara Development Partnership, further north to the county-owned Santa Barbara Shores Park next to Sandpiper Golf Course and away from the Ellwo...

January 30, 2002

Shooting Suspect Faces Arraignment

By Marisa Lagos

Terrence Short was arrested on a charge of shooting and killing a male on Monday night at a residence in Goleta. He will be arraigned on one murder count this morning.

January 30, 2002

Permits Generate Funds for National Forest

By Jesse Jardim

Los Padres National Forest is getting over a quarter of a million dollars per year in upkeep charges from the Adventure Pass, a permit that park visitors must buy to use the park.

January 30, 2002

Davis’ Budget Expedites UCSB Construction

By Drew Atkins

UCSB capital projects will benefit from Gov. Gray Davis' economic stimulus package, which will accelerate construction by six months for one capital project and guarantee state funding for a second.

January 29, 2002

Homeless Rally in Anisq’ Oyo’

By Marisa Lagos

About 15 transient Isla Vista residents set up camp in Anisqu' Oyo' Park Sunday evening, calling the pouring rain the last straw for a group that says it is tired of having nowhere to sleep safely and legally.

January 29, 2002

Man Dies After Vehicle Collides With Guardrail

By Ladan Moeenziai

A Paso Robles man was killed on Highway 101 just south of Cabrillo Boulevard when his car struck a roadside guardrail Monday.

January 29, 2002

Proposed Center Could Recycle All of SB’s Trash

By Sarah Gorback

Santa Barbara County is considering construction of a new recycling facility based on a German model that could potentially process 100 percent of the county's waste.

January 29, 2002