News

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

SB Commission Plans for Beach Redevelopment

By Lana Burrows

A redevelopment plan for the two and a half miles of coastline from Ellwood to the Isla Vista area will be established at a meeting tonight.

January 29, 2002

SPF Delays $10,000 Plover Fence Proposal

By Sarah Healy

The Shoreline Preservation Fund tabled a $10,532 proposal that would pay for a permanent fence around a snowy plover nesting ground at the Coal Oil Point Reserve at its meeting Monday night.

January 29, 2002

Little League Foundation Lacks Park Funding

By Michael Porzucki

The Foundation for Girsh Park is looking for a new strategy to raise $2.3 million by May 1 to save the baseball fields that house the Dos Pueblos Little League.

January 28, 2002

Signatures To Put Recall on August Ballot

By Lana Burrows

Petitioners have gathered the 8,914 signatures needed to put the recall of 3rdDistrict Supervisor Gail Marshall on the ballot this summer, but Marshall supporters say the hired signature-gatherers lied to voters to colle...

January 28, 2002

Venoco Gas Emissions Spark Safety Concerns

By Elizabeth Lovero

Two uncontrolled gas releases from the Venoco Ellwood Onshore Facility - one containing the hazardous gas hydrogen sulfide - have prompted concern from area residents and environmental groups about its safety and locatio...

January 28, 2002

Residents Meet to Discuss IVTC Goals, Projects

By Alissa Anderson Staff Writer

The workshop was held for youth and other community members to discuss the future needs of the IVTC. Approximately 50 community members showed up to suggest what programs were important for the teen center to consider in...

January 28, 2002

ChannelKeeper Declares Independence

By Kristina Ackermann

The Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper, a non-profit organization committed to protecting Santa Barbara's watersheds, announced its independence from the Environmental Defense Center Sunday night at its second annual benefit.