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Feature Photo: The Flowers, They Talk to Me


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I.V. Business Owners Sue SB County

Isla Vista business owners, afraid of losing their property as the county moves forward with plans to redevelop I.V. have filed a lawsuit against Santa Barbara County.
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UCSB Opts Against Plagiarism Finder

After an extended trial period, the UCSB administration decided not to subscribe to a website service designed to detect plagiarism. But professors and departments remain free to use the program at th...
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Woman Reports Attempted Kidnapping to Authorities

A male suspect attempted to force a woman into his car on Hollister Avenue on Tuesday morning.
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Residents File Suit Disputing Revised Map

Three groups and five citizens filed a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 8, requesting that the Santa Maria Superior Court throw out changes made to the county map ...
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Annual Ceremony Recognizes Activists

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation held its 18th annual "Evening for Peace" dinner to the tunes of John Lennon's "Imagine" and Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Teach Your Children" as they imagined a future sha...
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Groups Work to Unite Communities

The seventh annual UCSB Celebration of Communities will hold its primary fundraiser today behind Building 434 at noon, with student groups selling ethnic foods and performing dances and music.
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Police Arrest Suspected Pickpocket

Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Dept. detectives arrested a Santa Barbara resident last week who they believe is involved in a number of cross-country wallet theft and fraud crimes.
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Feature Photo: Timber!

High winds caused a huge tree (along with other natural debris) to fall on this truck Monday at about 3 p.m. on the 6700 block of Pasado.
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Tibetan Chair Talks on Culture

The Tibetans are often considered a people who have suffered under Chinese occupation and as exiles, but Tibetans have also been misrepresented by Western ideals that still consider them as "enlighten...
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Unidentified Man Assaults UCSB Student in I.V. Home

An unknown suspect attacked a 21-year-old senior in her home Halloween night, which friends say resulted in her withdrawal from the university.
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Speaker Presents Religions’ Similarities

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam share many of the same traditions and UCLA graduate student Hisham Mahmood lectured Thursday night to the Muslim Student Association on what he argues is one of the mo...
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Feature Photo: Open Wide for Social Justice


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Voters Approve Goleta Cityhood

The cityhood proposal - which failed twice in the past when Isla Vista was included in the boundaries - was voted on by 6,689 of the 15,179 registered voters in the area.
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SB Students, Staff Debate Housing Plan

"We want housing that builds a meaningful sense of community, not just an array of apartment buildings that make up Isla Vista," UCSB Director of Physical and Environmental Planning Tye Simpson said.
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