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Economist Locates Unused UC Funds, Suggests Pay Raise

An economist hired by a University union to hunt for extra dollars within the UC found $2 billion that employees want for raises - but the University says it does not have the money to boost salaries.
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MTD Plans To Add More Alternative Energy Buses

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District is taking a step toward protecting the environment by replacing 40 of its diesel-running buses with hybrid and pure electric buses.
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Van Gieson Takes on Director Status

Christine Van Gieson assumed responsibility as UCSB's director of admissions on March 1.
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Feature Photo: ‘Take a Look, It’s in a Book’

Senior CCS literature major Reagan Wilson displays her piece in the Please Take Your Hands Off My Spine show, running March 6-8 in the Arts Building Gallery 1434.
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Anderson Wins Outright

What was surprising about Jim Anderson winning the sheriff's race last night wasn't that he won but that he took over 50 percent of the vote. Anderson received 50.34 percent of the votes and became th...
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Victims’ Families Sue Attias for Wrongful Death

The four families whose children were killed on Sabado Tarde Road last year filed wrongful death and personal injury suits against David Attias and his parents, Daniel and Diane.
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Voters Choose Holland Over Herrera For Clerk

Joe Holland, a 17-year veteran of the county assessor's office, recorded a huge victory over Assistant County Clerk Larry Herrera in the race for Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor.
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Property Owners Resist Texaco’s Pipe Removals

A group of local homeowners is appealing a decision to allow ChevronTexaco Corp. to abandon and remove pieces of seven miles of pipeline running through their residential neighborhood.
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’02 Winter Ranks as 5th Warmest Nationally

Unusually high surface pressure that lowered temperatures and dried out winds descending from the east led to a warm February in Southern California, with an average high of 64 degress, said Chief Cli...
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Select Your Local Sheriff

Whoever the new county sheriff is, if he keeps all his campaign promises, Isla Vista won't see much change - at least not for the worse.
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Judge Drops One Charge in I.V. Case

A superior court judge on Monday dismissed one of the felony charges brought against five of eight defendants in a videotaped assault case that occurred in Isla Vista in September 2000.
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Hey Mr. Postman, Got a Letter for Me

A wise man once said a picture is worth a thousand words. But for some residents of the Buena Vista Care Center, a thousand words is all that's needed to put a smile on their faces.
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Developers Offer to Donate Ellwood Land for Tax Credit

The development partnership that owns most of the Ellwood bluffs has proposed giving up 18 acres of land as permanent open space in exchange for a $5 million to 6 million tax credit from the state.
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CCS Cancels 4 Colloquia Classes

Orgies do not keep rock stars or politicians from their work, but the same cannot be said for student-led classes at UCSB.
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Police Arrest Bank Robbery Suspect Again

Sheriff's detectives rearrested a 19-year-old man suspected of armed bank robbery last Friday because they believed the suspect was going to flee Goleta in order to avoid prosecution.
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