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Permits Generate Funds for National Forest

January 30, 2002 by

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.
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Davis’ Budget Expedites UCSB Construction

January 30, 2002 by

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.
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Homeless Rally in Anisq’ Oyo’

January 29, 2002 by

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...
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Man Dies After Vehicle Collides With Guardrail

January 29, 2002 by

A Paso Robles man was killed on Highway 101 just south of Cabrillo Boulevard when his car struck a roadside guardrail Monday.
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Proposed Center Could Recycle All of SB’s Trash

January 29, 2002 by

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.
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SB Commission Plans for Beach Redevelopment

January 29, 2002 by

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.
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SPF Delays $10,000 Plover Fence Proposal

January 29, 2002 by

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.
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Little League Foundation Lacks Park Funding

January 29, 2002 by

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.
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Signatures To Put Recall on August Ballot

January 28, 2002 by

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 lie...
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Venoco Gas Emissions Spark Safety Concerns

January 28, 2002 by

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 it...
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Residents Meet to Discuss IVTC Goals, Projects

January 28, 2002 by

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 c...
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ChannelKeeper Declares Independence

January 28, 2002 by

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 seco...
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War Reporter To Give Free Lecture Tonight

January 28, 2002 by

CNN Correspondent Siobhan Darrow will give a free lecture tonight at 8 in Corwin Pavilion on her new book, "Flirting With Danger: Confessions of a Reluctant War Reporter."
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Feature Photo: That’s The Way the Cliff Crumbles

January 28, 2002 by

The bluff on the 6600 block of Del Playa loses another supporting chunk, causing the cliff to recede below this apartment complex's foundation.
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Gymnasts Try to Keep UCSB Program Alive

January 25, 2002 by

UCSB gymnasts are fighting to keep the gymnastics program going after the athletic department announced in August that it would cut the program by the end of the academic year.
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