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Mentor Program Tries to Assist Local Families

January 31, 2002 by

Thirty-nine sixth-graders from low-income households are receiving help from UCSB students and professors as part of program launched last spring.
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UC Regents Approve New Tuition Exemption Program

January 31, 2002 by

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 Californi...
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Judge Hears Motions for Assault Case

January 30, 2002 by

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...
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Local Residents Report Multiple Weekend Thefts

January 30, 2002 by

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.
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County Presents Ellwood Coast Development Plan

January 30, 2002 by

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...
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Shooting Suspect Faces Arraignment

January 30, 2002 by

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.
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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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