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SB County Receives Money for Ocean Clean-Up

The purity of many Santa Barbara County beaches will soon be refined by two state-funded proposals. Santa Barbara County’s Project Clean Water received $2.5 million from the state this summer fo...
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New Ordinance Would Keep Smokers at 20-Ft. Distance

If the ordinance passes at the second hearing on Nov. 20, it will change the county code to prohibit smoking within 20 feet of any area or building where smoking is prohibited, and would go into effec...
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UC Briefs

Residence Hall Elevator Traps Student Makiko Kosaka, a Japanese exchange student, was trapped in a San Rafael elevator late at night on September 25 after the elevator door jammed. She was rescued at ...
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Police Report Second Rape In Two Weeks

A 19-year-old Santa Barbara resident was arrested Saturday after allegedly raping a 20-year-old UCSB student.
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Weekend Accident Kills Bicyclist

A 17-year-old male was arrested for striking and killing a bicyclist in a stolen car at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Saturday in Goleta.
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Historical Santa Barbara Bowl Begins Face-Lift

"Everything we've known is gone," said Eric Lassen, an architect and the volunteer chair of the Santa Barbara Bowl Facilities Committee.
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Suspect Robs Local K-Mart, Makes Off With About $300

The suspect went through the gardening center entrance and informed the cashier that he had a gun and demanded the money in the cash register.
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County Requires Cliff Fences

"I'd like to see somebody there like a designated driver who could monitor the keg and keep an eye out. With free beer, kids can wander into just about any backyard."
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California’s ‘Greenest’ Building To Open on Campus in Jaunary

The new building will include a lab wing, a central courtyard, faculty/staff offices and teaching rooms. Research conducted in the building will include experiments in hydrology, theoretical ecology a...
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Coalition for Peaceful Justice To Rally Downtown

Locals seeking "Peaceful Justice" in response to the recent terrorist attacks will gather tomorrow at noon in De La Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara.
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Feature Photo: Congressional Meet and Greet


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Media Alters Content After Terror Attacks

A now infamous Clear Channel e-mail, allegedly sent out to all its affiliates, lists more than 160 songs containing "questionable lyrics" and suggests these songs not be played in light of the recent ...
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Manzanita Village To Add Housing for 800

"We want to move as close as possible to 35 percent of undergraduate students living on campus. We're currently at about 21 percent," Residence Halls Association Director Wilfred Brown said.
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Grand Jury Indicts Suspects in I.V. Assault Case

Eight suspects on trial for assaulting a Santa Barbara City College student last fall on Trigo Road were indicted by a grand jury on Friday.
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County Approves Plans for Improvement in I.V.

The quest for Isla Vista sidewalks, low-cost housing and other improvements inched forward Tuesday.
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