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Animal Rights Group Protests Santa Barbara’s Last Fur Retailer

Despite bad weather and low turnout, Animal Emancipation, Inc. staged an anti-fur protest Saturday in front of Ursula's.
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IVRPD Completes Bathroom and Storage Project

Excursions to a local park will no longer be interrupted by the call of nature, thanks to new facilities that took five years in the making.
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Advisory Council Will Meet to Discuss Expansion of Marine Sanctuary

Members of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS)advisory council and the public will discuss potential boundary-expansion alternatives for the National Marine Sanctuary from 8 a.m. to ...
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Debates Take Flight at Community Meeting to Address Development

The particularities of monarch butterflies' mating practices and a proposed housing project's proximity to their love nests filled a county official's ear last night.
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Monthly Concert To Benefit Local Historical Sites

The RedStar Acoustic Series will feature local bands and benefit the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization which maintains historic sites throughout Santa Barbara.
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Students Celebrate V-Day With ‘Vagina Monologues’

The first UCSB V-Day, a national movement celebrated around Valentine's Day to stop violence against women, drew a packed Isla Vista Theater audience last night for "The Vagina Monologues."
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Free Concert in Estero Park to Promote Unity

Latin funk, local bands and activism will take to Estero Park this evening to break down barriers and bring people together.
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Retired Doctor To Discuss Practice in Bolivia

Retirement meant more than golf and cruises to Dr. Lou Netzer, who spent the last five years practicing medicine in the tropical forest of Bolivia.
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Leg Council Considers Changes in By-Laws, Funding for Organizations

In one hour, Associated Students Legislative Council talked money and tabled four bills Wednesday night.
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Prosecution Against Asbestos-Dumping Landlord Never Went to Court

The APCD wanted to prosecute KAMAP owner John Warkentin for breaking multiple air-pollution, public-health and fair-business laws.
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SB Board of Supervisors Pays SB Libertarian Party Settlement

The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors paid $15,000 to the SBLP in an out-of-court settlement, ending the party's lawsuit against SB County Sheriff Jim Thomas.
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Ukranian Artist Speaks and Donates Interactive Art to UCSB

Facing a crowd of 500 people as a UC Regents' lecturer, Ilya Kabakov talked trash.
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Insight on Former KAMAP Painter Oldfield

When Deputy District Attorney Allan Kaplan settled with KAMAP for $60,000, Dave Oldfield said he felt robbed and cheated of justice.
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Discovery of Ancient Bones Sparks Debate Over Origins

Close to 80 local residents gathered at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Monday night to view a screening of "Mystery of the First Americans," a PBS "Nova" special ex...
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‘The Vagina Monologues’ Come to Campus

Vagina was printed all over Isla Vista this weekend to promote the midweek opening of a play.
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