Third District Supervisor Farr to Retire in December
District Supervisor Doreen Farr, who first took office in 2009, announced that she will not be seeking a third term on the Board of Supervisors, instead hoping to spend time with family Santa Barbara County Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr announced Friday she will not seek a third term after December 2016. Farr has served […]
UCSB Student Andres Esteban Sanchez Passes Away Sunday Morning
On the morning of Sunday, Oct. 11 at approximately 4:40 a.m., two IVFP deputies responded to reports of a male subject on the 6700 block of Abrego Road running in the street screaming for help. Upon arrival, deputies were flagged down by a nearby witness who stated the male subject, later identified as UCSB student […]
Students Gather in The Hub for First Democratic Debate
UCSB-4-Bernie hosted a live screening of the first Democratic Presidential Debate of the 2016 race Tuesday evening in the Hub. Democratic presidential candidates currently include former Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, former Governor of Maryland Martin OMalley, Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders and former Senator from Virginia Jim Webb. […]
Castro Valley Shows Similar Interest in Following I.V.’s Self-Governance Model
Community leaders in the unincorporated area of Castro Valley, California, have been following Assemblymember Das Williams’ Assembly Bill 3 in the interest of pursuing a model for self-governance similar to Isla Vista’s. Assembly Bill 3 proposes the formation of a Community Services District (CSD) in I.V. While unincorporated areas such as I.V. and Castro Valley […]
Upcoming El Niño May Threaten Cliffside Homes
Climatologists are increasingly certain of predictions that a strong El Niño will likely hit California in the coming months, bringing wet weather and the possibility of increased erosion along the cliffs of Isla Vista. El Niño is a climatic change that occurs every two to seven years near the equatorial Pacific region. The 2015 El […]
Gun Control Activism Discussed During Open Meeting at UCSB
Chicano/Chicana Studies Professor Ralph Armbruster and Graduate Student Association vice president of committees and planning Timothy Irvine hosted an open meeting Thursday evening in front of the Student Resource Building (SRB) to discuss gun-control activism at UCSB. Armbruster and Irvine organized a candlelight vigil last week honoring the victims of the Umpqua Community College shooting. […]
Send Silence Packing To Feature Backpack Display Signifying Lives Lost to Suicide
UCSB Active Minds and the Mental Wellness Center will host an event titled Send Silence Packing on October 12 on the Student Resource Building (SRB) lawn from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Active Minds, a nationwide nonprofit organization aiming to change the stigma surrounding mental illness and encourage students to seek help, debuted the event […]
UCSB Staff and Students Share Opinions on Newly Passed California Fair Pay Act
Governor Jerry Brown signed Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s California Fair Pay Act (SB 358) into law this Wednesday. SB 358, which takes effect in January, prohibits California employers from paying employees at wages lower than those who do substantially similar work, with the intention of ensuring equal pay for women doing the same work as men. […]
Students and I.V. Community React to Jerry Brown’s End of Life Option Act
Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act (ABX2 15) into law Monday, making California the fifth state to grant terminally-ill patients the right to choose physician-assisted suicide instead of treatment. Similar to Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act, ABX2 15 allows “an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined […]