Greka Spills Oil Again
Three separate incidents pour gallons of crude oil into North County creek.
Year: 2007
A Swell to Remember
Barney Barnacle takes a look back at a week of great waves.
UCSB Hosts Largest Computer Hacking Competition Ever
Friday’s event, which was won by a team from Milan, Italy, brought together 35 universities.
Reid Spencer
Westmont grad Reid Spencer’s most recent release, the short-but-sweet five-song EPcleverly titled Extended Playshowcases a young singer/songwriter capable of thinking outside of the man-and-guitar box.
UCSB Beats Utah Valley to Go 9-1
The Gauchos are off to their best start since 1988-89.
UCSB Scientist Hypothesizes That Life Began in Undersea Mica
Presents theory to American society for cell biology.
Close of Friday, December 7
Stock quotes from companies headquartered in Santa Barbara or doing a significant portion of their business here.
Goleta Seeks to Banish the Oil Barge
City warns state to retire single-hulled vessel.
LAFCO Tables Lakeview’s Services Proposal
Owners of parcels in Lakeview Estates in the Santa Ynez Valley’s Santa Rita Hills plead their case before the Santa Barbarba Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) yesterday, pushing for the creation of a community services district (CSD) for their subdivision.
A Double Loss to the News-Press Copy Desk
One staffer’s resignation results in an additional casualty.