Two Women Implicated in Isla Vista Murder
The stabbing suspect’s sister and girlfriend have been charged as accessories.
Year: 2011
3 Reasons to Catch Rype.Events’ Big Debut
Casa de la Raza will play host to this night of live music and contemporary works from some of S.B.’s up-and-coming artists on Saturday, November 26.
Week in Sports and Upcoming Events
Huskies, Aztecs paying visits to the Thunderdome.
Money Coming to Help House Jail’s Illegal Immigrants
The House of Representatives passed the Senate version of an appropriations bill that will fund the Department of Justice through 9/30
Police Hire Community Outreach Workers
The Police Department has now hired eight of the nine community outreach workers to help connect homeless people to services and to help keep a lid on minor street crime associated with transients.
State Accrediting Commission Visits City College
A three-person team from the state’s Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges traveled to Santa Barbara City College earlier this month as part of a follow-up visit in the wake of allegations levied against the school this past summer concerning the behavior of SBCC’s Board of Trustees.
Occupy’s Bank Transfer Day Yields Results
According to the Credit Union National Association, federal credit unions added nearly 700,000 members in the month preceding the November 5 Bank Transfer Day instigated by the Occupy protests, and the trend did not skip Santa Barbara.
City Approves Funding for Grease-to-Energy Facility
The City Council approved spending up to $850,000 to install the equipment necessary to intercept all the fats, oils, and greases that would otherwise get dumped down the city’s collective drains — or shipped to repositories in faraway places like Bakersfield or Fresno.
Occupiers Invade Campus
Seven people have been arrested for demonstrating near UCSB.
Keri Stokstad Steps Down as Head of Santa Barbara Channels
After two years at the helm of Santa Barbara Channels, a tag team of two public access broadcasting channels, Keri Stokstad is stepping down to take a job at Pasadena Public Access.
