Isla Vista News

The Airship Ventures Zeppelin N704LZ Eureka cruised across Santa Barbara County on its way from Long Beach to its home base at Moffett Field on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

There are some things about Isla Vista that make it an exciting - " though some might call it a sketchy - " place to live.

Everyone I know admires people who are willing to stand on principle in making important decisions.

Bringing Our Community Home , the organization coordinating the 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness in Santa Barbara County, has announced John McInnes as the newest member of its Governing Board.

The production, featuring more than 40 first- through sixth-graders, will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday at Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Road.

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This is Anti-Semitism: True or False? Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Professor Bill Robinson's name might have not been familiar to the general public just a few months ago.

Therea TMs a tendency to focus on the negative when you live in Isla Vista. There are problems with trash, homelessness, graffiti, and bureaucratic mismanagement, among other things.

After my observation the other day that the freeways have come into play as spots for protesting pedestrians to swarm, a reader pointed out this article saying the practice has been around awhile: In 1966, USC was chosen over UCLA to go to the Rose Bowl, even though UCLA had a higher standing.

Shopping for a bargain? Head up to Isla Vista this weekend for the annual I.V. GIVE Sale, where all items on the table will have been donated by hundreds of UCSB students who are moving out of our countya TMs infamous unincorporated enclave for the summer.

Every Halloween, tens of thousands of mostly college aged kids descend upon Isla Vista to partake in the weekend-long festivities.

A group that would like to see an end to chronic homelessness on the South Coast by 2017 met Wednesday to discuss its progress, which has been solid since the plan began two years ago.

Alcoholic beverages have been banned in the new 26-acre Orcutt Community Park complex, under a resolution passed Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

VERBAL CATHARSIS: When two major fires break out within six months of each other, it's no surprise that people have to get creative in dealing with the aftermath.

A memorial service for the son of congressional candidate and Irvine Councilwoman Beth Krom will be held on Thursday, less than a week after the 22-year-old UC Santa Barbara student apparently fell to his death from an Isla Vista cliff.

The UCSB senior who was found dead Saturday morning on the beach below Isla Vista, is the son of an Irvine councilwoman.

IRVINE a ' Noah Krom, the son of congressional candidate and Irvine Councilwoman Beth Krom, died after an apparent fall from an Isla Vista cliff, Santa Barbara County authorities announced today.

Three people discovered the body of a 22-year-old Isla Vista resident about 6 a.m. Saturday morning.

Ah, summer. A time to take a break and partake in the little pleasures in life, like a wardrobe revamp.

Oh, Isla Vista you devil, you. You always blow my mind. Need a light, baby? Another pillow? Before you turn over and snore, you sex beast of a town, there's something I want to tell you.