Isla Vista News

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Local law enforcement agencies continued to brace for an onslaught of roughly 50,000 Halloween revelers at Isla Vista this weekend, reminding locals and out-of-towners alike about the stiff consequences of alcohol offences like underage drinking and driving under the influence.

Just a few days after Halloween revelers in Isla Vista left Santa Barbara County with a bill approaching $1 million to police and clean up after the festivities, county supervisors took a step they hope will curtail the hangover of another IV tradition.

Although the number of costumed revelers that poured into the streets of Isla Vista on Halloween fell far below expected figures, law enforcement officials made plenty of arrests and citations while medical staff treated dozens of alcohol-poisoned partiers.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department says the big party on Isla Vista this Halloween weekend, prompted more than a thousand arrests and citations.

It's been 11 years since Halloween last fell on a Saturday, and all involved - from authorities to partyers - expect debauchery of colossal proportions in Isla Vista.

Any day of the week, it's easy to find a news story about the problems caused by the way we eat.

Thousands of out-of-town visitors to the Isla Vista area on Friday and Saturday for Halloween will translate into a lot of extra vehicles, and local law-enforcement officials are using DUI checkpoints, road closures and parking enforcement to manage traffic and to try to minimize effects on the rest of the community.

At a meeting Tuesday night focused on discouraging local high school students from going to Isla Vista during Halloween, the 10-person panel barely outnumbered the small audience.

At a time when business leadership seems sorely lacking across the region, the state and the nation, it's great to see someone emerge from the pack with enthusiasm, optimism and a few great ideas.

Maximum police enforcement is expected on the streets of San Luis Obispo during the upcoming Halloween weekend starting with the Downtown Farmers Market on Thursday and stretching through to Sunday.

MEA CULPA DEPT.: Two weeks ago in this column, the subject was the depressing diminishment of jazz programming in general, and in Santa Barbara specifically, especially given the absence of a Jazz at the Lobero series to whet our swing-based appetite.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department and the UCSB Police Department announced Wednesday that a man taken into custody in Isla Vista on Tuesday evening is believed to be the person who sparked a lockdown and floor-to-floor search of South Hall on the UCSB campus on Monday.

According to information provided by Capt. Vince Agapito of the County Fire Department, the unidentified man was standing with friends in an undeveloped open space along Del Playa Drive.

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With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, Isla Vistans and other Santa Barbarans can look forward to a perfect storm of celebration, promising lots of people wearing less and drinking more.

Founded in 1984 by Patricia and Cooper and Jaclyn Henretig, the center began in a small upstairs office in the Isla Vista Medical Center.

Visitors to the Santa Barbara area on Halloween weekend should be aware of the annual UCSB Halloween frenzy.

Green is not exactly the new black. But federal stimulus grants are offsetting some of the serious shortfalls in the tri-county economy.

ANTENNA BRIGADE: The move to put up more than 100 wireless data antennas throughout southern Santa Barbara County is riling some residents.