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Holiday DUI arrests total 223
Law enforcement handcuffed a total of 223 motorists on suspicion of driving drunk this holiday season, a 5 percent increase from last year’s figures, authorities said.
The annual holiday DUI crackdown began Dec. 12 and ended at midnight on Jan. 1. During that span of 21 days, two people died in alcohol-related crashes, one on New Year’s Day and one on Dec. 16.
During the three-week crackdown, officials staged sobriety and driver’s license checkpoints, increased DUI patrols and saturated highwa ...
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Highway work moves along
Progress on a major highway widening project along Highway 101 is rolling along as crews configure new lanes, ramps and an undercrossing.
Pile driving work is slated to continue this week in preparation for a new undercrossing to connect Cacique Str ...
Gauchos down conference-rival Riverside
The reigning Big West Champion UCSB women’s basketball team made a statement to the conference on Sunday: “Don’t count us out!”
Lauren Pederson went berserk from the 3-point line on her way to 21 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the UCSB w ...
The very best of 2009
THESE ARE THE WINNERS of the SantaBarbara.com Restaurant Guide online poll that started last Thanksgiving and ended on New Years Eve.?? Winners of multiple awards (first place) are: Brophy Bros. (4), Ca’ Dario (3), Fresco Café (3), Harry' ...
Gaming in Gaza
It is difficult to write on a subject that unfolds in real time; fearing that a major event will occur between the time the article is readied for the editor and the printed page appears before you. But given today’s subject regards Israeli wars, so ...
Out with the old, in with the new
As we enter the New Year, the deteriorating economy continues to be the nation’s predominant concern. Few concerns galvanize Americans more than does the immediacy of economic threat. There are two main reasons for this. One is survival. There is lit ...
"Rich Like Them" review
The sign said “Open Today!” and you couldn’t resist. So what possessed you to go through a for-sale house that you could never afford?
Curiosity, sure. But maybe it was a little bit of what-iffing that led you to peek into cavernous closets and run ...
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