Lizzy Rager

Santa Barbara

Assistant News Editor at The Daily Nexus

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Two pedestrians hit in Isla Vista vehicle collision

13 hours ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

Two women sustained injuries in a car crash on Camino Pescadero and Sabado Tarde on Tuesday, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Department Public Information Officer Scott Safechuck. At 6:44 p.m., an Infinity SUV drove westbound on Sabado, heading toward the southside of the intersection on Pescadero, when it collided with the two women riding bicycles, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Jon Gutierrez.
County board of supervisors unanimously approve I.V. Rental Housing Inspection Pilot Program

20 hours ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve District 2 Supervisor Laura Capps’ Rental Housing Inspection Pilot Program, which would proactively investigate housing in Isla Vista for building and health code violations. The Rental Housing Inspection Pilot Program draws on county settlement funds from a housing lawsuit in 2024, allocating $600,000 from a $3.7 million settlement fund.
A week in UC student news

2 days ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

UCLA ROTC instructor one of 32 suing Trump for ban on transgender people in militaryKate Cole, a senior military science instructor at UC Los Angeles Army ROTC, joins 31 other plaintiffs in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration for its ban on transgender people in the military, according to the Daily Bruin. Trump signed an executive order on Jan.
El Congreso urges Chancellor Yang to meet demands before leaving

6 days ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

Following up from its initial demand letter to Chancellor Henry T. Yang three years ago, student activism group El Congreso says their demands from 2022 have still not been met. They hand-delivered a letter with the previous and updated demands to the chancellor’s office on Monday. “We just want to talk to him face-to-face about a lot of these [demands], and even if we can just get some kind of voice support, or some actual physical demonstration of support.
James B. Milliken appointed as 22nd UC president, succeeding Michael V. Drake

1 week ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

James B. Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system, will serve as the next University of California President beginning August 1, 2025. Milliken is the 22nd president of the University of California system and a longtime leader in higher education. After a six-month search to replace incumbent University of California (UC) President Michael V. Drake, the Regents — the governing body of the UC — approved the appointment in a special meeting this afternoon.
Students rally and hold vigil to remember lives lost in Armenian Genocide

1 week ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

The UC Santa Barbara Armenian Student Association organized a day of rallying in light of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24. Over 100 years after the systematic massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians during the reign of the Ottoman Empire, the genocide has not been acknowledged by the Turkish government. “A lot of people don’t even know what the Armenian Genocide is.
A week in UC student news

2 weeks ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

UC may decrease in-state admissions due to planned state cutsWhile the University of California has been on an upward trend of increasing in-state admissions in previous years, they may stop accepting as many students if planned state cuts go through, state lawmakers warned, according to CalMatters.
A week in UC News

3 weeks ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

Unions announce strike against UC for nationwide hiring freezeUniversity of California service and patient care workers will go on strike on May 1, their third joint action in the past academic year, over the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299, a labor union that represents UC service and patient care workers, will mount an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike on May 1, according to a press release.
Graduate students rally against potential funding cuts

4 weeks ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

Hundreds of graduate students rallied at the Arbor steps on April 8, decrying cuts to federal funding vital to research at UC Santa Barbara. While the cuts have impacted several departments and research centers, research in life sciences has taken a significant hit as funding from the National Institutes of Health — one of its biggest funding sources — may be slashed.
How did we get to Deltopia, the UCSB spring street festival?

1 month ago | dailynexus.com | Lizzy Rager

After every spring break, one tradition holds true for UC Santa Barbara students at the start of spring quarter: they want to party. Isla Vista’s annual unsanctioned street festival, now known as Deltopia, has been held annually for over 20 years. A hallmark of the UC Santa Barbara experience, the festival has taken different names since its conception — including Floatopia — as local policy adjusts with the events of each version. Deltopia reflects UCSB’s party school reputation.