The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department will deploy extra deputies in Isla Vista this weekend to enforce the decision by Santa Barbara County Parks and UCSB to close beach access to prevent ...

Santa Barbara County is closing the beaches in Isla Vista for the next two weekends because of the potential for a "Floatopia" event. In 2009, thousands of college-aged people flooded IV's beaches for ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The beaches in Isla Vista will be closed from 8:00 a.m. Friday, April 4th through Monday April 7th ...

They say no permits have been issued for the two-day event, but a Facebook page promoting it has received more than 14,000 "will attend" responses. /*Floatopia*/ has ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The Santa Barbara County Community Services Department has announced that the beaches in Isla Vista ...

ISLA VISTA, Calif. -- The Santa Barbara County Community Services Department has announced that Isla Vista beaches will close from April 4 to 5 on Wednesday afternoon. The beaches will be closed due ...

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract between the Sheriff’s Department and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After the fiasco of "Floatopia" brought boats, jet skiers, plenty of floats, and a lot of trash, there was a huge cleanup to manage. Ultimately, there was ten tons of garbage ...

They say no permits have been issued for the two-day event, but a Facebook page promoting it has received more than 14,000 "will attend" responses. /*Floatopia*/ has ...