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On Jan. 1, I.V.’s daily case rate, which shows the average number of daily confirmed cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days, was 19.7. On Jan. 22, the daily case rate was 53.7.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a “local music legend” who served thousands of people musical instruments in his Barrow shop. Heartfelt tributes have poured in for Terry Turner – a devoted dad, jazz drummer and founder of R&T Music in Dalkeith Street, Barrow. Mr Turner died after a short illness and leaves behind his wife Linda and children, Phil, Andy and Jill. DRUMS: Barrow Pop Proms main mover and shaker, Terry Turner, in an undated Mail archive picture Andy Turner described his dad...

January 13, 2021 at 8:43 pm by Alice Zhang Following UC Santa Barbara’s decision to provide housing in a limited capacity for Winter Quarter 2020, 1,000 undergraduate students are moving into university-owned apartment buildings in Isla Vista beginning this Friday. All undergraduate residence halls remain closed. Unlike in years past, only 10 to 20 students will move in per hour to adhere to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. Max Abrams / Daily Nexus Students with housing co...

January 14, 2021 at 12:29 pm by Max Abrams Standing atop the Himalayan Mountains, Alex Johnson was, quite literally, on top of the world.  By 28, he was on the path to his third degree — a Ph.D. in geology at UC Santa Barbara — had helped numerous undergraduate students spread their wings and had circled the planet in search of rocks, from the hot deserts of Oman to the snowy heights of the Himalayas.  With multiple teaching and mentorship awards to his name, the Princ...

January 9, 2021 at 6:23 pm by Max Abrams The preliminary hearing for the October arrest of Isla Vista “Mirror Bus” driver Zachary Coughlin was postponed during his originally scheduled preliminary hearing on Jan. 5, following a new change in defense attorneys.  Coughlin requested to have a Marsden hearing, which allows criminal defendants to represent themselves in court.  Courtesy of Raquel Zick A hearing to reschedule the preliminary hearing will take place on Jan. 1...

At the core of the lawsuit is app distribution, over which the lawsuit alleges Apple exerts full control.

December 27, 2020 at 10:36 am by Mariam Bagdady In early November, the University of California implemented a new policy that allows for the official acknowledgement of the preferred gender identities and lived names of students and faculty on UC documents and information systems.  Leets and other LGBTQ+ directors across the UC “helped edit and provide feedback and revisions on the policy.” Max Abrams / Daily Nexus The policy, the Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition a...

October 10, 2020 at 4:11 pm by Max Abrams In light of the start of fall quarter at UC Santa Barbara, the Nexus followed up on previous reporting that documented maskless parties and large gatherings in Isla Vista at the end of August.  On Friday, Oct. 9, about 500 people, many of whom travelled together in large groups without masks, were seen on the streets of Del Playa Drive between the hours of 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. Some parties spilled into the street, while others took place out...

December 15, 2020 at 9:58 am by Katherine Swartz and Atmika Iyer The Academic Senate — a collective of faculty members at UC Santa Barbara — recently extended the deadline to change grading options for courses from letter grade to pass/no pass until the end of Week 10, but Associated Students and others within the UCSB community continue to ask for greater flexibility in grading.  The Academic Senate recently extended the deadline to change grading options for courses fro...

US Media Blames Russia For Cyber Intrusions Without Providing Any Evidence Published: December 17, 2020 On Tuesday, December 8, the network security company Based on my 25 years in cyber security and responding to incidents, I’ve concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities. This attack is different from the tens of thousands of incidents we have responded to throughout the years. The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to...