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March 16, 2021 at 12:51 pm by Atmika Iyer
Kristie Nguyen was unanimously appointed to the Isla Vista Community Services District in February 2019 to fill a vacancy left by Natalie Jordan â the first new appointment in the burgeoning local governmentâs short history. Nguyen served on the board for two years and stepped down at the end of 2020.
Though Nguyen, a 2020 UCSB graduate, served the remainder of Jordanâs term, she chose not to run again.Â
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In 2019, then-second-year sociology major Nguyen ran against Jeremy Levine to be appointed through a vote from Isla Vista Community Services District (I.V. CSD) directors. Though Nguyen, a 2020 UCSB graduate, served the remainder of Jordanâs term, she chose not to run again.Â
March 14, 2021 at 6:03 pm by Alice Zhang
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial toll it has caused over the past year, students at UC Santa Barbara have been challenged by high rental prices and uncertain living situations in the college town of Isla Vista.
Shortly after UCSB moved to remote instruction in March 2020, residents in Isla Vista scrambled to break from their leases in light of personal, financial and public health concerns, according to Robin Unander, a practicing attorney and advisor to the Isla Vista Tenants Union, an organization that promotes tenantsâ interests and works against violations of tenantsâ rights in Isla Vista.
By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol
March 4, 2021
Services for Father Jon-Stephen Hedges will be held Thursday and Friday. (Contributed photo)
Services for Father Jon-Stephen Hedges, a fixture in Isla Vista and Santa Barbara County who dedicated himself to a life of service to others, will be held Thursday and Friday, according to his family.
Universally and affectionately known as “Father Jon,” Hedges, 73, had been seriously ill in recent weeks, and died last week at Sarah House, surrounded by his family.
Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at St. Athanasius Orthodox Church, 300 Sumida Gardens Lane, where Hedges served for many years as an assistant pastor.
Over the years he traveled throughout the country to provide aid and comfort to victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, shootings and other calamities.
The son of a Navy officer, he moved around a lot during his youth, and came to Isla Vista in 1968.
Hedges earned a bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology from UC Santa Barbara, and obtained his master’s in orthodox theology from St. Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology.
He was a board-certified crisis chaplain, a certified trauma responder and an emergency medical technician, who responded to disasters, large and small, in the community.
Hedges was especially known for his work assisting the homeless community and the downtrodden, and helped develop St. Athanasius Church’s St. Brigid Fellowship.