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Li Chin, alone, drove toward Isla Vista while his father, stepmother, and their friends traveled in another car. [185] [186] [187] As they separately approached Isla Vista, Li Chin called Rodger's apartment building manager, asking them to check if her son was in his room. The manager told her there had been a shooting and car chase, and they ...
Isla Vista (English: / ˈ aɪ l ə ˈ v ɪ s t ə / EYE-lə VISS-tə; Spanish: [ˈisla ˈβista], lit. "Island View") is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California, in the United States. As of 2020 census, the community had a population of 15,500. [2]
On the evening of February 23, 2001, just after 11:00 p.m., UCSB student David Attias, the 18-year-old son of television director Dan Attias, drove his father's 1991 Saab 9000 down the 6500 block of Sabado Tarde Road at a speed of 50 to 65 miles per hour.
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Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was an English-American mass murderer who was responsible for the 2014 Isla Vista killings.On May 23, 2014, Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others using knives, semi-automatic pistols and his car near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in Isla Vista, California.
Deltopia, originally known as Floatopia, is a social event started in 2004 which takes place annually in Isla Vista, California. Deltopia was originated by University of California, Santa Barbara students and occurs on the first weekend following the start of UCSB's spring quarter around Del Playa Drive. Participants consist primarily of ...
Thor Nis Christiansen (28 December 1957 – 30 March 1981) was a Danish-American serial killer and necrophile from Solvang, California.He committed his first three murders in late 1976 and early 1977, killing young women of similar appearance from nearby Isla Vista.
In 2006, the Isla Vista co-ops provided pivotal support to the over 200 residents evicted from their homes in Isla Vista by Conquest Housing. Many in the Isla Vista community regarded these evictions as racially motivated, since nearly all of the 200 men, women, and children who were evicted were Hispanic and had little access to legal ...