According to the CDC, 70% of all overdose deaths in the United States last year were caused by fentanyl. In Santa Barbara, fentanyl killed 63 people last year, including a UCSB student at Deltopia.

UCSB is also restricting overnight visitor parking and will be implementing traffic safety checkpoints on campus throughout the weekend. Campus officials have worked diligently to develop a parking ...

To ensure the safety of students and the broader community during the annual unsanctioned event commonly known as Deltopia, UC Santa Barbara is again teaming with Santa Barbara County, the city of ...

ISLA VISTA, Calif. -- "Deltopia," the unsanctioned Isla Vista street party outside UC Santa Barbara, turned into a multi-casualty incident Saturday, overwhelming first responders.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— Following the fatal overdose of a UCSB student during Deltopia weekend, a campus program is ramping up efforts to keep the Isla Vista community safe. The fatal drug ...

Jude Quirinale, 21, died on Wednesday, Apr. 12 from an overdose four days earlier in Isla Vista on "Deltopia" weekend, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office.

After 2009, the beaches were shut down and Deltopia as we currently know it began in 2010. Del Playa in Isla Vista attracted thousands of people for the annual Deltopia celebration on April 6, 2024.

UPDATE: Beaches at Isla Vista will now be closed Friday, 4/01—Sunday, 4/03 due to Deltopia. UCSB beaches Campus Point and Sands will also be closed.

And for UCSB, it’s Halloween and Deltopia, a spring fling happening this weekend in Isla Vista. Last month’s St. Fratty’s Day celebration, attended by around 7,000 partiers, ...

Revelers attend a party Saturday during Deltopia in Isla Vista. Fire officials reported that “many balconies are overcrowded.” Peter Hartmann/Noozhawk photo Medical calls, including a report ...

And for UCSB, it’s Halloween and Deltopia, a spring fling happening this weekend in Isla Vista. Last month’s St. Fratty’s Day celebration, attended by around 7,000 partiers, ...