Isla Vista Halloween
UCSB student Kate Parkinson moves a temporary chain link fence on Del Playa Drive to get her car out of her driveway in Isla Vista, Calif. Temporary chain link fences were erected to keep potential crowds out of cliffside properties this Halloween weekend. UCSB and Santa Barbara County officials are planning to enforce special parking and public nuisance laws to keep Halloween revelry from getting out of control this year. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
UC Santa Barbara biology major Molly Morrison pauses on Del Playa Drive Isla Vista, Calif. Morrison is on a student safety committee at UCSB. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Longtime Isla Vista resident Pegeen Soutar peers over a temporary fence along an eroded bluff on Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista, Calif. “Officials have been trying to get I.V. Halloween under control probably since 1991,” she said. The most challenging Halloweens are on Friday and Saturday nights, authorities say. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
UC Santa Barbara students take part in a beer run in Isla Vista, Calif. UCSB and Santa Barbara County officials are hoping to avoid the kind of violence that has marred past Halloweens in Isla Vista. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Halloween will be the first big test for the UC Santa Barbara community since the tragic shooting in Isla Vista, Calif., last May. A social media campaign targeted 120 campuses across California and the West this fall as UCSB, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department and other agencies tried to get the word out to the party-minded to stay away from Isla Vista this Halloween -- or face consequences if there’s trouble. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Signs in isla Vista, Calif., define no-parking areas as authorities prepare for Friday’s Halloween revelry. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Cyclists pass outdoor diners at a restaurant on Pardall Road in Isla Vista, Calif. UC Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County officials hope to maintain calm this Halloween weekend and avoid a repeat of past violence and out-of-control partying. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)