Arrests at Santa Barbara’s annual unsanctioned Deltopia street party rose for the fourth straight year this weekend, more than doubling the number of arrests from 2024, authorities said.

(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – The County of Santa Barbara is releasing preliminary figures from the unsanctioned Deltopia spring break street party in Isla Vista, which took place from Friday, April 4, ...

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Authorities in Santa Barbara County are preparing for this year’s Deltopia, a weekend-long unsanctioned street party notorious for arrests, citations and hospitalizations. The massive beachfront ...

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After every spring break, one tradition holds true for UC Santa Barbara students at the start of spring quarter: they want to party. Isla Vista’s annual unsanctioned street festival, now known as ...

Welch also described Deltopia as having “a significant strain” on emergency services each year in more areas across Santa Barbara County than many realize. “It really decreases available ambulances ...

A popular, unsanctioned spring break party known as “Deltopia” near UC Santa Barbara ended in hundreds of citations and over twice the number of arrests from last year.