Isla Vista

Few places in California have a history as closely tied to the growth of the University of California, Santa Barbara as Isla Vista. This unincorporated Santa Barbara County community occupies a low coastal terrace beside the Santa Barbara Channel, immediately south of the university campus. Its streets, rental homes and local businesses are shaped by the academic calendar, while the Pacific shoreline lies at its southern edge. Isla Vista also became a nationally noted site of student activism: in 1970, a Bank of America branch was burned during protests in the Vietnam War era. Its dense, youthful atmosphere distinguishes it from the larger city of Santa Barbara. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Isla Vista and the Santa Barbara Channel coast relate to their surroundings.

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