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Exploding bottles land teens in hot water

IRVINE — Reports of exploding water bottles rocked the Irvine Spectrum shopping center Monday night, resulting in the arrests of two teenage suspects by Irvine police. According to an Irvine

Santa Barbara

Home invasion victim calls cops, arrested on drug charges

GOLETA — Jackson Burns opened the door to his Goleta home last week to be confronted by an unknown number of masked home-invasion robbers. Hours later, Burns, 18, was himself

California San Bernardino

Sex scandal envelops Rialto Police Department

RIALTO — Allegations that a Rialto police officer engaged in a sexual affair while on duty has prompted a wider inquiry into improper police conduct at the San Bernardino County

Santa Barbara

Two arrests in two months for purported drug dealer

SANTA BARBARA — Arrested last month on multiple drug charges, a 29-year-old man found himself in cuffs again on Tuesday, along with several alleged associates. Brandon Gaffke was first apprehended

California Riverside

Suspects plead not guilty in Hemet police attacks

HEMET — Two men accused of targeting a Hemet police officer pleaded not guilty to multiple charges last Friday afternoon in Riverside Superior Court. Nicholas Smit, 39, of Hemet and

Tulare

Suspect arrested for gang-related shootings

EARLIMART — The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the attempted murder of three teenagers earlier this month. On July 13, detectives from the Violent Crimes

Sacramento

13 cats euthanized as cops track animal hoarder

CITRUS HEIGHTS — Police are looking to the public for help in finding a woman accused of creating inhumane conditions for dozens of cats. Investigators said Sherri Lynn Mendoza, 44,

Placer

Counterfeit ring shaken up; police looking for more suspects

AUBURN — Officials are searching for two suspects believed to be part of a counterfeit mail fraud ring. The search comes as several members of the ring were sentenced this

Santa Barbara

Deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Santa Barbara murder case

SANTA BARBARA — Following a month-long first-degree murder trial featuring multiple defendants, a deadlocked jury forced Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Brian Hill to declare a mistrial last week. The

California San Diego

La Costa man gets 26 years to life in prison for murdering ex-girlfriend

CARLSBAD — A La Costa man convicted of slashing his on-again, off-again girlfriend’s throat in her North County home last July was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison,