Santa Barbara
New Year’s Shooting Arrest
– By F. Scott Faulkner SANTA MARIA, CA — January 4, 2026 The New Year got off to a bang in Santa Maria when officers responded to reports of a fight
Firearms and Body Armor Arrest in Santa Maria
– By F. Scott Faulkner SANTA MARIA, CA — January 3, 2026 – Santa Barbara County, CA Santa Maria police recently arrested a local man and seized a cache of
Woman Arrested for Vandalism & Assault
By F. Scott Faulkner December 8, 2025 – Santa Barbara, CA Law enforcement responded to a call of “throwing items at vehicles” that ended with the arrest Chelsea Haffeman, 37,
City Councilman Indicted for Grand Theft & Forgery
By F. Scott Faulkner November 21, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA Santa Barbara County prosecutors have filed felony charges against Lompoc City Councilman Stephen “Steve” Bridge, 57, alleging that
I.C.E. Busts Four for Visa Fraud
By F. Scott Faulkner November 21, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA According to the Department of Homeland Security’s Investigation Unit in Santa Maria, what began as “a promise of
No Bail for Father in DUI Death of Daughters
By F. Scott Faulkner November 17, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA A year after a high-speed crash tore an Infiniti in two and left his two young daughters dead,
Robbery, Sexual Assault Arrest
by F. Scott Faulkner November 5, 2025 – Santa Barbara, CA In the quiet, predawn hours of Oct. 18, 22-year-old Santa Barbara resident Eduardo Gallardo- Arizmendi allegedly slipped through an
$50K Bail for Shooter
By F. Scott Faulkner November 10, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA Just after midnight on November 9, a burst of gunfire tore through a southwest Santa Maria neighborhood that
Domestic Violence Arrest results in $1 million bail
By F. Scott Faulkner November 9, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. A domestic dispute turned violent in late October ended with the arrest of a Santa Maria man November
Mother of Missing Child Arrested for False Imprisonment
By F. Scott Faulkner November 8, 2025 – Santa Barbara County, CA A tense Nov. 6 encounter inside a Lompoc Valley home has now led to the felony false- imprisonment
