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Ventura

Cops Nab Guns, Drugs, & Gang-bangers in Multiple Sweeps

Ventura County – According to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Gang Unit Detective J. Foote, recently accelerated efforts to interdict the trafficking of weapons and drugs throughout the Oxnard, Fillmore, and El

Santa Barbara

Gambling Parents Lose Bet on Their 4-Year-Old

Santa Barbara County – Anyone knows that toddlers need their naptime, and most parents can frequently predict the time and duration of their child’s sleep cycle.  But Bulmaro Reyes, 23, and

Santa Barbara

Road Rage Results in Arrests

Carpinteria – Okay, we all know the traffic sucks.  We know that U.S. 101 passing through southern Santa Barbara County is in desperate need of widening and maintenance.  We also know

Santa Barbara

Yacht Thief Strung on His Own Petard

Santa Barbara – One of Santa Barbara’s leading tourist attractions is The Double Dolphin, a 50-foot catamaran renowned for whale watching excursions, dinner cruises, and coastal party adventures.  The vessel is

Santa Barbara

My Mother, the Meth Dealer

Santa Barbara – Since the 1970s, the influx of women into the U.S. economy and into a male-dominated competitive job market  has grown to the point where nearly 60% of mothers

Santa Barbara

Local Rape Suspect Caught in Texas

Santa Barbara County – Proving yet again the old saw that “you can run, but you can’t hide”, Matthew Salcido, 28, found himself in handcuffs on February 24th in the state

Ventura

School Lockdown as Brandishing Suspect Apprehended

Ventura County – Today, March 6th saw a good example of the response by law enforcement to even a suspicion of a firearm anywhere near an elementary school, as a flurry

Ventura

Hitchhiking Burglars Catch Ride to Jail

Ventura County – A 911 Emergency call reporting a residential burglary in process at a home in Camarillo on the morning of February 27th brought an immediate multi-jurisdictional law enforcement response

Santa Barbara

Suspect “Goes Postal” on Postal Truck Tires

Santa Barbara County – It can be frustrating when waiting to receive something in the mail that doesn’t arrive when we expect/want/need it.  The fact is, most of us simply take

Santa Barbara

Teen Driver Charged and Drug Felonies and Manslaughter

SANTA BARBARA — Kincaid Orosco, 18, has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and a pair of felony drug charges pursuant to the tragic events that occurred in