Santa Barbara
Porsche thief busted after freeway crash
SANTA BARBARA — Authorities caught up to the alleged thief of a Porsche convertible after the San Jose man, who led law enforcement in a high-speed cross-jurisdictional pursuit that reached
Tire irons, knives brandished in parking lot fight
SANTA BARBARA — A local area Vons supermarket parking lot became the scene of a verbal exchange that quickly escalated into a violent fight involving the use of deadly weapons
Visiting Chinese student bilked out of iPhone money
SANTA BARBARA — Authorities are hoping last week’s release of multiple surveillance images will help them find the person responsible for bilking a recently-arrived Chinese student out of $900 in
Manhunt for Goleta highway shooter in progress
SANTA BARBARA — Taking the name of today’s holiday to heart, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s officials were still laboring on Monday to bring an armed highway robber to justice. Sept.
Morning results in traffic mayhem throughout Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Three widely disparate Santa Barbara neighborhoods were the scenes of separate and remarkably bizarre traffic accidents on busy city streets Wednesday morning. At 6:53 a.m., a fully-loaded
Cased closed on 'Operation Apehanger'
SANTA BARBARA — The Aug. 17 sentencing of Alejandro Raya to eight years in state prison on three counts of possession of assault weapons and possession of controlled substances brings
Cased closed on ‘Operation Apehanger’
SANTA BARBARA — The Aug. 17 sentencing of Alejandro Raya to eight years in state prison on three counts of possession of assault weapons and possession of controlled substances brings
Stolen firearms cache recovered in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — More than three dozen stolen guns have been seized and a pair of felony arrests were made Wednesday following a two-week investigation into a local residential burglary.
Santa Barbara lewd act cases result in two arrests
SANTA BARBARA — Two separate suspects have recently been identified in independent cases involving lewd acts upon multiple victims throughout Santa Barbara County. In comments made to the media from
Santa Barbara greenhouse site of record pot bust
GOLETA — Narcotics officials discovered greenhouse facilities housing more than 10,000 marijuana plants with a street value in excess of $40 million during an early-morning raid Thursday, ranking it as
