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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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UCSB Gang Rape Gets Massive Publicity & Police Effort

Santa Barbara – Daily media updates by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover point to the fact that the UCSB student body as well as citizens of

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High School Basketball Coach Charged With “A Variety of Sexual Assaults”

Santa Barbara County – Brian Thomas Hook, 53, a social studies teacher and varsity girl’s basketball coach at Pioneer Valley High, apparently plays his own game without regard for the Rules

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American Flag Vandal Arrested

Santa Barbara – With apparent disregard for the fact that he was potentially violating Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code regarding the proper care of the flag

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Drug Suspect Turns Bike Thief

Santa Barbara County – Nicholas McCloud, a 28 year-old with documented criminal gang affiliation, has learned that he simply doesn’t have the athletic ability to successfully evade pursuing members of the