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Police arrest man after on suspicion of battery, false imprisonment

Pismo Beach police arrested a 27-year-old man on Monday after he allegedly assaulted two female roommates at a Shell Beach home. According to police, the women accused David Galvan of

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Arrested journalist blasts department's top DUI cop

SANTA BARBARA – Santa Barbara police Chief Cam Sanchez is on the offensive, rebutting a June 22 investigative report published in The Santa Barbara News-Press calling into question the nature

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Arrested journalist blasts department’s top DUI cop

SANTA BARBARA – Santa Barbara police Chief Cam Sanchez is on the offensive, rebutting a June 22 investigative report published in The Santa Barbara News-Press calling into question the nature

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Van's destruction delays manslaughter trial

SANTA BARBARA – A crucial piece of evidence in a vehicular manslaughter case was destroyed months after the victim’s death and has cast the outcome of a pending juvenile court

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Van’s destruction delays manslaughter trial

SANTA BARBARA – A crucial piece of evidence in a vehicular manslaughter case was destroyed months after the victim’s death and has cast the outcome of a pending juvenile court

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Santa Barbara sheriff critical of budget cuts

SANTA BARBARA – Sheriff Bill Brown, appearing before the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Friday, criticized the board’s approval of a final budget calling for the immediate loss

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Narcos recruit public help in Santa Barbara pot wars

SANTA BARBARA – County narcotics detectives have had a banner year over the past 12 months, having destroyed more than 325,000 illegally-grown marijuana plants with a street value in excess

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Cadaver dogs bring heat to cold case

SANTA BARBARA – In 1961, 7-year-old Romona Price struck out for an adventurous trek from her family home in Santa Barbara to a new house the Price family was moving

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Angry words led to young man’s stabbing death

ISLA VISTA — What started as any other Saturday night in Isla Vista ended fatally for 26-year-old Vincent Velazquez early around 12:30 a.m. May 15, when he was stabbed multiple

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Angry words led to young man's stabbing death

ISLA VISTA — What started as any other Saturday night in Isla Vista ended fatally for 26-year-old Vincent Velazquez early around 12:30 a.m. May 15, when he was stabbed multiple