August 3, 2013 – It’s not every day that the elected sheriff of a county—in this case, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown—makes an arrest upon a violent suspect while
Arturo Renteria, 33, a reputed member of a criminal street gang who had been arrested during a 2011 Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department narcotics enforcement effort on charges of methamphetamine
Sgt. Riley Harwood, Public Information Officer at the Santa Barbara Police Department, announced the arrests today of three additional suspects in a pair of violent gang-related stabbings on July 13th
Simi Valley – Israel Barajas, 29, a resident of Palmdale, was arrested July 22nd on charges associated with multiple lewd acts upon a child under the age of 12. The
Some people are born to be cops, and others are born to “play cop.” Kenneth Baron, 26, of Oak Park falls into the latter category. Baron was arrested on July
Paralleling the efforts of adjacent counties’ law enforcement agency marijuana eradication efforts, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Narcotics Bureau proves to be equally determined to enforce the laws against illegal cannabis
The Los Padres National Forest, a popular hiking and recreational resource abutting the City of Santa Barbara and neighboring communities, is apparently a horticultural paradise as well, supporting the growth
The difficulties of being on parole or probation occasionally manifest themselves in high levels of frustration for the individual being routinely monitored by law enforcement agencies. For some, that frustration
Within four short blocks of Santa Barbara’s Chase Palm Park and the city’s East Beach tourist mecca, two separate violent attacks and stabbings took place just after midnight on July
In a city where older people frequently come to retire and enjoy “the good life,” what they occasionally find is quite the opposite. As one declines in vitality, the area’s
