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Public’s help sought in Isla Vista killing

ISLA VISTA — Just past midnight Sunday, a 26-year-old man was involved in a fight a mere three blocks from the UC Santa Barbara campus that left him dead from

Santa Barbara

Public's help sought in Isla Vista killing

ISLA VISTA — Just past midnight Sunday, a 26-year-old man was involved in a fight a mere three blocks from the UC Santa Barbara campus that left him dead from

Santa Barbara

Drug sweep nabs 7 along central coast

SANTA MARIA — Thursday was a busy day for Santa Barbara County narcotics detectives conducting parole searches and investigating ongoing drug transactions throughout the area. Their first arrest of the

Sacramento Santa Barbara Ventura

DNA begins to thaw Night Stalker case

SANTA BARBARA – A Goleta couple’s 30-year-old murder has been linked to the unidentified serial killer known as the “Original Night Stalker,” who plagued southern and northern California communities with

Fresno Santa Barbara

Double murder retrial hits jury snag — again

SANTA BARBARA — It’s deja vu all over again in the retrial of Corey Lyons, 51, accused of the shotgun slayings of his brother and girlfriend on May 4, 2010.

Santa Barbara

Past catches up to reformed gang member

SANTA BARBARA – In the end, an ex-Santa Barbara gangbanger may have left the life too late. Jacob Medina was a 16-year-old Eastside Santa Barbara gang member on Sept. 7, 2007

Santa Barbara

Oxycontin racket traced to pharmacy tech

  SANTA BARBARA –Santa Barbara County sheriff’s officials revealed to the media last Friday the results of a six-month narcotics investigation involving the street sales of large quantities of Oxycontin

Santa Barbara

Hot pursuit ends in drug bust

  SANTA BARBARA – A wanted parolee led a single sheriff’s officer on a chase from Goleta to Santa Barbara proper early Monday morning, and didn’t go down without a

Santa Barbara

Cinderblock assault on cops leaves suspect dead

  SANTA BARBARA — Just after noon on Saturday, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call describing a strangely behaving man wearing only a bath towel and

Santa Barbara

Years after homeless woman’s torture, accused declared fit for trial

  SANTA BARBARA — Nearly four years being arrested for torturing a homeless woman, Samuel Joseph Martinez was declared fit to stand trial in the courtroom of Santa Barbara Superior