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Santa Barbara

Repeat flasher busted on courthouse steps

SANTA MARIA — Alvaro Barajas-Chavez is having problems with self-control. The 25-year-old made a Santa Barbara Superior Court appearance in Santa Maria where he submitted a not-guilty plea to charges

May 7, 2010
Santa Barbara

Bogus 20s lead authorities to counterfeiting kids

ISLA VISTA — A late April shopping trip throughout the University of California, Santa Barbara community of Isla Vista, in which bogus $20 currency was used to make incidental purchases,

May 7, 2010
Quaids trade perp walk for star walk
Celebrity News Santa Barbara

Quaids trade perp walk for star walk

SANTA BARBARA — A celebrity saga ended Wednesday in Santa Barbara Superior Court as Randy and Evi Quaid struck a plea deal so stellar as to dazzle even the most

April 30, 2010
Santa Barbara

Infant removed from parolee’s home after found crawling near needle

SANTA BARBARA — A routine parole check by four police officers last week led to the discovery of an infant boy crawling over his mother’s drug-addled torso near a syringe.

April 26, 2010
Santa Barbara

Infant removed from parolee's home after found crawling near needle

SANTA BARBARA — A routine parole check by four police officers last week led to the discovery of an infant boy crawling over his mother’s drug-addled torso near a syringe.

April 26, 2010
Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara drunk drives into felony charges

GOLETA — One man’s alcohol-clouded logic fueled a dangerous vehicle pursuit through neighborhood streets Monday. Todd Alan Bushey had a sweet and sporty Camaro waiting for him as he walked

April 21, 2010
Santa Barbara

Beach stabbing yields homicide arrests

SANTA BARBARA — Rudy Gallegos, 21, was arrested Sunday as the principle suspect in the throat-slashing homicide of Robert Burke Simpson on a popular public beach.

April 21, 2010
Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara surfer slain In stabbing

SANTA BARBARA — A veteran area surfer and local member of the casual surf group known as the Rincon “Pit Crew” was slain in the early evening hours of April

April 19, 2010
Randy Quaid skips another court date, could face re-arrest
Celebrity News Santa Barbara

Randy Quaid skips another court date, could face re-arrest

MONTECITO — Nestled in the foothills above one of the most exclusive residential neighborhoods in the country, The San Ysidro Ranch is steeped in Hollywood legend, California nostalgia and world-class

April 19, 2010
Santa Barbara Ventura

DNA match may have cracked yearlong mystery in Ventura triple murder

VENTURA — Just as hope was beginning to wane in a yearlong investigation into a brutal triple-murder, a DNA sample in an unrelated crime may have revealed the man behind

April 13, 2010