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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.

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.

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

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.

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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

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

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

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Santa Barbara retirement community staffer suspected of embezzlement

SANTA BARBARA — Following a yearlong investigation into the workplace activities of a prominent local retirement community’s billing clerk and occasional bookkeeper, Santa Barbara police arrested Norma Fay White, 60,

Santa Barbara

Violence sends Santa Barbara jail into lockdown

SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara County Jail remains on strict lockdown following this weekend’s third incidence of deadly violence in as many weeks.

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Jewelry retailer target of armed robbery

SANTA BARBARA — Four suspects are currently at large following a brazen midday armed robbery of a neighborhood jewelry store Wednesday in which merchandise and cash of significant value were