Santa Barbara
Hunt is on for accused drug dealer
ISLA VISTA –Narcotics detectives seized a large cache of drugs and cash after serving a search warrant last week less than three blocks from the University of California, Santa
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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