Santa Barbara
Goleta raid nets guns, grass
GOLETA — Following months of investigation, authorities made an early evening raid on an illicit marijuana plantation just north of Goleta Oct. 6. Narcotics detectives with the Santa Barbara County
Carpinteria man admits kissing two small girls
CARPINTERIA — A longtime Carpinteria resident is being held in Santa Barbara County Jail on charges of felony child molestation. Bail has been set at $250,000 for Juan John Ramirez,
Inmate attacks deputy while in custody
SANTA BARBARA — A Santa Barbara County jail inmate faces several additional felony accounts for attacking a male custody deputy at the facility earlier this month. Jesse Contreras, 29, was
Sketch Released of Santa Barbara Flasher
SANTA BARBARA — Since Sept. 10, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives have been investigating reports of a man exposing himself outside a local woman’s apartment. According to sheriff’s spokesman Drew
Driver in fatal crash arrested in hospital bed
SANTA BARBARA — While hospitalized in critical condition at Cottage Hospital Friday, a 54-year-old Santa Barbara woman was charged with felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter for her role in
Randy Quaid in jail — again
SANTA BARBARA — Randy Quaid is back in the news, and not for any upcoming acting roles. Early Saturday evening, Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested on charges of
One in custody, two at large in Goleta stabbing
GOLETA — One man has been arrested and two others are being sought in connection to a large-scale fight that left one person with several stab wounds in Goleta last
Porsche thief busted after freeway crash
SANTA BARBARA — Authorities caught up to the alleged thief of a Porsche convertible after the San Jose man, who led law enforcement in a high-speed cross-jurisdictional pursuit that reached
Tire irons, knives brandished in parking lot fight
SANTA BARBARA — A local area Vons supermarket parking lot became the scene of a verbal exchange that quickly escalated into a violent fight involving the use of deadly weapons
Visiting Chinese student bilked out of iPhone money
SANTA BARBARA — Authorities are hoping last week’s release of multiple surveillance images will help them find the person responsible for bilking a recently-arrived Chinese student out of $900 in
