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Suspect in fatal beach stabbing gets high-powered defense

SANTA BARBARA — With an arraignment appearance on first-degree homicide charges scheduled in Santa Barbara Superior Court today, Adrian Robles finds himself in the middle of some apparent judicial confusion

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Distraught over estrangement, man believed to have stabbed ex

SANTA BARBARA — An eight-hour saga of love gone awry Thursday began weeks ago when the girlfriend of Jose Miguel Ortega, 28, removed herself and their child from his residence

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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

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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,

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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