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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.

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
Arrest warrants re-issued for Quaid, wife
Celebrity News Santa Barbara

Arrest warrants re-issued for Quaid, wife

SANTA BARBARA — Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are once again wanted by California authorities, after missing two scheduled court appearances last week. The couple had been set

April 9, 2010
Santa Barbara

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,

April 9, 2010
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.

April 6, 2010
Santa Barbara

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

April 5, 2010