Santa Barbara
Carpinteria cars targeted in vandalism spree
CARPINTERIA — The usually placid beachfront community has been victimized by an alarming rash of extensive vandalism on city streets that resulted in one arrest Tuesday and may lead to
Fraudulent charity hustler convicted
SANTA BARBARA — Following just two hours of jury deliberation, Denise D’Sant Angelo was convicted in superior court last week on felony charges of fraud and embezzlement involving misappropriation of
Street fiesta photog had disturbing images on laptop
SUMMERLAND — Acting on an arrest warrant issued last week, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s officers on Thursday apprehended Rodney Rognstad, 50, on charges of possessing child pornography. Rognstad was reported
Argument between exes may have preceded car theft, high-speed chase
CARPINTERIA — A Long Beach man led Santa Barbara County sheriff’s and California Highway Patrol units on a 110 mph chase southbound on U.S. 101 from Carpinteria through heavy La
Woman who preyed on best friend's son given six-year prison sentence
SANTA BARBARA — With prosecution witnesses, including the victim’s mother, accusing her of “deliberate infliction of harm,” Genise Joan Schu was sentenced in Santa Barbara Superior Court to a six-year
Woman who preyed on best friend’s son given six-year prison sentence
SANTA BARBARA — With prosecution witnesses, including the victim’s mother, accusing her of “deliberate infliction of harm,” Genise Joan Schu was sentenced in Santa Barbara Superior Court to a six-year
From campus to clink for UC Santa Barbara student
SANTA BARBARA — During a pedestrian “stop” on the sidewalk of a local UC Santa Barbara neighborhood street Friday morning, sheriff’s narcotics detectives discovered 19-year-old Nicklaus Horsma to be in
Fugitive couple tracked from central coast to Nevada
SANTA BARBARA — While a local man lies in a Cottage Hospital bed recovering from a single .45 caliber gunshot wound to the head, Santa Barbara detectives followed more
Stormy seas for Santa Barbara smugglers
SANTA BARBARA — Federal narcotics agents booked four Mexican nationals Wednesday on charges of smuggling just over a ton of marijuana into the waters just off the Santa Barbara coast
Child’s testimony yields life sentence
SANTA BARBARA — In September 2009, 35-year-old German Acosta was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault, forcible lewd acts upon a child, and another lewd and lascivious act not by
