Santa Barbara
Police request help in bicycle thefts
SANTA BARBARA — Thousands of dollars worth of advanced-tech bicycles were reported stolen from Electric Star eBikes last week, just steps away from the busy beachfront tourist center in The
Santa Barbara man’s killer sentenced to 50 years to life
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa brought a long series of legal maneuvers to an abrupt close in the murder trial of Luis Sosa with the
Santa Barbara man's killer sentenced to 50 years to life
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa brought a long series of legal maneuvers to an abrupt close in the murder trial of Luis Sosa with the
Man found guilty of molesting niece
SANTA BARBARA — Despite a lack of physical evidence, a Santa Barbara man was found guilty in superior court last month of three felony counts related to the sexual assault
‘Operation Apehanger’ snags 11 in raid
SANTA BARBARA — Multi-jurisdictional law enforcement teams swept through “The American Riviera” Wednesday with fistfuls of warrants and arrested 11 suspects in a major regional effort to take guns and
Man sentenced in vehicular manslaughter case
SANTA BARBARA — Fabian Maduena, 21, pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter and received a 21-year sentence following three felony and two misdemeanor charges connected to events leading to the
For sale: wholesale paper and … nunchuks?
SANTA BARBARA — An illegal diversification of goods proved the downfall for a legitimate wholesale paper merchant who branched out into the sale of close-combat weapons. Alejandro Francisco Domeno is
Road rage cross the line with gunfire
SANTA BARBARA — A 59-year-old Atascadero man was arrested at gunpoint Tuesday after expressing his road rage with the use of a handgun. Alisos Street in Santa Barbara is just
Gas station owner pursues tire thief
CARPINTERIA — A tire thief picked the wrong gas station to loot Thursday, as the station’s owner pursued the suspect until highway patrol authorities were able to intercept. A red pickup
Two in custody, one at large in Mesa area assault
SANTA BARBARA — At approximately 2 p.m. Aug. 8, a male resident of Santa Barbara’s beachfront Mesa area answered a knock at his door. Knowing one of the visitors by sight, the
