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Fight Over Sunglasses Ends in Stabbing

Jonathan Castaneda Santa Barbara – What appears to have been a verbal confrontation between two men walking the streets of downtown Santa Barbara just after noon on February 10th led to

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DMT Cook Burned & Busted

Laurence Larsen Santa Barbara – Early in the evening of February 13th, Santa Barbara Police and Santa Barbara City Fire units responded to a 911 Emergency call reporting a fire in

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Gang Fight Ends with Eight Arrests

David Olivera SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The City of Santa Maria, largest municipality in the county and just an hour’s drive north of City of Santa Barbara—although they may as well

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Shooting Threats Result in Arrest

VENTURA COUNTY — Perhaps the ancient admonition “neither a borrower nor a lender be” should have been taken to heart by both the staff at PennyMac Loan Services in Moorpark, and

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13 Marijuana Smugglers Arrested

Latest seized panga boat SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Just as El Niño makes its warming way up the California coastline, so illegal drug smugglers continue to invade Santa Barbara County. No

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Mother Arrested When Newborn Tests Positive for Heroin

Sara Renee Cantu SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Police are accustomed to being called to the scene of a crime or some violent activity in progress, so one can only imagine the

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“Red-tagged” Landlord Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor

SANTA BARBARA — In a city with a reputation for some of the highest residential rental rates in the nation, and where the laws of supply and demand rule the day,

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Felony Fugitive Caught Via Social Media

Steven Kunes SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Some people just don’t know when to quit messing around with the law, and 59-year-old Santa Barbara resident Steven Kunes seems to be one of them. Since

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Santa Barbara Fraudster Gets 10 Years

Joseph Mele booking photo SANTA BARBARA — 31-year-old Joseph Anthony Mele has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison after entering a no-contest plea to multiple counts of financial

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Bogus Benjamins Lead to Counterfeiting Busts

Gaynell Boyd. Teresa Boyd, Sabrina Dodson and Amphay Somchith SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The Santa Ynez Valley’s Chumash Casino—a popular destination for both tourists and regular gaming visitors out for a