Santa Barbara
DUI Driver Charged in Major Injury Accident
Montecito—home to the mega-rich and to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey—is not a neighborhood where drivers speed or drive erratically. It’s just too beautiful, as every street feels like a tree-shaded
High School Alumni Burglars Busted
Santa Barbara – Just a couple hours after midnight on May 30th, Santa Barbara High School’s Peabody Stadium was lit up by Santa Barbara Police Department patrol units arriving pursuant
Deportee Rapist Finally Caught
Carpinteria – Santos Javier Guevara-Olivia, 33, not only has a long name, he’s generating a long criminal career for himself. Pursuant to his 2009 conviction for felony grand theft and
Cops Seek Public Help to Catch Slippery Suspect
Carpinteria – Known by locals as “the last great beach town”, Carpinteria—nestled just off U.S. 101 between Santa Barbara and Ventura—is usually the paradigm of the peaceful, small town Southern
K-9 Cop Finds Drugs in Engine Compartment
Santa Barbara – If you’re dealing drugs, the one thing you don’t want to see coming your way is a law enforcement officer on four legs and a wagging tail.
Suspect Admits Molesting Five-year olds
Santa Barbara – Carlos Israel Xitumul-Pineda had frequently volunteered to help his friends with their babysitting needs. But on May 21st, the mother of two 5-year old kids came back
Bombed Mom’s Crash Breaks Toddler’s Neck
Santa Barbara – Harry’s Plaza Cafe, a popular restaurant and local watering hole, was the scene of a drunken verbal altercation between staff and Kate Walters, 24, and her female
DNA Breaks Year-old Rape Case
Santa Barbara – As reported here in June of 2012, a 21 year-old UCSB coed, following a night of partying at Santa Barbara’s popular Tonic Nightclub, was so drunk that
Eleventh Suspect Arrested in Santa Maria Homicide
SANTA MARIA – Police arrested a 11th suspect – a minor – this week in an ongoing homicide investigation that’s related to illicit drugs and street gangs. Ramon Maldonado Jr.,
Seven Arrested in a Two-County Drug Bust
SANTA MARIA – A handful of people were arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of transporting and selling methamphetamine after authorities served a series of search and arrest warrants. The warrants
