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Public’s help sought in hunt for bank robber

SANTA BARBARA — Both the FBI and the Santa Barbara Police Department are actively soliciting the public’s assistance in connection with Friday morning’s robbery of a local bank. It was

Sonoma

DUI suspect takes teens on ride into tree

PETALUMA – A 22-year-old Petaluma man is in custody after reportedly taking three teenage passengers on a drunken ride into a tree Friday night. Around 11:40 p.m. Jan. 7, residents

San Bernardino

SMASH unit arrests 4 in Victorville

VICTORVILLE – Four people were arrested, and a significant amount of PCP and methamphetamine was seized during a busy two days for a San Bernardino County gang suppression team earlier this week. Weapons,

Fresno

Former music teacher guilty of sex charges

FRESNO – After deliberating for only one day, a Fresno Superior Court jury found a former high school teacher guilty Thursday of 13 felony charges that had to do with

Sonoma

Off-duty cop pulls gun, threatens restaurant patron

PETALUMA — A New Year’s Eve celebration at the city’s Kabuki Restaurant was disrupted by a heated shouting match and threats from an off-duty San Rafael police officer who pulled

Fresno

Preliminary hearing begins for babysitter accused of killing toddler

FRESNO — Testimony began in the preliminary hearing to determine whether 20-year-old Megan Martzen should stand trial for the murder of a 17-month-old girl. Martzen, a resident of Reedley, has

Sacramento

Hotel guest shot by man who broke up fight

SACRAMENTO — Police are looking into the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man that began as a fight between two friends at a hotel early Wednesday morning. At approximately 12:50

California San Bernardino

Fontana police nab parolee after standoff

FONTANA – A SWAT team ended a six-hour siege Sunday by capturing a wanted parolee who had barricaded himself in a home, falsely telling police he had a hostage. John

Santa Barbara

Suspected ID thief quickly makes bail

GOLETA — A nine-month investigation by Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives resulted last month in the apprehension of a 26-year-old former UC Santa Barbara exchange student from Nigeria on multiple

Santa Barbara

Coroner identifies body found in wilderness

SANTA BARBARA — The remains of a body recently discovered in the Santa Ynez River was identified Dec. 29 as those of 57-year-old Vedasto Redaniel of Mountain View. According to