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Santa Barbara
8-hour Standoff Ends with Arrest
By F. Scott Faulkner SANTA BARBARA, CA — A 47 year old Santa Barbara man, Donovan Madden, was arrested after an 8-hour-long standoff with police. At approximately 8 a.m. January
Sonoma
Man admitted to hospital for mental health crisis rather than taken to jail
Santa Rosa police recently de-escalated a situation in which a man in the midst of a mental health crisis had allegedly brandished a knife at several people. On February 22nd,
