Defense Attorney Robert Sanger and Deputy District Attorney Chris Puevrelle wrapped up their closing arguments for Paul Flores on Tuesday in the Kristin Smart murder… Continue Reading

Closing arguments in the Kristin Smart murder trial are underway. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe began the proceeding at 8:50 a.m. by reading instructions to the… Continue Reading

Detectives are investigating a hit-and-run homicide that left one woman dead Thursday on East Mountain Dr. in Montecito, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s… Continue Reading

Court was delayed for three hours Thursday while Judge Jennifer O’Keefe heard a motion by Paul Flores Defense Attorney Robert Sanger, asking that a juror be dismissed due to comments made on a social media page she… Continue Reading

Police said they cleared the scene after Bishop Garcia Diego High School was evacuated following a 911 report of an active shooter on campus… Continue Reading

Police arrested a 25-year-old Santa Barbara man around 1:30 a.m. on Friday for felony DUI after crashing into a wall on Castillo St., resulting in serious injuries for the backseat… Continue Reading

Police are investigating reports of a potential active shooter on the Ventura College campus and are working to evacuate the area, according to the Ventura Police… Continue Reading

North County Christian, Atascadero High School, and Atascadero Middle School are on lockdown after two students at North County Christian reported a man with a firearm in the area, according to Atascadero Police… Continue Reading

The Oxnard Police Department said it opened an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run incident in the Ventura Road and Ninth Street area that left one unidentified man dead.… Continue Reading

LOMPOC, Calif. – Lompoc police officers are noticing a decrease in crime in the… Continue Reading

Detectives are investigating a reported robbery and kidnapping that happened on Tuesday in Carpinteria, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s… Continue Reading

Deputies arrested a 20-year-old Lompoc man in Isla Vista for the possession of three “ghost guns” as well as six other felonies, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s… Continue Reading

Police are investigating a homicide that left a 19-year-old man dead on Saturday night, according to the Santa Maria Police… Continue Reading

California Highway Patrol in Buellton said that the incident was a non-injury hit and run involving two vehicles, and one driver was arrested for driving under the… Continue Reading

Police pulled over an Arroyo Grande man while he was biking, soon discovered his three felony warrants and arrested him for narcotics and stolen property, according to the San Luis Obispo Police… Continue Reading

Police arrested a 19-year-old man for felony counts of evading, attempt homicide, felony with a firearm, carjacking and DUI after a high-speed pursuit in Lompoc on Saturday morning, according to the Lompoc Police… Continue Reading

Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Home Depot in Atascadero on Saturday afternoon – the man is described to be about 5″9 and was last seen driving off in a dark green older model Honda… Continue Reading

Officers took the driver into custody for two suspected felonies including DUI alcohol: causing bodily injury, and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to the police… Continue Reading

A man was stabbed near the first West Block of Anapamu St on Friday night, he is believed to be in stable condition now. SBPD said the suspect(s) are still outstanding, and the investigation is… Continue Reading

Marissa Nicole Hudson, 35, of Atascadero was charged on Tuesday with 56 counts of felony embezzlement, one count of grand theft, and one count of insurance fraud in excess of $500,000 in total losses to the victims, according to District Attorney Dan… Continue Reading

Rodolfo Fernandez Franco, of Oxnard, was convicted by a Jury of three different accounts of sexual assault. The first two crimes occurred in February of 2003 and the most recent was in December of 2020, according to District Attorney Erik Nasarenko.… Continue Reading

Police are investigating two armed robberies that happened near a Santa Maria apartment complex early Sunday morning, one of which left a victim hospitalized with life-threatening gunshot… Continue Reading

he Kristin Smart murder trial has been postponed one week due to a health concern for one of the trial participants, according to the Superior Court of California in Monterey… Continue Reading

Edward Junior Macklin, 30, has been charged with a felony count of arson for a brush fire that grew to at least 100 acres near Hollister Ranch on March 12, 2022, according to the Santa Barbara County DA’s… Continue Reading

A 55-year-old man from Oxnard was found guilty by a Ventura County Superior Court jury, convicted of kidnapping with intent to commit rape, announced District Attorney Erik Nasarenko on Thursday.… Continue Reading

On Monday, hundreds of jurors were vetted and/or eliminated for any hardships or any reasons that would keep them from remaining impartial in the Kristin Smart murder… Continue Reading

Investigators believe that the Camarillo man killed his mother and dismembered her body before dumping her remains in an apartment complex dumpster, adjacent to the apartment where the two… Continue Reading

Police identified the victim as 20-year-old Daniel Diaz of… Continue Reading

Police arrested an 18-year-old Lompoc man Friday for the vandalism hate crime at Cabrillo High School on… Continue Reading

School continued to be in session on Friday, and Dubost said that the damaged classrooms should be back in service on… Continue Reading