A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputy was shot in the arm during a training exercise on Saturday. [KSBY] The shooting occurred as a result of the accidental discharge of a firearm. The deputy suffered a minor injury, for which he... (Continue reading)
An undercover policeman pulled a gun on protestors highlighted the clashes between demonstrators and officers in Oakland on Wednesday night. [Huffington Post] Protesters have demonstrated all week in Oakland and Berkeley, rallying against recent grand jury decisions to not indict... (Continue reading)
Police discovered a man with a gunshot wound in a Santa Maria alleyway Monday night. [KEYT] Officers responded to calls of gunshots in the 600 block of West Cypress Street around 10:30 p.m. They found the man lying in the... (Continue reading)
A Santa Maria man held up an elderly woman at gunpoint, rammed his car into her vehicle and smashed the window of another vehicle, prior to Paso Robles police arresting him Saturday afternoon. Around 1:40 p.m., police received a report... (Continue reading)
As she was dying, a Lompoc woman named the man who is believed to have fatally shot her Monday night. [KEYT] Lompoc police found the woman in the backyard of a home in the 300 block of North Daisy Street,... (Continue reading)
An early morning target practice session led to the closure of an Atascadero neighborhood and the arrest of two residents Wednesday. Shortly before 3:30 a.m., Atascadero police responded to calls of shots fired in the 11000 block of Halcon Road... (Continue reading)
Law enforcement officials received reports of shots fired early Thursday morning in Atascadero and have placed parts of the city in lockdown. Atascadero police and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s SWAT officers have responded to the area of Viejo Camino and... (Continue reading)
For the second time in less than a week, multiple closely timed robberies took place in Santa Maria with the suspects evading capture. [KSBY] Santa Maria police say that two or three suspects walked around town Saturday night robbing liquor... (Continue reading)
The mayor of the Southern California city of Bell Gardens died Tuesday after his wife shot him during a domestic dispute. [LA Times] Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, 45, was arguing with his wife, Levette, in their home Tuesday afternoon... (Continue reading)
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday that will allow family members to seek court orders temporarily prohibiting their relatives from possessing firearms. [Sacramento Bee] Democratic Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner authored the bill in response to a deadly... (Continue reading)