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Carbajal lost Lompoc following armpit remark

Written on 27 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By John Lindt, Sierra 2 the Sea Election results are still rolling in but it looks like Santa Barbara Supervisor Salud Carbajal will be our next congressman replacing the retiring Lois Capps. The latest vote count in the district that... (Continue reading)

Witness says man fatally shot by Lompoc police was lying on ground

Written on 23 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A woman who claims to have witnessed Monday’s fatal shooting in Lompoc says the man who was shot and killed was lying on the ground when an officer opened fire on him. The alleged witness also disputes the Lompoc Police... (Continue reading)

Lompoc police shoot and kill man with knife

Written on 22 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Lompoc police officer shot and killed a 27-year-old man who was fleeing authorities while holding a knife. The man confronted officers with the knife prior to being shot, according to the Lompoc Police Department. At 8:04 a.m. Monday, a... (Continue reading)

Inmate escapes from Lompoc Federal Prison

Written on 27 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Federal and local law enforcement agencies are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc on Monday. Vicente Ramirez Jr., 27, who was discovered missing from the minimum-security complex at approximately 4 p.m., was serving... (Continue reading)

Carbajal apologizes to Lompoc residents

Written on 16 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Salud Carbajal, Santa Barbara County supervisor and candidate for Congress, issued an apology Thursday afternoon after a group of people protested his reference to Lompoc as the arm pit of the county. Recently, Carbajal was overheard asking a county employee,... (Continue reading)

Why does Carbajal call Lompoc the armpit?

Written on 13 Sep, 2016 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Salud Carbajal, Santa Barbara County supervisor and candidate for Congress, likes to rib people, but sometimes his ribbing rubs people the wrong way. Such was the case when Mr. Carbajal walked into a meeting of local... (Continue reading)

Six-foot Buddha statue stolen from convicted Lompoc psychics

Written on 26 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A thief snatched a 6-foot-tall Buddha statue from a Lompoc property where a pair of self-proclaimed psychics had operated their business. The psychics recently pleaded guilty to scamming two women out of $244,800, and they had to agreed to sell... (Continue reading)

Lompoc man arrested for shooting, standoff

Written on 8 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Lompoc police arrested a man Saturday after he shot another man in the face with a pellet gun and then barricaded himself in a residence. Shortly after 3 p.m., officers responding to a report of gunshots in the 500 block... (Continue reading)

Lompoc man allegedly murdered his brother on July 4

Written on 7 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Lompoc man allegedly killed his younger brother on July 4. Deputies found the 28-year-old victim’s body in a home the two brothers shared with their mother. At about 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Arturo Herrera, 30, reported that his younger... (Continue reading)

Psychics claim cash is possessed, con victims

Written on 1 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A pair of self proclaimed Lompoc psychics pleaded guilty Friday to scamming two women out of $244,800. Gina Lucyfenia Lee, 29, and Anthony Lee Davis, 29, convinced the two women that their money was possessed by evil spirits. The victims... (Continue reading)