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Trail of blood leads to missing Santa Maria biker

Written on 4 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Santa Barbara County search and rescue personnel followed footprints and a trail of blood to locate a missing dirt biker and survival specialist Sunday morning. Search teams found the missing Santa Maria man standing in a creek with a friend... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara doctor, wife and daughter murdered

Written on 25 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies found the bodies of a Santa Barbara doctor, as well as his wife and their five-year-old daughter, inside the family’s home this week. Detectives are investigating what they say was a triple-homicide and a “horrific... (Continue reading)

Dog tossed at Orcutt protesters, found dead

Written on 24 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A dog was found dead at a teachers’ rally in Orcutt on Friday. Witnesses said the dog was thrown from a truck into a crowd of people at the demonstration. [KCOY] Last Wednesday, a 14-year-old blind toy poodle named Sam... (Continue reading)

Lompoc school board member voted his wife raises

Written on 24 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A Lompoc school board member who is married to the district’s special education director voted for pay raises for district administrators. Board member Bill Christen may have to reimburse the district about $26,000. [KSBY] Board President Steve Straight said he... (Continue reading)

Solvang woman acquitted of murdering her daughter

Written on 22 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, a Santa Maria judge reversed his ruling, freeing a 90-year-old Solvang woman who was accused of murdering her terminally ill daughter. In 2013, Solvang resident Heidi Good died at the age of... (Continue reading)

Transient con man robbing women he picks up

Written on 17 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A 44-year-old man who lives out of his car and goes by the nickname “Pineapple” is picking up women at Santa Barbara County bars, then spending nights at their homes and pilfering their jewelry and other property, according to the... (Continue reading)

Woman plunges 100 feet off Gaviota bridge

Written on 7 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A 56-year-old woman fell 100 feet off of a railroad trestle bridge in Gaviota Sunday afternoon, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. The woman reportedly survived with moderate to major injuries. A helicopter airlifted her to Cottage Hospital... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay man leads CHP on wild cross-county chase

Written on 25 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Morro Bay man led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase across both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties that ended with him hanging off a cliff and clinging to a knife. Officers captured Trevor Michael Crain, but... (Continue reading)

Mistrial declared in murder case of elderly Solvang woman

Written on 24 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Santa Maria judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a 90-year-old Solvang woman who is accused of murdering her terminally ill daughter. The mistrial occurred, in part, because jurors watched media coverage of a separate verdict in... (Continue reading)

Caregiver convicted in death of Solvang ALS patient

Written on 19 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The former caregiver for a Lompoc ALS patient has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the woman’s death. However, the jury found the caregiver not guilty of both first-degree murder and second-degree murder. [KSBY] In 2013, Solvang resident Heidi Good... (Continue reading)