Articles Tagged With ‘Santa Barbara’




Man with machete stands off Santa Barbara SWAT team for eight hours

A SWAT team standoff with a Santa Barbara man in possession of a machete lasted more than eight hours Wednesday night and Thursday morning. [KSBY] Investigators obtained a search warrant Wednesday for the home of a 39-year-old man who is... (Continue reading)

Dies plan to file claim against House of Representatives

The parents of the woman fatally injured when a legislative aide for Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara struck her and then drove away are planning to file a claim against the House of Representatives. [Noozhawk] Attorney Robert Stoll, who represents... (Continue reading)

Coast Union High grad stars as naked survivalist

A graduate of Coast Union High School in Cambria has become the high scoring survivalist on the Discovery Channel reality Show “Naked and Afraid.” [Tribune] Forrest Galante, 25, survived three weeks in a Panamanian jungle amid stormy weather and without... (Continue reading)

Woman struck by Capps’ aid is dead

The Santa Barbara women struck by an alleged DUI driver died Wednesday from injuries she suffered more than five days earlier. The family of Mallory Rae Dies, 27, had life support turned off and Dies was pronounced dead at 3:15... (Continue reading)

Capps fires aide arrested for hit and run

Congresswoman Lois Capps fired a Santa Barbara district staff aide who is accused of critically injuring a woman in a felony DUI and hit and run Friday. [KCOY] Santa Barbara police arrested Raymond Morua, 32, after he allegedly struck a... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara Police officer shoots suspect

A Santa Barbara Police officer shot a suspect on Friday who allegedly assaulted the officer. Shortly before midnight, officers responded to calls of a man brandishing a deadly weapon at a home on the city’s Westside. According to police, the... (Continue reading)

Capps’ aide arrested for hit and run

An aide to Congresswoman Lois Capps allegedly critically injured a women in a hit and run incident Friday. Shortly after midnight, Raymond Morua, 32, struck the 27-year-old woman in Santa Barbara, police said. After glancing at the woman, he drove... (Continue reading)

Former Lois Capps supporter mounting 2014 challenge

A former liberal Lois Capps supporter is running as a conservative Republican against the15-year incumbent congresswoman. Santa Barbara City Councilman Dale Fancisco announced at a San Luis Obispo North County Tea Party meeting Monday evening that he will run against... (Continue reading)

Fast and Furious actor dies in crash

Santa Barbara resident “Fast and Furious” actor Paul Walker died Saturday afternoon in a fiery car crash in Valencia. [NYPost] Best known for his role in auto-racing movies, the 40-year-old died while joy riding as a passenger in a cherry-red... (Continue reading)

Fire inspection conman strikes Santa Barbara

A New York man running a nationwide scam charged a Santa Barbara restaurant more than $900 for a phony fire inspection. Michael Angelo Carrion, 47, is accused of posing as a fire inspector and scamming businesses in Atlanta, Georgia and... (Continue reading)