The 2024-25 Santa Barbara County Grand Jury Thursday released results of a comprehensive investigation of how well the County Public Health Department is ...

Kim Kardashian’s bid to buy her late father Robert Kardashian Sr.’s Bible—which he gifted to O.J. Simpson after his arrest ...

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Three Santa Maria residents are set to face trial over a fatal robbery attempt in December 2023, which resulted in the death of one individual and serious injuries to another. The accused, Andrew Paul ...

Three men are heading to trial on charges connected to what police described as a botched robbery during a house party on ...

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Benevolent Posse is doubling the number of scholarships given each year to Sheriff’s ...