A man from New York with a pet alligator snapping turtle attracted attention in Goleta early Wednesday morning when his alleged hash oil manufacturing operation set off an explosion in a parked car on a residential street. Read More …
A 38-year-old Goleta man threatened a person outside McDonald’s with a replica samurai sword Tuesday evening, prompting a manhunt that temporarily resulted in train traffic being halted and residents being ordered to shelter in place, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Read More …
A man fleeing Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies in Goleta jumped in the ocean Saturday afternoon and swam for an extended period of time, possibly contracting hypothermia before getting rescued and arrested. Read More …
Employees at the Goleta Courtyard by Marriott found suspicious chemicals inside the hotel’s boiler room on Tuesday, prompting a daylong investigation that revealed a hotel staffer had been operating a drug Read More …
Shortly before Christmas, the Goleta Best Buy lost some valuable inventory as thieves stole approximately 60 MacBook computers valued at about $75,000 from the store early Sunday morning, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Read More …
A 68-year-old father and his 14-year-old son who were thought to be sailing from Goleta to Hawaii have gone missing. Read More …
A 30-year-old Solvang woman crashed into four vehicles, as well as an electric box, while driving under the influence in Goleta Monday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m., witnesses reported that the driver Read More …
An autopsy has revealed that a 42-year-old Goleta woman beat and choked a 57-year-old Florida woman to death last week prior to taking her own life. Shortly after 7 a.m. on Read More …
The bodies of two women were found in a Goleta apartment Tuesday morning in what appears to be a murder suicide. [KSBY] Shortly after 7 a.m., a family member of one Read More …
Deputies arrested a Goleta man suspected of assaulting an acquaintance with a machete during a Friday night fight, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department. Shortly before midnight, a caller reported Read More …