In the latest in a string of pot busts by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, detectives raided two marijuana operations each spanning multiple cities for illegal pot grows, illegal processing, and the use of unlawfully employed laborers. Read More …
Santa Barbara County authorities have issued evacuation orders, the first of 2019, for residents living in multiple burn areas ahead of an anticipated storm that could cause new debris flows. Read More …
The utility Southern California Edison has released a statement acknowledging that its equipment may have helped sparked the Thomas Fire that devastated Ventura and Santa Barbara counties late last year and led to the deadly Montecito mudslides in early 2018. Read More …
A large search for possibly armed burglary suspects that began Wednesday night is still ongoing Thursday morning in Montecito.
After three burglars got caught breaking into a Montecito home, sheriff’s deputies working with other law enforcement units managed to capture two of the three suspects. Read More …
Less than two months following the deadly mudslides in Montecito, parts of southern Santa Barbara County are again under mandatory evacuation orders.
In advance of a storm expected to hit Santa Barbara County Thursday night, officials ordered mandatory evacuations for locations below the Thomas, Whittier and Sherpa fire burn areas. Read More …
Multiple lawsuits in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties accuse utility Southern California Edison of negligent activity that caused the Thomas Fire and ultimately led to numerous deaths in the Montecito mudslides. Read More …
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives caught three men driving through the Montecito disaster area on Tuesday in a possibly stolen vehicle carrying a large amount of ammunition and a spent handgun Read More …
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that one of the persons missing in the aftermath of the Montecito mudslides has been located. Authorities found John “Jack” Keating, 53, in Read More …
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has released a list of the 17 people confirmed dead in the storm that struck the Montecito area earlier this week. All of the victims Read More …
The storm that struck the Montecito area has killed a total of 17 people, as of Thursday morning. Meanwhile, eight people remain missing. On Wednesday, authorities discovered two dead bodies, raising Read More …