Crime rates soar in SB County (Santa Barbara Daily Sound)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:25:17 GMT
Over the last five years, crime rates in Santa Barbara County have soared, leaving law enforcement agencies and prosecutors scrambling to keep up with the onslaught.
Therapist blasts Anthem's new policies (Santa Barbara Daily Sound)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:25:17 GMT
While officials from Washington, D.C., to Sacramento blast Anthem Blue Cross for proposing rate hikes as high as 39 percent and cutting reimbursement for services, a South Coast businessman has joined the fray against the Thousand Oaks-based health-insurance giant.
In Brief (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:14:30 GMT
The iconic impressionist Renoir, through more than 100 paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the last three decades of his life, will be the focus when Solvang Parks and Rec travels to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23.
Man accused of threatening California college (The Wenatchee World)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:28:32 GMT
KENNEWICK A 51-year-old Kennewick man is accused of using an online classified ads site to blast his former colleagues at University of California Santa Barbara and threatening an attack on the campus. Neil P. Baker was arrested Monday on suspicion of making a bomb threat with intent to alarm and a misdemeanor harassment charge and is being held in the Benton County jail. Formal charges have ...
March 9 high school roundup (The Bakersfield Californian)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:39:49 GMT
Boys basketball Southern California Regional Playoffs
San Fernando boys' soccer wins opening-round match in school's first regional playoffs (Los Angeles Daily News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:33:33 GMT
The San Fernando boys' soccer team continues its historic postseason run.
Stockdale's boys soccer season ends as offense is silenced (The Bakersfield Californian)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:38:58 GMT
If it had been horseshoes, Stockdale would have been in good shape. The Mustangs came tantalizingly close with several scoring attempts during their Division I Southern California Regional first round boys soccer game against visiting Goleta-Dos Pueblos on Tuesday.
Local drug trafficking operation stretches across the country (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:10:05 GMT
A Santa Barbara drug trafficking organization reaches across the United States, and lands three South Coast residents behind bars. It all started back on January 5th, when Santa Barbara County resident Kenneth Koster, 46, was arrested by the Canadian County Sheriff's office in Oklahoma. Koster was transporting more than 33 pounds of marijuana, with a street value in Oklahoma of $165,000. Koster ...
Stockdale garners top seed in SoCal for D-I boys soccer (The Bakersfield Californian)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:43:38 GMT
Stockdale's boys soccer team has gone from No. 6 seed in the Central Section playoffs to No. 1 seed in Southern California. The CIF released regional soccer brackets Sunday, and the Mustangs (13-5-5) have the top seed in the Division I bracket and a home game at 4 p.m. Tuesday against Goleta-Dos Pueblos, a reward for their four-game run to the section title that culminated with a 1-0 overtime ...
In Brief (The Santa Ynez Valley News)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:45:25 GMT
Recreation managers at Los Padres National Forest are seeking public comments on proposals for the California Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) grant program, the U.S. Forest Service announced. The public comment period begins today and runs through April 5.