On Monday, the Commission on Judicial Performance scheduled a hearing and appointed special masters regarding allegations that ...

Is the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Prepared for the Next Epidemic?” Another epidemic in Santa Barbara ...

Three Santa Maria men have been ordered to stand trial in what police say was a botched robbery that left one man dead and ...

A Santa Maria man has been charged in Santa Barbara County Superior Court with allegedly sexually assaulting three adults.  Allen Lee Pearse, 34, is ...

On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors met to vote on raising their own salaries by 48%.

An Orange County judge charged with murdering his wife will face a jury once again with a new trial date set for next month, his attorney said Thursday.

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The murder trial of an Orange County judge who pulled a pistol from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife during an ...

The murder trial of an Orange County judge who pulled a pistol from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife during an ...