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Santa Barbara greenhouse site of record pot bust

GOLETA — Narcotics officials discovered greenhouse facilities housing more than 10,000 marijuana plants with a street value in excess of $40 million during an early-morning raid Thursday, ranking it as

August 16, 2010
California San Bernardino

Ontario cops keep heat on prostitution

ONTARIO — Despite a flat number of prostitution-related arrests, police in Ontario are maintaining a speedy clip of crackdowns on the world’s oldest profession. Ontario police have made several arrests

August 16, 2010
Santa Barbara

Decoy stings accused public masturbator

CARPINTERIA — An undercover sting operation resulted in the arrest of a suspected public masturbator last week in this small oceanside community. The plainclothes detective work followed a half-dozen citizen

August 16, 2010
Alameda Fresno San Diego

Former NFL player’s house burglarized

CLOVIS — The Clovis home of former NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal was burglarized Tuesday afternoon, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. Neal, who was a star running back during

August 11, 2010
Santa Barbara

Marijuana a popular illicit crop in Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara County law enforcement agencies seized 80,000 marijuana plants in a six-day period last month, highlighting the prevalence of contraband agriculture in this coastal southern state region. Although

August 9, 2010
San Diego Santa Barbara

Law enforcement art critics bust graffiti artist

GOLETA — In a tourist-centric community struggling to combat the eyesore of public area graffiti art, a noted “tagger” finally ran afoul of the law last Friday. An aggressive investigation

August 6, 2010
California Riverside San Bernardino

Searchers locate pregnant teen's body in landfill

FONTANA — The discovery of a 17-year-old’s body at a Riverside County dumpsite Wednesday has brought investigators closer to solving her two month-old murder. Fontana police Sgt. William Green Thursday

August 6, 2010
California Riverside San Bernardino

Searchers locate pregnant teen’s body in landfill

FONTANA — The discovery of a 17-year-old’s body at a Riverside County dumpsite Wednesday has brought investigators closer to solving her two month-old murder. Fontana police Sgt. William Green Thursday

August 6, 2010
California San Bernardino

More than 20 arrested in Rialto sweep

RIALTO — Three months of undercover work netted Rialto police a large number of suspected drug dealers this past weekend. Lt. Joe Cirilo said Monday that the operation began when

August 4, 2010
California Orange

Woman assaulted after answering door, giving directions

NEWPORT BEACH — A male suspect is being sought for allegedly striking a woman in the head with the butt of a pistol while forcing his way into her home Wednesday

August 2, 2010