an Eastside gang hangout on East Montecito Street, and said gang-specific tagging is often a way to claim territory and challenge rival gangs in Santa Barbara. The city has a graffiti abatement ...

Gang crime, Sterne wrote, comprises a very small percentage of Santa Barbara’s total criminal activity and is much lower than in comparable cities. By contrast, Sterne said the safety zones proposed — ...

an alleged Eastside gang member, and chased him before fatally stabbing him. At 1:15 a.m. Saturday, Santa Barbara police officers responded to the area, five blocks east of Milpas Street ...

Riley Harwood said Benjamin Ybarra, 35, of Santa Barbara ... gang-related investigation prompted detectives to obtain a search warrant for Ybarra’s residence in the 900 block of East Ortega ...

Like most of Southern California, the City of Santa Barbara has endured gang violence for at least two decades. The city has roughly 600 active members in the east and west gangs, whose territory ...

The Santa Barbara resident will also likely face a gang enhancement charge. Because the suspect is a juvenile, his identity is not being released at this time, explained Santa Barbara police ...

the gangs dominated the Lower East Side. Gang organization and management were the talents that Powers brought to Santa Barbara as a sergeant with the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers in early ...

At least five people were injured late Saturday night following a gang ... Santa Barbara police responded to the 600 block of State Street for a report of a fight. On the first block of East ...

SANTA BARBARA (CBS/AP) -- Authorities are looking for suspects in what they describe as the gang rape and beating of a University of California, Santa Barbara student. The 19-year-old woman was ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Four Santa Barbara-area suspects with gang ties were arrested Wednesday for conspiracy to commit extortion for the benefit of a criminal street gang following a 16 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif - One man was arrested after Santa Barbara Police officers and a SWAT team executed a search warrant on the 100 block of Alisos Street on Thursday morning, according to the ...

Authorities are looking for suspects in what they describe as the gang rape and beating of a University of California, Santa Barbara student.The 19-year-old woman was attacked by several men ...