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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

An 18-year-old suspected gang ... Santa Barbara High School and the Milpas Street corridor, focusing on juvenile and gang-related activity during the lunch hour and after-school hours. Officers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Santa Barbara police arrested three people Monday night who they say were trying to flee from the scene of an apparent gang-related fight. At around 9 p.m., police responded to reports of a fight ...