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2 days ago — Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down 2024 Helps Hundreds of Military Vets. At the one-day event at the Santa Maria Fairpark on Saturday, veterans had access to almost 120 different services, including haircuts, legal services, educational services, addiction treatment, counseling, food, vision screenings, pet care, and more.
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Nov 4, 2024 — Obituary. 1932 - 2024. We lost an extraordinary man, Dr. Karl Kassity, on September 29th, 2024. He passed away peacefully in his home surrounded. Read More. Posted: 11/04/2024. Find In Memoriams, death notices and obituaries in the Santa Barbara Independent. Published weekly in-print and online.
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‘A Series of Lies’ ― Ely Family Denounces DA for Clearing Deputies …
Oct 15, 2020 — One year to the day after their brother Cameron Ely ― the son of Tarzan actor Ron Ely ― was shot 22 times by Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies, Kirsten Ely and Kaitland Ely Sweet and their attorneys held a tearful news conference in the driveway of the family’s Hope Ranch home to rebuke a new report by the District Attorney’s Office that ruled the shooting a …
Believe the Deputies - The Santa Barbara Independent
Oct 6, 2020 — The Sheriff’s audio recording of the shooting, however, does not reflect two of the report’s key findings ― that multiple deputies loudly ordered Ely to drop to the ground, or that Ely yelled at them that he had a gun.
Jury Clears Santa Barbara Deputies in Fatal Shooting of Cameron Ely
Oct 26, 2022 — It took a Los Angeles jury less than a day of deliberating to find four Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies did not act negligently or use excessive force when they fatally shot Cameron Ely in 2019 at his family’s Hope Ranch home hours after he had stabbed his mother, Valerie, to death. The surviving members of the Ely family —Tarzan actor ...
Preparing for the ‘Silver Tsunami’ in Santa Barbara
Jul 29, 2024 — Last week, Margaret Weiss with the Independent Living Resource Center brought up these concerns during a City Council briefing on the “Master Plan for Aging,” which lays out the city’s plan to address the upcoming “silver tsunami” of older residents. The plan to address the boom of older adults — many of whom are baby boomers living ...
New California Law Gives Tenants More Time to Respond to …
Sep 28, 2024 — Tenant advocates say giving renters 10 days to respond to eviction notices, up from 5, will help those who live in rural areas and have trouble finding legal help. Some landlords argue it will increase their costs.
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Santa Maria Man Federally Charged in Courthouse Bombing That …
[Updated: Fri., Sept. 27, 2024, 4:45 p.m.] A man accused of throwing a bomb into a Santa Maria courthouse on Wednesday and injuring at least five people was charged in a federal criminal complaint on Thursday.. Santa Maria resident Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, is charged with maliciously damaging a building by means of explosive, according to press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.