The State Legislature is meeting very soon to vote on the passage of SB10 - California's Bail Reform Law. Backers of the bill would have you believe that the only reason people remain in jail is because they're too poor to afford bail. If passed, their proposed reform would eliminate bail entirely and instead replace [...]
A man was arrested on the evening of August 11 under suspicion of felony hit-and-run charges after his girlfriend exited the vehicle he was driving and was killed. According to authorities, the vehicle that the suspect was driving was still moving when the women exited, and it's unknown whether she did so under her own [...]
The main jail for Santa Barbara County is the Calle Real station, which houses both pre and post-trial inmates. Depending on where someone is arrested and taken into custody in Santa Barbara, they may be taken to the Santa Barbara County Jail to undergo booking and processing. Once this procedure has been completed, bail will [...]
