No
DUIs during
Vintners
Festival
Local
Despite intense patrols by law enforcement during the
Vintners Festival April 19-20, not one single driver was caught driving drunk.
“This is excellent news,” said Win Smith, a deputy with
the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department.
The on-duty DUI task force that was on patrol during the
festival included officers from Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Guadalupe and Santa
Maria. The UCSB Police Department, sheriff’s deputies and park officers also leant a hand. There was an additional 22 officers on duty.
“It was better than last year,” said Jan Ford, public
information director for the “Avoid the 12” campaign. “But we only got one last
year, I’m very impressed with the zero number because it shows that people are
being responsible and getting alternate transportation.
They are thinking well in advance.
So
Cal Police Activities League hold soccer tourney
SB County
The Santa Barbara Police Department Activities League’s
under-14 boys soccer team traveled to Anaheim to
participate in the PAL state tournament April 19. This was the second time that
the team participated in the tournament. They came home with a second place
trophy. The under-12 boys soccer team also
participated in the tournament and won fourth place in their division.
$5,000
reward
for missing woman
Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department still is
looking for Victoria Anne Cotton.
Cotton is described as being a white female, approximately
five feet seven inches tall, weighing 135 pounds with blond hair and green
eyes. The Carole Sund Carrington Foundation posted a
$5,000 reward for Cotton’s safe return. Cotton was reported missing in July of
2006. She was last seen in Goleta and was reportedly on her way to the farmers
market on Calle Real.
Anyone with any information should contact the Santa
Barbara Sheriff’s Department at (805) 681-4150.
SBPD
partners with Community West Bank to fight identity theft
Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara Police Department is teaming up with
Community West Bank in Santa Barbara to educate the public about preventing
identity theft. The team will be holding its semi-annual Identity Theft
Protection Shredding event from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. April 29 at the
Santa Barbara branch of the Community West Bank, located at 1501 State St.
Members of the public are invited and encouraged to bring personal documents to
be shredded free of charge.
This year’s event marks the fourth year anniversary. For
more information contact the Santa Barbara branch of the Community West Bank at
(805) 962-7420.
Sheriff’s
department
needs your help
Santa Barbara
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department is asking
for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who allegedly robbed a
Blenders In the Grass in Goleta Jan. 7.
Sgt. Alex Tipolt, public
information officer for the Sheriff’s department, said that one of the suspects
first approached the counter and spoke with an employee, before grabbing the
cash register, cords and all, and taking off.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the
Criminal Investigations Unit at (805) 681-4150.
Fire
department warns
against phone scams
SB County
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is warning people
about telephone solicitors who impersonate firefighters in an attempt to scam
people out of money.
“Occasionally we receive calls from the public who have
been contacted by so-called firefighters attempting to collect donations on
behalf of the local fire department,” said Eli Iskow,
public information officer for the county fire department.
“The county fire department does not and will not contact
you soliciting donations,” he added.
If you are contacted by someone who claims to be a
firefighter and are asked to donate money, Iskow
said, the best thing to do is request contact information and report the call
to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department or your local law enforcement
agency.
County
firefighters lend helping hand in Santa Anita fire
Santa Anita
A strike team of Santa Barbara County firefighters lent a
helping hand to the firefighters battling the Santa Anita Fire in Riverside
County April 27. The fire department dispatched team of 17 firefighters to the
fire, which burned more than 500 acres and caused a mandatory evacuation of
more than 1,000 residents.
The fire department also is reminding county residents
that it will be conducting property inspections in rural and high fire hazard
areas. State law requires that all structures in rural areas create and
maintain 100 feet of defensible space year round.
For more information visti. www.sbfire.com.
Gray
whale shield sought
The state legislature has voted to seek protection of the
California Gray Whale by approving AJR 49, sponsored by Assemblymember
Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara).
Nava said his bill, which asks the U.S. Congress, the
President and the California Fish and Game Commission to take action to protect
the whale species, passed on a bipartisan vote of 51 to 10.
AJR 49 requests the Congress and the President to call on
the National Marine Fisheries Commission to conduct a comprehensive assessment
of the California Gray Whale. It also seeks a change in the mammal’s status to endangered.
Nava is chairman of the Joint Committee on Emergency
Services and Homeland Security and the Assembly’s representative on the
California Ocean Protection Council.
Soccer
registration
AYSO this week announced its soccer registration schedule
for youngsters, as follows:
May 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Santa Ynez Soccer Fields.
May 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Vets Hall.
May 15, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Vets Hall.
May 17, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Vets Hall.
Parents are reminded to bring two
signed copies of the online registration form. First time players need copies
of their birth certificates.