Posted 9:06 PM 1/9/2013 : Local assemblyman, district attorney urge for change in state law
Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian and Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley are on a mission to change what they call, a loophole, in a California law that has been on the books for more than a century.
The law states a person who gets consent to have sex by pretending to be
Posted 5:30 PM 1/9/2013 : New program offered in Santa Barbara County for low-level offenders
A new program aimed at allowing some low-level offenders the option of attending a program, instead of being charged with a crime, is sweeping the state.
Santa Barbara is one 12 counties that now offers what's called a Misdemeanor Diversion Program.
The Santa Barbara County District