Last Friday was high noon for two-thirds of the murderous Jones family in a Santa Barbara courtroom as Judge Frank Ochoa handed down sentences to Philip Jones, 51, and his daughter Kelee Davidson, 27, for their roles in the execution-style murder of Kelee’s ex-husband and UCSB grad student Jarrod Davidson.
Former Devereux School night supervisor Darren Boyer Thomas-charged with raping and impregnating an autistic Devereux resident-returned to Judge Brian Hill’s court last week to talk about a Starbucks coffee cup.
Some 500 friends, relatives, coworkers, and well-wishers turned out to Santa Barbara Cemetery Tuesday morning to bid farewell and lament the loss of Maleka Brinley-Higgins Pineda, one of six Goleta postal workers shot and killed last Monday by her former coworker, Jennifer Sanmarco.
Former Postal Worker Goes on Killing Spree at Goleta Annex
Longtime affordable housing advocate Jill Martinez (pictured) announced her candidacy for the 24th Congressional District; Martinez will run as a Democrat against Republican Elton Gallegly, the staunchly conservative 19-year incumbent from Simi Valley.
Neck tans, aching shoulders, sandy wetsuits, ignored responsibilities, chilly mornings, evening glass, and waves in our backyard-the surf season returned to Santa Barbara in a big way during the latter part of 2005 and continued straight on into the New Year. Our normally quiet cobblestone point breaks and sleepy kelp-covered rock reefs did their annual transformation into legitimate surf spots. And the best part is that-with a little luck-this trend will continue with some frequency until the Ides of March have come and gone.
