Lompoc woman Erica Racheal Ruvalcaba is arrested after deputies discover concealed narcotics inside a vehicle speaker during an early-morning enforcement stop on Highway 101.
The state plans to award $20 million to the county for two community residential treatment facilities in Santa Maria while DA John Savrnoch is supporting a state bill that would give state judges and prosecutors more say about which criminal defendants should be diverted into mental-health programs.