A brazen open-air crack market allegedly run by the West Coast Crips just 1.5 miles from San Diego’s Petco Park has been shut ...

SAN DIEGO — Thirty alleged West Coast Crips gang members and associates are facing federal drug conspiracy charges and accused of operating a large-scale open-air crack cocaine market near downtown ...

Authorities said 28 of the 30 alleged gang members and associates were arrested in operations involving more than 350 ...

It could happen to anybody.” Earlier this year, California’s 4th District Court of Appeal reversed Zapata’s conviction after ...

Two Los Angeles-area men were arrested July 12 after a fight among alleged motorcycle gang members at the iconic Neptune's Net outside Malibu.

A major federal takedown targeting international crime networks has reached into Northern California, as federal prosecutors ...

Kevin Cuevas Del Cid had said he participated in the 2016 killings to raise his status in the MS-13 organization.

Lompoc, CA – May 2026 – Just in Time For Summer, Explore Lompoc is inviting travelers, including couples, grandparents, families with children of all ages, including toddlers and teens, from near and ...

The annual Old Town Market will return to downtown Lompoc on Friday, July 10, launching a six-week series of themed community events featuring live entertainment, food vendors, a farmers market, local ...

Sam Bankman-Fried is incarcerated at a federal prison in Lompoc, California, which sits northwest of Santa Barbara and is dubbed “the City of Arts and Flowers.” Once or twice a week, he calls me, and ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Lompoc,CA – June – Lompoc, California, along California’s Central Coast, is getting ready to celebrate the 73rd Annual Lompoc ...

The poor condition of streets, sidewalks and storm drains prompted the Lompoc City Council to put a sales tax increase on the June ballot. Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo The Lompoc Street ...