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2 days ago | noozhawk.com | Janene Scully

A barricaded subject ended up in custody after Lompoc police initially were alerted to a domestic dispute. Officers responded to the incident involving a male and a female at an apartment complex in the 400 block of West North Avenue, Sgt. Scott Morgan said. Callers told police that a female was yelling for help and that male had threatened he was armed, Morgan added. Police found the female, but the man fled into an apartment.

2 days ago | noozhawk.com | David F. Bacon

I woke up from a dream and realized it was actually a memory of gunboats coming at us just outside of Santa Barbara Harbor. This definitely added something wild to a charter fishing trip. It can be a bit disconcerting to watch an inflatable gunboat barreling down on us with a massive machine gun mounted on the bow. Especially a gun that could probably cut my boat in half, like a giant chainsaw, in about three seconds flat.

3 days ago | noozhawk.com | Janene Scully

Two people were wounded in stabbings Tuesday afternoon in Santa Maria. Personnel from the Santa Maria Police and Fire departments along with American Medical Response were dispatched to the incident in the 200 block of North Western Avenue at approximately 2:30 p.m.Emergency crews found one patient in the front yard and a second patient inside the residence. Members of the Detective Bureau responded to the scene to begin investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

3 days ago | noozhawk.com | Janene Scully

A bear took a stroll around Orcutt Tuesday morning before getting a free trip out of town. “Officers from the California Highway Patrol Santa Maria area had an unexpected visitor reported all over town — a bear on a bit of a walkabout,” California Highway Patrol officers based in Santa Maria-based said in a social media post complete with bear emojis and hashtags such as #BearlyMadeItHome. The bear’s trek took it to a few neighborhoods before being located near Benji Lane and Ruby Crest Court.

3 days ago | noozhawk.com | Janene Scully

What: Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: 4:28 p.m. Wednesday with other options until 7:18 p.m., according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities starting at 4:06 p.m. Thursday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. Landing: The first-stage booster, making its 26th flight, will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean.