The following is taken from the Lompoc Police Department's calls-for-service log and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office daily arrest log. Those appearing as "arrested" are only suspected of the crime indicated but are presumed innocent.

A Solvang man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of a gun charge after he allegedly brandished a replica firearm at the Santa Ines Mission.

A 16-year-old male juvenile was arrested Friday in connection to a shooting that occurred on North F Street.

A Santa Maria man and alleged member of the city's West Park gang made his first court appearance Friday as the suspect in a May shooting death of a Guadalupe rival near Lincoln and Mill streets, but did not enter a plea.

A Lompoc man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of assault and firearm possession charges after witnesses said he pointed at gun at them near the intersection of Laurel and D Street, according to police.

An alleged member of the 18th Street gang on Tuesday filed a motion seeking the identity of a confidential informant used by the Santa Maria Police Department and their role in the investigation into the December 2020 shooting death of a 20-year-old man on West Donovan Road.

Two Santa Maria men have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges in a murder-for-hire plot allegedly hatched by one defendant who's jailed in connection to a May shooting death near Preisker Lane and North Broadway. 

The following is taken from the Lompoc Police Department's calls-for-service log and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office daily arrest log. Those appearing as "arrested" are only suspected of the crime indicated but are presumed innocent.

A male Santa Barbara County Jail inmate from Santa Maria was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday, and later died, after an apparent suicide attempt.