Barney Melekian, Santa Barbara’s interim chief of police, has received a leadership award from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), a nonprofit organization that specializes in research, policy ...

RANCHO SANTA FE — The year was 1945 and, high above the cloudsin the Aleutian Islands, U.S. Army meteorologist Bernard “Barney”Mehren noticed some strange air patterns. Mehren and his fellow ...

In true Santa Barbara fashion, he met his wife, Gabriella, at Joe’s Cafe in 1995 and they married on July 4, 1996. He said he picked the date so he would never forget it, but really it was for the ...

SANTA CRUZ >> Shawn “Barney” Barron, the 44-year-old Santa Cruz surfer hailed for his innovative surfing and frequent volunteer work, died from a rupture in his heart facilitated by ...

SANTA CRUZ — Shawn “Barney” Barron, the 44-year-old Santa Cruz surfer hailed for his innovative surfing and frequent volunteer work, died from a rupture in his heart facilitated by ...