If Deedrea Edgar can’t work the county’s mental health system, then chances are no one can. For the past seven years, she has been the go-to attorney in the Public Defender’s office for cases ...

Just four days after a Santa Maria man died while in restraints at Santa Barbara County’s Psychiatric Health Facility last year, a second patient was also improperly restrained by staff, according to ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has issued instructions to all its affiliated units to prepare their umpires for the International Hockey Federation’s annual physical fitness test. FIH ...

Rather than running the risk of going to trial, the County of Santa Barbara agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the father of Clifford Detty, the 46-year-old North County resident ...

"They're not being supervised, so situations like this happen and everyone becomes a danger to everybody else," said public defender Stephanie Negin. An Action News investigation uncovered how it ...

[Noozhawk’s note: Noozhawk is following the ordeal of Rich Detty, a Santa Maria man whose son, Cliff, died while under restraints at a Santa Barbara County psychiatric health facility in April. Second ...

"They're not being supervised, so situations like this happen and everyone becomes a danger to everybody else," said public defender Stephanie Negin. An Action News investigation uncovered how it ...