$70M Refugio oil spill deal gets tentative OK
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Judge grants preliminary approval of $70M oil spill settlement
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a $70 million class action settlement to property owners impacted by a 2015 oil spill along the Santa Barbara coastline. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Gutierrez issued his ruling May 1, it was announced May 9. On May 19, 2015, a pipeline ruptured, spilling oil onto private Read More →
Conception captain sentenced to 4 years
The captain of a dive boat that caught fire in the Santa Barbara Channel in 2019, resulting in the deaths of 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on May 2. Jerry Boylan of Santa Barbara was convicted in a federal jury trial in November of one count of misconduct or neglect Read More →
Airborne Wireless insiders indicted for involvement in alleged ‘pump-and-dump’ scheme
Two men heavily involved with Simi Valley-based Airborne Wireless Network were indicted April 25 for allegedly conspiring to defraud investors in a multi-year scheme involving the acquisition and sale of the company. Kalistratos “Kelly” Kabilafkas, 48, of Moorpark, and Jack Edward Daniels, 74, of Agoura Hills, were both charged with one count of conspiracy and one Read More →
Feds reject long-proposed fracking near Fillmore
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805 Law: Santa Barbara property manager ordered to pay over $2M
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Grand jury says $500k under-reported in Lompoc tourism pact
Annual reporting by Visit Lompoc LLC shows hundreds of thousands of dollars in unaccounted-for funds, according to a Santa Barbara County Grand Jury report. Released March 22, the report says that over the first five years of the current agreement between Visit Lompoc and the City of Lompoc, the cumulative value of those under-reported funds Read More →
