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  Oct 22, 2009 — Santa Barbara News Press
  At least two juveniles were hospitalized Wednesday after apparent gang violence erupted at the Carpinteria and Soledad streets intersection and on Milpas Street,...
• Gunmen kill 10 at Mexico drug treatment center
  Sep 17, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Gunmen burst into a drug treatment center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot to death 10 people, the second such mass killing this month. Ciudad Juarez is Mexico's most violent city, with more than 1,300 killings this year. Early Wednesday, gunmen burst into a bar in Ciudad Juarez and shot to death five men, police said.
• County Lines for September 16, 2009
  Sep 16, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  The $241,930.project is meant to replace an existing earth swale with concrete. Funding comes from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Funding comes from President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
• County Lines for September 12, 2009
  Sep 12, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  Santa Barbara County Grant to fund anti-gang officers A federal grant will lead to the hiring of three new officers dedicated to gang intervention, according to the Santa Barbara County Probation Department. A Santa Maria Style barbecue, $10, will follow. Historical merit objects include churches, former schools, a school bell and a bas relief of the ship Santa Maria.
• Gang member in stable condition following shotgun attack
  Sep 11, 2009 — Santa Maria Times
  A 21-year-old Lompoc gang member was in stable condition Thursday afternoon at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after being shot the previous night in an altercation between two groups, according to police. Augustin Cisneros Garcia, a documented gang member, was shot in the face and torso with a shotgun loaded with birdshot pellets, Rios said. In November, a 16-year-old gang member was shot in the back in the 200 block of East Oak Avenue.