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People are still trying to come to grips with a shooting, explosion, and fire which ultimately left five people dead on the Central Coast. Santa Maria Police believe a gunman shot and killed two golfers Friday, and then went to the adjacent mobile home park on West Taylor Drive where he, and two other people died in a mobile home.

Dozens of people have been displaced by two apparently separate fires which hit a South Coast apartment complex, leaving it heavily damaged. The first fire hit the two story complex on Althea Court in Oxnard at around 9:30 Friday night.

A massive raid on a cannabis growing operation on the Central Coast led to the seizure of 350,000 plants, with an estimated value of $20 million dollars. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s investigators learned about the possible operation near Buellton a month ago. They gathered enough information to get four search warrants.

Four people are reported dead following a shooting, and fire on the Central Coast. Santa Maria firefighters and police were called to a mobile home complex on the 500 block of West Taylor Street around noon Friday. They found multiple structures burning.

A non-profit group which helps feed the hungry on the Central and South Coasts is getting a big boost in its efforts from a city. Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is getting the use of a more than 3,000 square foot warehouse facility from the City of Goleta in a dollar a year lease.

A volley of shots rattled a South Coast neighborhood and closed a major street, but no one was hurt. Oxnard Police received calls at about 9:30 Thursday  morning about gunfire in an apartment complex on the 1400 block of Victoria Avenue.

A new Ventura County Grand Jury report is calling on the county to more closely monitor the drug treatment programs it provides through private contractors.

The county has a deal with Aegis Treatment Centers and Western Pacific Medical Company to operate five treatment clinics in the county.