Santa Maria
Mar 20 2008, AP

The gunman who opened fire at an auto wrecking yard killed his father, who owned the business, and three others before dropping the weapon and trying to flee over a fence, police said Wednesday.Panicked customers fled the busy yard Tuesday as the gunman...

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Workers use a guzzler vacuum to suck oil soaked sediment from a creek Thursday, March 13, 2008 in Santa Maria, Calif., after oil spilled into the creek from a Greka Oil & Gas Inc. facility. Over the past nine years, the Santa Barbara County Fire...