Posse elects board of

Ynez as vice presidents.

Mr. Koffel is co-founder and managing partner of Watchfire Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, which he started with his partner in 2019. Sean and his wife Jenna reside in Montecito with their three children.

A former Marine, Mr. Koffel received a master’s in business administration at Stanford Business Schooland worked at Morgan Stanley in New York before starting an entrepreneurial career and building several companies in the adult beverage, consumer products and consumer technology industries.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Benevolent Posse is

Directors

a 501(c)(3) nonprofit formed by local citizens to seek ways to help the Sheriff’s Office maintain its current efficiency and improve its performance, morale and effectiveness.

The Sheriff’s Posse Board is composed of local non-law enforcement volunteers who donate their time and efforts to assist the Sheriff’s Office fill its needs not funded by the county budget.

Toward that end, the Sheriff’s Posse will hold a fundraising event May 13 at Red River Ranch in Los Olivos.

For more information, visit www. sbsheriffsposse.org.

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TRAFFIC, CRIME & FIRE BLOTTER

SMPD K-9 officer was patrolling the area of Thornburg and Newlove. The officer heard a loud bang before witnessing a male suspect fire a gun toward a residence, police said.

The suspect, later identified as Mr. Zamora, allegedly fled the scene in his vehicle, subsequently evading officers, police said. Officers on scene located evidence connected to the shooting including bullet strikes to a residence.

from the vehicle. Anyone with information related to this incident is encouraged to contact Detective Hesch at 805-928 -3781, ext. 1349, or the SMPD Communications Center at 805-928-3781, ext. 2277.

— Neil Hartstein

Help sought for cold case

on suspicion of Shooting at an Inhabited Dwelling, Gang Enhancement and Weapons violations.

His arrest was a result of an ongoing investigation by detectives related to a March 23 shooting in Santa Maria.

At about 7 p.m. on March 23, a

Approximately 10 minutes following the shooting, members of the California Highway Patrol and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a hit-and-run traffic collision involving the same vehicle.

The vehicle was left behind, and subjects were seen fleeing the area on foot, police said. With assistance from the CHP and the Sheriff’s Office, one subject was detained. However, Mr. Zamora was not apprehended. Firearms were also reportedly recovered

VENTURA COUNTY —

Forty-three years after a young woman was found in a parking lot near Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, she remains unidentified.

Now investigators with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project are asking the public to share information about a specific family tree.

The team of investigative

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