California IN BRIEF : SANTA BARBARA COUNTY : Raids Break Up Bookmaking Ring

A bar-based sports bookmaking ring in Santa Barbara County that may have handled $200,000 a week in bets was broken up with the arrests of at least six people, authorities said Saturday. A team of state and local officers raided three bars and several other businesses and residences in Santa Barbara, Carpenteria and Santa Maria as well as Rocklin, near Sacramento. The raids concluded a six-week investigation led by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. The raids came after undercover officers made a series of large cash bets at the bars and traced the movement of money to other locations.