Two big explosions rocked the home of Robert and Margie Najera on Highland Way in Los Padres Estates on New Year’s Eve at 11:21 p.m. The neighbor across the street was afraid her husband—who is recovering from a stroke—had fallen out of bed. In an instant she confirmed he was safe and immediately decided it was a violent earthquake, she said.

Suddenly there were more noises and lights outside. Another neighbor yelled that the hedge in front of the Najera home was on fire. He rushed over with a garden hose to put out…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Deputies armed with a search warrant approach the home of Donald Corrigan on Louise Way in Los Padres Estates, January 1 to search for evidence of bomb-making. Around the corner, the Najeras tell about putting up surveillance cameras in concern for their safety.

Deputies searched Corrigan’s home New Year’s Day, and made an arrest hours later.

Above: On Highland Way, Robert Najera shows where the acetylene bombs were thrown in front of his hedge, which caught on fire. Right: A black tar, about 24” x 18”, was melted to the road from the heat of the fire bomb.

On Louise Way, numerous homes have surveillance cameras on their roofs. Inside the Najera home and that of neighbors, evidence technicians Brenna Wuillamey and Kevin Thompson copied images of what had happened on New Year’s eve from the surveillance recordings.

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