Around 12:30 p.m., a brush fire was reported along Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo State Beach in Los Angeles County, just across the Ventura County line. The blaze burned roughly 3 acres.
Deputies located a handgun in Vargas’ vehicle and seized it as evidence. Vargas was arrested for one count of Attempted Murder (PC 664/187) and booked into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura.