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If you were to go to the Do Lab 20 years ago, you would’ve been greeted with orange slices, water guns and the sounds of unsanctioned DJ sets under a small geometric dome.

Arrests at Santa Barbara’s annual unsanctioned Deltopia street party rose for the fourth straight year this weekend, more than doubling the number of arrests from 2024, authorities said.

Hundreds of people showed up to the unsanctioned event in October 2024, which didn’t just become the talk of the daily news, but created an ongoing celebrity lookalike phenomenon.

County jails or more aggressively root out deputy gangs, the unsanctioned groups of tattooed deputies repeatedly accused of misconduct over the years.

One of the best-known party events is “Deltopia,” an unsanctioned spring break party that unfolds in April.