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Bob Ficarra is the owner of Santa Barbara's Metro Entertainment store, which recently was the target of a burglary in which $10,000 in rare Pokémon cards were stolen and the front door was damaged.

“Metro Santa Barbara’s PREMIERE Comic and Gaming Resource! Owned and operated locally for over 35 years, Metro Entertainment has a wealth of comic books, new and old, as well as trade paperbacks, toys ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The owner of the beloved Metro Entertainment Comic Shop has set up a GoFundMe Page after burglary earlier this month. Bob Ficarra, the store owner, said $10,000 worth of ...