Missing dog goes home to Las Vegas after turning up in Santa Maria SANTA MARIA, Calif. - "This is Gorda. She came into the Santa Maria as a stray," said community outreach coordinator Michelle Maltun of Santa Barbara County Animal Services. But Gorda isn’t just any stray. She's actually from another state, and turned up here on the Central Coast. “We scanned for a microchip like we do for every animal that comes into our shelter. Ans her chip traced back to a shelter in Las Vegas Nevada," said Maltun. Michelle Maltun with Santa Barbara county animals services emailed Gorda’s owner.