Andrew Gillies
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Firefighters put out an eight-acre vegetation fire near the 2100 block of Aliso Canyon Road, southwest of New… Continue Reading
Oxnard 12-year-old arrested for felony assault after large group of juveniles attacked motorcyclist Saturday
VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – On Saturday, a 12-year-old was arrested after a motorcyclist was assaulted by a group of almost 200 juveniles on bikes and… Continue Reading
UC Santa Barbara Professor crunches the numbers on national security claims by the Trump Administration and Sable Offshore
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Research from a UC Santa Barbara professor shows that despite claims by the Trump Administration that forcing… Continue Reading
Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB scheduled for Sunday
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 25 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Space Launch… Continue Reading
First responders successfully extinguished structure fires at Lompoc home Friday afternoon
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews responded to structure fires at and around a home in the 500 block of G Street Friday afternoon.
According to… Continue Reading
Body of local man recovered from Santa Clara River Thursday now part of homicide investigation
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – The body of 43-year-old Eduardo Castro was found in the waters of the Santa Clara River Thursday and his death is now… Continue Reading
Hiker with broken ankle airlifted from Tangerine Falls Friday afternoon
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A female hiker with a broken ankle was airlifted from Tangerine Falls Friday afternoon.
On April 3, around… Continue Reading
Trenidad Castilleja died last month from fentanyl ingestion while at San Luis Obispo County Jail
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Friday, the Coroner's Unit confirmed that Trenidad Castilleja, a 48-year-old who passed away in March… Continue Reading
Fire crews responded to 22-acre vegetation fire on Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – Federal firefighters responded to an approximately 22.8-acre fire at Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday… Continue Reading
Attorney General Bonta co-leads multi-state challenge to President Trump’s sweeping election changes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KEYT) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, 23 other Attorneys General, and the Governor of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit… Continue Reading
Lompoc man arrested for sending obscene images of himself to two out-of-state children
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – A 41-year-old Lompoc man was arrested after an investigation into his online communications allegedly involving sending… Continue Reading
Driver arrested for DUI after crashing into unoccupied vehicle on Johnson Avenue
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – A driver was arrested for DUI after an early morning crash with an unoccupied vehicle parked along Johnson Avenue in… Continue Reading
Commerce man arrested in connection with stabbing at Santa Barbara Harbor Thursday
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Ivan Hernandez, 49, of Commerce was arrested in connection with a stabbing early Thursday that hospitalized a… Continue Reading
County of Santa Barbara debuts pre-approved ADU plans for area homeowners
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Thursday, Santa Barbara County released its pre-approved building plans for accessory dwelling units with an… Continue Reading
Firefighters responded to residential fire on Greenville Avenue in Simi Valley Thursday
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews responded to a structure fire at a home in the 3300 block of Greenville Avenue Thursday.
Firefighters… Continue Reading
Oxnard man arrested in connection with shooting that claimed the life of a Camarillo man
CAMARILLO, Calif. (KEYT) – A 33-year-old Camarillo man has died and a 55-year-old Oxnard man has been arrested in connection with his death… Continue Reading
Jonah Slatky of Somis charged with six felony counts of worker’s compensation insurance fraud
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Jonah Slatky, the owner of a framing and rough carpentry company in Somis, was charged with six felony counts of… Continue Reading
Zuberi Sharp pleads guilty to using pickaxe to murder his half-brother with cerebral palsy
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Zuberi Kalaikulokahiokalani Sharp pled guilty this week to the 2024 second-degree murder of his 15-year-old half… Continue Reading
Ventura man arrested in connection with shooting investigation early Tuesday
VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – On Tuesday, a 26-year-old Ventura man was arrested for resisting arrest after officers chased two people involved with… Continue Reading
Congressmembers publicly oppose illegal sharing of taxpayer information by Trump Administration
WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – Senator Alex Padilla joined a bicameral group of over one hundred members of Congress in an amicus brief for a case… Continue Reading