VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – Manuel Alejandro Vasquez, 48, received a 25 year to life sentence in state prison after murdering Felipe Arambula in 1998, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Vazquez previously pled guilty on September 30 to first-degree murder after he and another man shot and killed Arambula at his Ventura home on
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced election fraud charges against John Ruel S. Ambos, 31, in a press conference Monday morning. Federal authorities noted 63 suspected non-citizens being registered to vote, beginning a local investigation into the claim last week. Ambos and six others from Los
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VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – Ventura Police arrested five people in an undercover human trafficking at a local motel on Thursday. The VPD Special Victims Unit, Major Crimes Unit and Street Crimes Unit worked to arrest the five individuals after their attempts to solicit prostitution. The arrests included a 29-year-old man from Oxnard, a 36-year-old man from
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ATASCADERO, Calif. (KEYT) – One person suffered burn injuries after a house fire in Atascadero at 4890 Rosario Avenue just before 2:00 a.m. Sunday, according to the Atascadero Fire Department. Atascadero Fire crews noticed smoke coming from the front and side of the single story home before Atascadero Police found a resident in the bedroom, according
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police arrested a person for several firearm related charges just after 1:00 a.m. Saturday near Bunny Avenue and McClelland Street. SMPD officers received word about a fight and a woman crying in the area before finding three people involved in an altercation inside of a parked car. SMPD officers
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police took a man into custody after he inappropriately touched a female high school student just before 1:00 p.m. Friday near Santa Maria High School. The 25-year-old approached the student and assaulted her before fighting with several bystanders trying to restrain him for SMPD officers. SMPD officers later found
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Four people in an MTD bus suffered minor injuries after crashing into an SUV just after 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, according to Santa Barbara Police. SBPD officers, SB City Fire crews and paramedics arrived at the 1000 block of Cliff Drive for the reported crash with injuries. The investigation revealed that
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VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A teen remains in critical condition after an early morning crash on Harbor Boulevard Sunday. According to Ventura Police, officers arrived to find that a 19-year-old passenger had been ejected from the involved vehicle and had life threatening injuries at the scene. He remains on life support in critical condition added the
Continue Reading SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man following a domestic dispute where he flashed a knife. SBCSO deputies arrived to find a man armed with a knife in the middle of the domestic incident just after 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The man later fled to the equestrian center nearby the
Continue Reading VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Ventura Police Department is investigating a suspicious death at the railroad tracks near the 4000 block of Transport Street. VPD officers found a woman lying near the tracks just before 4:00 a.m. Saturday and Ventura Fire crews shortly pronounced her dead at the scene upon discovery. VPD officers are actively investigating
Continue Reading SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – An SUV driver suffered moderate injuries after a crash involving them, an MTD bus and a biker just past 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 2000 State Street, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department. SBPD, Santa Barbara Fire Department and paramedics arrived to treat the SUV driver for moderate injuries before transport
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A San Luis Obispo jury found a 47-year-old X-ray technician guilty of sexual battery against a patient from an incident on May 15, 2024, according to the county DA’s office. The SLOCDAO found John Stephen O’Brien guilty after he unlawfully touched a woman against her will during an examination.
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MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews could see the smoke on their way to put out a second-alarm structure fire at 588 Picacho Lane in Montecito. Multiple fire trucks lined the lane and the long tree-lined driveway leading to the home in a gated compound. Two battalion chief trucks, more medic engine vehicles and several other
Continue Reading VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A pedestrian died after a car crash on Highway 101 near Ventura just before 9:00 p.m. Saturday, according to the Ventura CHP. The 50-year-old woman was in the first lane of the southbound 101 when a 47-year-old woman from Salt Lake City hit them in their BMW, according to the Ventura CHP.
Continue Reading SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Police alongside the city Fire Department took a three-year-old child to the hospital after a car hit them just before 10:00 a.m. Sunday. The crash happened at 3000 State Street when the car hit the child in the crosswalk, according to the SBPD. Paramedics immediately started medical care and
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PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KEYT) – A car crash killed a pedestrian near the intersection of Mill Road just before 10:30 p.m. in Paso Robles, according to the City’s Police Department. PRPD officers received word about the crash with injury and determined that a car hit a pedestrian in the eastbound lanes of Highway 46. Paso Roble
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – PG&E issued a public safety power shutoff for portions of San Luis Obispo County, according to the County Office of Emergency Services. The shutdown could potentially affect 7,700 customers and is projected to start on Thursday around 2:30 a.m., according to the SLO OES. For the latest shut down
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Five people suffered injuries after a three-car crash at Betteravia and Monrovia Roads in Santa Maria just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Three adults and two infants all received transport to Marian Regional Medical Center for minor to moderate injuries after the collision, according
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – San Luis Obispo Police arrested a 20-year-old Nipomo man after armed robberies at two stores in the city just after 7:00 p.m. Friday night. The robberies happened at the 11000 block of Los Osos Valley Road when the man flashed a semi automatic rifle before stealing two knives from Dick’s
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Police are investigating a fatal hit and run that killed a woman just after 10:00 p.m. Friday. As detailed in a press release, a SBPD officer witnessed a reckless driver at the 300 block of West Carrillo Street and attempted a traffic stop before deeming the pursuit too dangerous
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