Jarrod Zinn
jarrod.zinn@keyt.comJarrod is a North County Reporter for News Channel 3-12. For more about Jarrod, click here.
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - The second of two motions was heard in a Lompoc courtroom today from Erica Sutherland, the public defender of Ashlee… Continue Reading
Mental Health Month Events In SLO County Encourage Having Those Conversations
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - May is national Mental Health Awareness Month, and San Luis Obispo County’s line-up of events encourages open… Continue Reading
Cinco De Mayo-Taco Tuesday Event Helping to Support Flower Festival Candidate
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - Community members in Lompoc took advantage of Cinco de Mayo falling on Taco Tuesday.
A local teen who is campaigning… Continue Reading
Ballots Expected In The Mail For Next Month’s Mid-Term Primaries
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Residents of Santa Barbara County will start to receive mail-in ballots this week.
These ballots are for the… Continue Reading
Santa Maria Farmworkers Demand Fair Pay at ‘May Day’ March
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Farmworkers in Santa Maria are participating in the May Day labor boycotts and marches happening across the… Continue Reading
Arroyo Grande Planet Fitness Named In Lawsuit Alleging Females Secretly Filmed
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (KEYT) - A lawsuit was filed on Tuesday against Planet Fitness and two of its franchisees.
The lawsuit claims the… Continue Reading
Ashlee Buzzard Waives More Time For Preliminary Hearing In Lompoc
LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - Ashlee Buzzard, the mother of Melodee Buzzard, appeared in court this morning for a hearing on her attorney’s motion to… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Housing Construction in Los Osos to Continue
LOS OSOS, Calif. (KEYT) - Some residential developments in Los Osos will finally be able to proceed.
This comes after nearly a decade of legal… Continue Reading
Santa Maria Residents React To Further Hike In Gas Prices
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Gas prices keep going up in Santa Maria, and residents say it's pushing their budget to the limit.
Experts say it's… Continue Reading
Free Admission At Santa Maria Strawberry Festival All Weekend
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Santa Maria Strawberry Festival is expanding the celebration this weekend with free admission and chances for free… Continue Reading
Los Alamos Community Helps Couple Adopt Twins, Due On Same Day as Grandma’s Passing
LOS ALAMOS, Calif. (KEYT) - People are helping raise funds for a Los Alamos couple adopting fraternal twins due for birth in about a month.
There… Continue Reading
Students Help With Earth Day Tree Planting At Arellanes Elementary
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Students at Arellanes Elementary School in Santa Maria helped plant a new tree for earth day this morning.
Santa… Continue Reading
Fire At Former Solvang Restaurant Determined To Be Arson
SOLVANG, Calif. (KEYT) - Fire investigators just determined that arson destroyed a former Solvang restaurant a year and half ago.
Investigators… Continue Reading
Santa Barbara County Pushes For More Housing With Streamlined ADU Plans
ORCUTT, Calif. (KEYT) – Unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County can help California’s housing crisis by building more ADU’s, or Accessory… Continue Reading
Santa Maria’s Newest Council Member Hits The Ground Running
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - We are learning more about Santa Maria’s newest city council member in district one.
Ricardo Batalla was sworn in a… Continue Reading
Sheriff Brown Suggests Restructuring Department To Combat Budget Deficit
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Sheriff Bill Brown spoke at the Santa Barbara County Board Of Supervisor’s second day of budget workshops… Continue Reading
Father & Daughter Reunited in Santa Maria, Mother Remains Detained in Texas
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - A Santa Maria man has been reunited with his five-year-old daughter who was held in an ICE detention facility for 20… Continue Reading
Buellton’s Successful Farmers Market Has A New Time Slot For Warm Seasons
BUELLTON, Calif. (KEYT) - The city of Buellton’s Farmer’s Market had a very strong start for its first month.
It could be sticking around for a… Continue Reading
Court Reaffirms Ruling Against Off-Roading At Oceano Dunes Threatened Species Habitats
OCEANO, Calif. (KEYT) - Off-roading at the Oceano Dunes is prohibited for now, after a federal court ruled those vehicles violated the Endangered… Continue Reading
Buellton’s First Community Play ‘Annie’ Helps Local Couple Adopt
BUELLTON / SOLVANG, Calif. (KEYT) - The City Of Buellton’s Arts Council is helping a local couple adopt with their first community theatre… Continue Reading