Nate Loop, Author at News Channel 3-12

Flash Flood Warnings Issued, Highway 101 Shut Down Near Goleta Due to Mudslides

January 3, 2026 11:31 am Nate Loop

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Heavy rain Saturday morning led to flash flood warnings across a large stretch of Santa Barbara County and caused a… Continue Reading

Horse in Santa Ynez Valley infected with West Nile virus by a mosquito in August

October 5, 2025 5:03 pm Nate Loop

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) - A horse in the Santa Ynez Valley tested positive for mosquito-borne West Nile virus in late August. It's the… Continue Reading

UCSB student housing project now under construction

October 5, 2025 4:17 pm Nate Loop

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A large student housing project is under construction on the northern edge of campus near Harder and Caesar Uyesaka… Continue Reading

Police arrest 2 people living in Santa Maria riverbed suspected of drug & ammunition possession

October 5, 2025 1:48 pm Nate Loop

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Police arrested two people in the Santa Maria riverbed Saturday after receiving a tip that drugs were being sold in the… Continue Reading

Man Hospitalized after Car Crash East of Santa Maria, Suffers Cardiac Arrest

May 16, 2025 11:43 am Nate Loop

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - A man was hospitalized after his car veered off the road and he suffered a cardiac arrest Friday morning east of Santa… Continue Reading

Vegetation Fire burns 28 acres at Vandenberg Space Force Base

May 15, 2025 11:54 am Nate Loop

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. - Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that broke out on a northern portion of base property Thursday… Continue Reading

Firefighters battle structure fire in Santa Paula amid high winds

January 8, 2025 12:37 am Nate Loop

SANTA PAULA, Calif.- A 2-alarm structure fire broke out late Tuesday night on the 1400 block of East Main Street, prompting an aggressive response… Continue Reading

Firefighters battled fire at guest house in Los Olivos

December 27, 2024 8:04 am Nate Loop, Andrew Gillies

LOS OLIVOS, Calif.- Firefighters responded to a fire at a guest home in the 2400 block of Lucca Avenue Friday morning. According to the Santa… Continue Reading

Fire damages former site of Sear Steakhouse in Solvang

December 5, 2024 9:22 pm Nate Loop

SOLVANG, Calif.- A large fire broke out Thursday night at a vacant restaurant that used to be the site of Sear Steakhouse on Fourth Place near… Continue Reading

Water floods West McCoy Lane in Santa Maria, sinkhole causes at least one car accident

December 5, 2024 7:45 pm Nate Loop

SANTA MARIA, Calif.- A section of West McCoy Lane near Broadway was closed Thursday night following an apparent water-line break that flooded the… Continue Reading

Nathaniel McGuire faces federal charge following Santa Maria courthouse bombing

September 27, 2024 12:25 am Nate Loop

A man accused of throwing a bomb into the Santa Maria courthouse and injuring at least five people was charged Thursday in a federal criminal… Continue Reading

Vegetation fire breaks out near train tracks in Santa Barbara

September 20, 2024 7:28 pm Nate Loop

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire that broke out Friday night in some brush along the train tracks near Quarantina… Continue Reading

1 person dead in Morro Bay house fire

July 27, 2024 1:44 pm Nate Loop

One person died after a home caught fire early Saturday morning in Morro… Continue Reading

Firefighters knock down vegetation fire at homeless encampment in Summerland

July 27, 2024 1:22 pm Nate Loop

Firefighters knocked down a small vegetation fire that broke out Saturday morning at a homeless encampment along Highway 101 in… Continue Reading

Law enforcement called to UC Santa Barbara campus where protesters had occupied a building and disrupted final exams

June 12, 2024 2:45 am Nate Loop

ISLA VISTA, Calif. – Multiple law enforcement agencies gathered on UC Santa Barbara's campus early Wednesday morning, in an apparent attempt to… Continue Reading

UCSB chancellor’s wife involved in vehicle accident Tuesday

May 21, 2024 5:27 pm Nate Loop

California Highway Patrol officers responded to a traffic accident on UC Santa Barbara's campus Tuesday afternoon that may have involved the wife of… Continue Reading

Federal court denies nonprofit petition of NRC exemption for continued operation of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

April 30, 2024 5:35 pm Nate Loop

A federal appeals court denied a petition by three anti-nuclear, environmental groups seeking to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near… Continue Reading

Storm damaged section of Shoreline Park falls to beach below

February 5, 2024 7:26 pm Nate Loop

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Damaging storm surf from strong, back-to-back atmospheric systems took a large chunk out of the bluffs at Shoreline Park in… Continue Reading

Cal State University Faculty Plan Week-Long Strike Across All Campuses in January

December 25, 2023 12:33 pm Nate Loop

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 workers across the Cal State University, is planning a system-wide… Continue Reading

Man Arrested for Stabbing in Downtown Ventura

December 25, 2023 11:30 am Nate Loop

VENTURA, Calif. - A man was arrested in connection with a stabbing that occurred on Sunday morning in downtown Ventura. According to Ventura police,… Continue Reading