Horse in Santa Ynez Valley infected with West Nile virus by a mosquito in August
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…
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UCSB student housing project now under construction
UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A large student housing project is under construction on the northern edge of campus near Harder and Caesar Uyesaka…
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Police arrest 2 people living in Santa Maria riverbed suspected of drug & ammunition possession
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…
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Man Hospitalized after Car Crash East of Santa Maria, Suffers Cardiac Arrest
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…
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Vegetation Fire burns 28 acres at Vandenberg Space Force Base
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that broke out on a northern portion of base property Thursday…
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Firefighters battle structure fire in Santa Paula amid high winds
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…
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Firefighters battled fire at guest house in Los Olivos
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 Barbara…
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Fire damages former site of Sear Steakhouse in Solvang
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…
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Water floods West McCoy Lane in Santa Maria, sinkhole causes at least one car accident
SANTA MARIA, Calif.- A section of West McCoy Lane near Broadway was closed Thursday night following an apparent water-line break that flooded the…
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Nathaniel McGuire faces federal charge following Santa Maria courthouse bombing
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…
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Vegetation fire breaks out near train tracks in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire that broke out Friday night in some brush along the train tracks near Quarantina…
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1 person dead in Morro Bay house fire
One person died after a home caught fire early Saturday morning in Morro…
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Firefighters knock down vegetation fire at homeless encampment in Summerland
Firefighters knocked down a small vegetation fire that broke out Saturday morning at a homeless encampment along Highway 101 in…
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Law enforcement called to UC Santa Barbara campus where protesters had occupied a building and disrupted final exams
ISLA VISTA, Calif. – Multiple law enforcement agencies gathered on UC Santa Barbara’s campus early Wednesday morning, in an apparent attempt to…
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UCSB chancellor’s wife involved in vehicle accident Tuesday
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a traffic accident on UC Santa Barbara’s campus Tuesday afternoon that may have involved the wife of…
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Federal court denies nonprofit petition of NRC exemption for continued operation of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
A federal appeals court denied a petition by three anti-nuclear, environmental groups seeking to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near…
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Storm damaged section of Shoreline Park falls to beach below
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…
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Cal State University Faculty Plan Week-Long Strike Across All Campuses in January
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 workers across the Cal State University, is planning a system-wide…
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Man Arrested for Stabbing in Downtown Ventura
VENTURA, Calif. – A man was arrested in connection with a stabbing that occurred on Sunday morning in downtown Ventura. According to Ventura police,…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Christmas Eve
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – A SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Sunday morning, carrying…
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