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Fatal Crash Shuts Down Northbound 101 at Castillo Street in Santa Barbara

November 1, 2025 10:44 am Patricia Martellotti

Northbound Highway 101 was jammed for hours Saturday due to a fatal crash. The freeway had a hard closure and then a one-lane closure for several… Continue Reading

Officer-Involved Shooting Leaves One Man Dead Inside Goleta Grocery Store

October 20, 2025 3:21 pm Caleb Nguyen, Alissa Orozco, Tracy Lehr

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article has been updated with additional investigation detail released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office on October… Continue Reading

House Fire Erupts in Santa Maria’s Preisker Ranch Neighborhood

September 25, 2025 9:11 pm Patricia Martellotti

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - A house fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. Thursday in Santa Maria’s Preisker Ranch neighborhood. Thick smoke poured… Continue Reading

Car crashes into buliding in Pismo Beach

September 24, 2025 10:11 pm Jennifer Almanza

PISMO BEACH, Calif.- Firefighters are responding to a vehicle that drove into a building in Pismo Beach on Wednesday night. It happened at… Continue Reading

Parents Express Concerns After Righetti Student Arrested with Loaded Handgun

September 23, 2025 11:59 am Jarrod Zinn

ORCUTT, Calif. (KEYT) - A Righetti High School student was arrested Monday afternoon in possession of marijuana vapes and a loaded handgun. Local… Continue Reading

Chowchilla Man Shot and Killed by Deputies in Los Osos Found with a Pellet Gun

July 2, 2025 6:50 am Michael Yu, Andrew Gillies, Jarrod Zinn

LOS OSOS, Calif. – A man with a history of impersonating law enforcement was shot and killed by deputies in Los Osos early Wednesday morning after… Continue Reading

Firefighters respond to vegetation fire in Atascadero

June 28, 2025 2:15 pm Christer Schmidt

ATASCADERO, Calif. - A vegetation fire set around 21 acres ablaze Saturday afternoon in Atascadero near Llano Road at 1:44 pm. CAL FIRE SLO and… Continue Reading

WA man arrested for allegedly aiding Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber

June 4, 2025 10:57 am KESQ, KESQ

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) —A 32-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last month’s deadly car bombing outside a Palm Springs fertility… Continue Reading