SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— For Tony Thurmond, education is more than public policy — it’s personal. “Education is always the great equalizer,” Thurmond said. “No matter your circumstances, if you can get an education, you can change the narrative and the direction of your life.” The current California State Superintendent of Public Instruction is fighting for
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — California’s race for governor is taking shape with no clear front runner. Candidates are weighing in on major issues including housing, healthcare, and education. KEYT News Channel reporter Mina Wahab sat down with Green Party candidate Butch Ware for an in-depth conversation about his platform and priorities. In a wide-ranging interview,
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Wednesday, local Assemblyman Gregg Hart announced the passage of the FACTS Act, which stands for “Forensic Accountability, Custodial Transparency, and Safety.” “Together, I think we’ve made a really important step forward in ensuring transparency and justice in California,” said Gregg Hart. In most counties in the state including Santa Barbara and SLO counties,
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) — Environmental Defense Center Executive Director Alex Katz says Sable Offshore is fighting an uphill battle. “Coming a week after they were charged with 21 crimes by the District Attorney, including five felonies, and after a couple of losses in court and in litigation, it doesn’t look good,” said Katz. The company
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Antonio Villaraigosa sits down with News Channel Reporter Mina Wahab to talk about what he hopes to accomplish if elected Governor.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Streets known for day laborers in the mornings and afternoons are noticeably less populated than they were earlier this month, as immigration enforcement efforts launched by the second Trump administration have created an atmosphere of fear in Santa Barbara. Reports indicate that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — It’s been a difficult couple months for renters like Karla Villanueva who says she is starting off the new year at a deficit. “Right now, we are paying $2,600 for rent. It’s a 1 bedroom, one bathroom… we are living in Ojai, but honestly we are all squished together in a little small place.
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Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires became more destructive will have to again provide policies in fire-prone areas if they want to keep doing business in California under a state regulation announced Monday. The rule will require
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Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California’s coast had residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man’s death and the partial collapse of a pier, which propelled three people into the Pacific Ocean. And two other men remained missing Tuesday,
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Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean. The storm was expected to bring hurricane-force winds
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Associated Press The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during protests last spring over the war in Gaza. The department’s Office for Civil Rights said it investigated nine complaints against University of California
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man was sentenced Monday to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison for running an extensive business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship. U.S. authorities had sought a more than five-year prison term for Michael
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Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking and the beloved pollinator may not survive climate change. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the butterfly to the threatened species list
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Power to tens of thousands of people had been shut off by Monday night as utilities worked to mitigate the impacts of Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds, whose strong gusts could damage electrical equipment and spark wildfires. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for high fire risk
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Capitol was deemed safe for reopening Friday afternoon after an emailed threat prompted an evacuation earlier in the day. State senators and their staff members were notified about the threat in a memo, according to officials. Members in the Assembly also received a similar note. They were asked to
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has suspended the search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise ship as it was returning to San Francisco after a voyage to Ensenada, Mexico. The Ruby Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, arrived in San Francisco at 6:50 a.m.
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Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers returned to the state Capitol on Monday to begin a special session to protect the state’s progressive policies ahead of another Trump presidency. The Democratic governor, a fierce critic of President-elect Donald Trump, is positioning California to once again be the center
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the nearly 35-year-old case. In October, prosecutors submitted a recommendation for the brothers’ resentencing on the murder conviction in the
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A scuba dive boat captain was ordered Wednesday to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019.
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