Education Archives

Will Head Start make headway in the midst of the historic shutdown?

November 5, 2025 5:21 pm Mina Wahab

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Head Start is getting held back. The organization will be forced to lay off 97 workers and close 6 of its centers in… Continue Reading

Cal Poly Professor helps to set new lightweight aircraft altitude record during class

November 5, 2025 5:15 pm Andrew Gillies

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Cal Poly professor Paulo Iscold helped to set an unofficial altitude record for a Cub-style lightweight… Continue Reading

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Releases New Travel Route and Photo in Melodee Buzzard Case

November 3, 2025 4:26 pm Caleb Nguyen, Tracy Lehr

LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office detectives provided a new map and photo in their search for Melodee Buzzard.… Continue Reading

Ballet Preljocaj dancer leads community class before “Gravity” West Coast Premiere at The Granada

November 3, 2025 7:48 pm Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) A longtime dancer with Ballet Preljocaj led a free community class at the Carrillo Ballroom on Monday afternoon, before… Continue Reading

Hundreds of SBCC Students Explore More Than 70 Colleges Without Leaving Campus

October 29, 2025 11:09 am John Palminteri

A Santa Barbara City College Transfer Fair helps students learn about four-year schools without leaving their campus. It is an annual… Continue Reading

Santa Barbara Teens Box Their Way to Better Mental Health

October 27, 2025 11:41 am Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - A new kind of training is taking shape in Santa Barbara. It starts with a pair of boxing gloves. “I really feel… Continue Reading

Popular Pumpkin Patch offers hayrides, maze and more in Ventura

October 26, 2025 9:26 pm Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) Generations of people visit McGrath Brothers Great Pacific Pumpkin Patch before Halloween. Some adults remember visiting as… Continue Reading

The Kindred Collective Hosts Inaugural “Flourish & Flow: A Black Joy Beach Party”

October 26, 2025 9:15 pm Tracy Lehr

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Kindred Collective at University of California, Santa Barbara's Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and… Continue Reading

Plein Air Artists Find Inspiration at Great Pacific Pumpkins

October 25, 2025 8:45 pm Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A popular pumpkin patch in Ventura invited Plein Air artists to their property. "Plein Air" is French for the act of… Continue Reading

Substitute teacher at San Marcos High School removed after repeating racial slur

October 24, 2025 3:43 pm Caleb Nguyen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A San Marcos High School student reported a substitute teacher who repeatedly said a racial slur during a… Continue Reading

Red Ribbon Week Starts With Pajama Day At Santa Maria’s Taylor Elementary

October 23, 2025 12:10 pm Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - Eight days of drug prevention education begin today in Santa Maria with the official start of Red Ribbon Week. Since… Continue Reading

Actor Jeff Bridges Joins Supporters, Boys and Girls at the Downtown Club in Santa Barbara

October 22, 2025 6:09 pm John Palminteri

Actor Jeff Bridges brought his support to the Santa Barbara and the downtown club for Boys and Girls. The local resident is also the national… Continue Reading

Santa Barbara Students Explore Future Careers in New Skills Lab

October 22, 2025 11:50 am Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Students are racing through real-world career challenges at Vieja Valley Elementary School in Santa Barbara. “We’re… Continue Reading

National Science On Screen® Grant Goes to SLO Film Center At the Palm Theater

October 22, 2025 1:36 pm Jarrod Zinn

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - The Palm Theater in downtown San Luis Obispo is one of nine first-time recipients of the Science On Screen®… Continue Reading

UCSB Library hosts “From the Airwaves to Archives”

October 21, 2025 10:57 pm Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The University of California, Santa Barbara is now home to KEYT archives that everyone can see for… Continue Reading

How a Central Coast Historian is Using AI to Share His Story

October 19, 2025 9:45 pm Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – Local memoir author and historian Leroy Buddy Gibson Jr. is using artificial intelligence known as AI to preserve his… Continue Reading

Crane Country Day hosts annual Country Day Fair

October 19, 2025 9:42 pm Tracy Lehr

MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) The Crane Country Day Fair took place on Sunday. Crane School in Montecito has been hosting the event for decades. It… Continue Reading

How a Group is Fighting Conflict With Resolution In The Santa Maria Valley

October 17, 2025 11:48 am Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - A symposium on conflict resolution was held in Santa Maria at Boyd Concert Hall on the campus of Allan Hancock College,… Continue Reading

Santa Barbara Students Meet Real-Life Hero Who Inspired Their Fight for Clean Water

October 16, 2025 11:38 am Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Excitement is in the air as students meet Salva Dut — the real-life hero behind A Long Walk to Water. “They were… Continue Reading

Rabbi Daniel Brenner and Local Jewish Community React to Hostage Release

October 13, 2025 8:23 pm Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Some members of the Jewish community watched the celebration in Israel until 1 a.m. at Congregation B'nai… Continue Reading