SAN LUIS COUNTY, Calif (KEYT) – Firefighters responded to multiple vegetation fires along reported Highway 166 near Alamo Creek Road in San Luis Obispo County Tuesday night. Officials say several of the fires were initially reported at less than one acre. Officials report one of the fires, located north of Highway 166, grew to approximately
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.- Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire in Santa Barbara Thursday evening. At 7:45 p.m., Santa Barbara County fire crews were dispatched to the 1200 block of North San Marcos road after reports of a brush fire. According to Noozhawk, the fire was burning beneath power lines in the area. Southern California
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- A vegetation fire broke out along southbound Highway 101 near Castillo Street in Santa Barbara late Friday. Firefighters were called around 11:31 p.m., but it’s still not known as to how it ignited. This is a developing story. An update will be provided as more information comes into our newsroom.
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ORCUTT, Calif. (KEYT) – Crime scene investigators and Santa Barbara County Sheriffs have been at Town & Country Mobile Home Park in Orcutt today. This senior mobile home community had an unusually noisy morning, and sheriffs say it involves a stolen vehicle. Details as to how it all started have yet to be confirmed, but
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) A search and rescue operation appears to be underway by Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. There are unconfirmed reports that a kayaker is missing. Santa Barbara Police said they are parked near the Dolphin Fountain to assist the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol. Members of the patrol could not be reached for
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A pair of high-profile developments in the heart of downtown Santa Maria are beginning to take shape in their construction process.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-A female was struck by a car Monday night in Santa Barbara. It happened around 10 p.m at the intersection of Vine Avenue and East De La Guerra Street. The driver fled the scene, hitting two other cars in the way. The pedestrian was transported to the hospital; it’s unknown about her injury
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. – One person is dead after a shooting near Bohnett Park on the westside of Santa Barbara. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man suffering from a gunshot would and another uninjured victim. Officers gave CPR to the injured man, but
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Three people have been arrested in connection with a burglary at Headwaters Cannabis on Foothill Road early Wednesday and multiple other suspects remain at large after a search of the area. On Feb. 4, around 2:57 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a reported burglary in progress at the cannabis
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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 hours.
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – A scene began early Wednesday morning on North A street, where protesters have gathered in response to word of ICE agents in the area. Your News Channel was on scene where at one point shouting began between protestors and ICE agents. VC Defensa had been live on their Instagram and have
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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 from what appeared to be a garage at a home near Juleston Drive and Hidden Pines Road. The flames drew a large crowd of onlookers as firefighters worked to gain control. Authorities
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A fire broke out near Los Olivos along State Route 101 around 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon. The freeway was shut down in both directions between State Route 154 near Los Olivos and State Route 246 in Buellton. but reopened as of 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The fire was at 10
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VENTURA, Calif – Ventura High School locked down after a student reported that they saw the outline of a potential gun in another student’s waistband. Ventura Police Department say the suspected student was detained. After an extensive search with K9 units, the police say they found no weapon. Police lifted the lockdown about 2:30 p.m.
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This article has been updated to include additional information from a Thursday morning booking log from Santa Barbara Sheriff and a response from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. MONTECITO, Calif. – A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday evening after violently attacking a woman inside a Montecito estate and barricading himself from deputies
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara Police reported to a fatal traffic collision that left a cyclist dead on Sunday night. It happened before 10:00 p.m. on State Street near Pedregosa St. First responders discovered a bicyclist with major injuries and despite life-saving attempts at the scene, the bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Firefighters extinguished a brush fire that broke out on a northern portion of base property Thursday morning.Alert California cameras captured a large plume of black smoke rising from behind a mountain ridge a few miles west of Orcutt. The Vandenberg Fire Department handled the response, and the Globe Fire
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VENTURA, Calif. — Island Packers has reported continued whale sightings this spring. Whale watching season typically runs from December through mid-April, but this year it appears to be lasting a bit longer. Although sightings are not guaranteed, the crew is always on the lookout. Now is a great time to check it out. Island Packers
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A request for more information about the death of UCSB student Liz Hamel is being made by her family and an attorney. She died following an incident believed to be a dorm fall on Feb. 14.
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Detectives are looking for multiple suspects following a fatal stabbing on San Simeon Drive near Turnpike Road. According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the 17-year-old who was transported from the scene, later died from his injuries at the hospital around 9:33 p.m. Wednesday evening.
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