VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Members of Coast Guard Air Station Ventura are being hailed heroes. Pilot Lt. Miyako Miller got the Mayday distress call and took off with her crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Ventura at Pt. Mugu to rescue people off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico late last week. Coast Guard
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Santa Barbara is honoring the life and service of World War II veteran Arthur Max Petersen. The 102-year-old served during some of the war’s largest and most significant battles. Petersen’s military service became part of a life remembered for courage, dedication and a lasting connection to his community. A celebration honoring
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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (KEYT) When the Port of Hueneme hosts its annual Banana Festival it gives visitors a chance to tour the deep sea port by bus and boat. Usually the port is full of container ships with bananas and cars and more, but many are delayed by hurricane Polo. That gave folks on the
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – World War II Navy Veteran and award-winning artist Don Fay celebrated his 99th birthday with a weekend art show and sale. Art lovers bought their favorite paintings during the annual Art Walk at the Shores in Oxnard on Saturday. Then, Fay’s family kept the show and sale going on Sunday to
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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – The Public Affairs Office at Vandenberg Space Force Base is on damage control following yesterday’s embarrassing incident that left invited members of the media and two military members held at gunpoint. Reporters for your News Channel, Noozhawk, KSBY and the Santa Maria Times arrived at the front gates
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LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Vandenberg Space Force Base is hosting a “Golden Shovel” groundbreaking ceremony today for a new 160,000-square-foot training facility. The Air Education and Training Command Sentinel Formal Training Unit will consolidate instruction for both missile operators and maintainers. The facility represents the largest Sentinel military construction project at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – An old squadron is back in action with a new commander at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Rowland is now leading the re-activated “4Th Space Launch Squadron.” “Today is about much more than just activating a new unit,” says Col. James T. Horne III, Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Commander. “It’s
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) The 10th annual American Veterans United BBQ fundraiser took place at ‘olołkoy Beach Park. The park formerly known as Oxnard Beach Park is named after the Chumash word for dolphins. Veterans from as far away as Santa Maria and Orange County attended. They enjoyed dancing, food and and a fundraising auction. The
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OJAI, Calif. (KEYT) Vandenberg Space Force Base concluded a four-stop “Mission Update” community speaker series in Ojai with a focus on Sonic Booms. Even Ojai’s Mayor Andy Gilman has heard and felt sonic booms at his home near city hall following launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base. “You”ll hear a window rattle every once in
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – The Channel Islands Yacht Club (CIYC) hosted its 14th annual ‘Disabled Veterans Sail’ Day. More than 20 skippers in Oxnard’s Channel Islands Harbor volunteered to take veterans out on their sailboats and motorboats. “We are out here for our 14th year and it is funny because I get emotional, I love our
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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (KEYT) One local Memorial Day Ceremony includes an annual Paddle Out. Port Hueneme Ocean Lifeguards and those training to be lifeguards made a splash. People watching from the pier tossed carnations into the waves below in memory of fallen service members. The early morning ceremony on the Port Hueneme Pier also included remarks by
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) The Channel Islands High School Raiders Band performed at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Oxnard’s Plaza Park. Daniel Sevilla played Taps and Heaven Herrera Cruz sang America the Beautiful and God Bless America. The park is known for an engraved memorial honoring the military. Boy Scouts and veterans placed wreaths by those
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VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) The Avenue of Flags is a Memorial Day tradition at Ivy Lawn. The flags line the roads at the Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura. Many have been donated by the families of men and women who served their country. There is also a donated wreath in front of a statue honoring
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Stanley Issac Clothier was born April 8, 1921 in Montana. On Sunday, his family, friends and elected leaders celebrated his birthday with a cake and more. In 1942, he joined the Navy where he studied radar and joined the “Special Task Group 1” that developed remote control drones attached to bomber
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) A local marine is being remembered at his namesake swim-a-thon The 2026 Patrick }Vega Memorial Swim-a-Thon raises money for scholarships and swim programs. It took place at his alma mater’s pool at Oxnard High School. Swim teams took turns filling the lanes. Most swam 29 x 100 or 2900 yards in honor of what would
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A framed photo in Ray Merpour’s Santa Barbara Gas, Propane & Smog shop shows the former fighter pilot under the Shah of Iran next to his plane. Other than that, you may not know his history of moving from Iran to California in January 1987, with a few stops in
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A rally in support of Greenland was held in Solvang Saturday. About 200 people showed their opposition to the U.S. taking over the island.
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KEYT) – For the holiday season, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley has 26 Christmas trees on display. “An American Christmas” is the theme of the annual exhibit, with each tree decorated to represent a different decade or defining era. The display includes a 1960s tree with Beatles items that
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MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. (KEYT) Skier and snowboarders are flocking to mammoth and enjoying the runs that are open thanks to storms in Sierra and man made snow. Members of the Marine Corps Warfare Training Center from Bridgeport skied on Telemark skies and spent the week training at the Mammoth Mountain Inn. Camera crews with Mammoth
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