VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – In response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Your News Channel, the highest office at the Department of Defense stated it has no records of any form of authorization for a domestic law enforcement operation last year. Federal law explicitly prohibits the use of the U.S. military
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – Last week, Senator Padilla received a whistleblower disclosure revealing allegations of illegal actions within multiple Trump Administration agencies seeking “unlawful voters” nationwide. On Sep. 8 of this year, an anonymous whistleblower alleged to legislators that employees at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have been directed by officers with the agency’s Fraud
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – A federal judge blocked the Trump Administration’s attempts to unilaterally deny Clean Air Act waivers submitted by California to have higher emissions standards than required under federal law by unlawfully recategorizing the requests when sharing them with Congress. “This is no run-of-the-mill challenge to agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act
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SAN FRANCISCO (KEYT) – California’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s recent deal killing a local offshore wind energy project Friday alleging the deal is unconstitutional and violates multiple federal laws. In late April of this year, the Trump Administration announced it had cut a deal with two offshore wind energy companies,
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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A former employee of the world’s largest distributor of berries alleges that the company knowingly violated Canadian import rules and over applied pesticides in violation of California state law for years before asking him to assist in covering it up. When the now-former employee declined to help unless the company
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – Multiple volunteers with immigrant rights organization VC Defensa were subject to early morning detentions and searches by federal officials in Ventura County early Wednesday. According to VC Defensa, at least two volunteers with their group were part of the sweeping raids that specifically targeted electronic devices and were authorized by search
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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – On Oct. 16 of last year, Leo Martinez, an activist with local immigrant rights group VC Defensa, was recording federal immigration operations when agents drove their vehicle into truck he was driving, claimed he had hit them, and then took him into custody. Videos, images, and accounts that came out the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – California Senator Alex Padilla spoke during a Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee meeting last week noting a severe lack of Congressional oversight regarding actions by Department of Homeland Security personnel this year and on Monday, Nov. 24, a joint City-Congressional Field Hearing is being held in Los Angeles regarding raids conducted this
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — For years, a giant red stiletto standing tall along Highway 101 near La Conchita has sparked curiosity and brought joy to drivers. “It was just that little bit of humor that somebody—I don’t know if somebody put it there for our eyes to just enjoy,” said Frances Tiger, who lives
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Our NewsChannel Tipline investigation delves into the dark world of hackers and thieves. We all deal with passwords, two-factor authentication, security questions, multi-step whatevers, it’s maddening. We do all of that to stop or at least slow down the crooks. However, sometimes, even that’s not enough.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, claims it could save more than $4 million by terminating federal leases along the Central and South Coasts. But a News Channel investigation into the proposed savings raises new questions. Nationwide, DOGE has identified more than 670 leases that, if terminated, would reportedly save
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35 unused Santa Barbara County ambulance vehicles are for sale. A proposal to provide a full emergency medical service contract did not work out.
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Santa Barbara County taxpayers are footing the bill for dozens of brand-new ambulances that have yet to be put into service. Currently, 35 new ambulances are sitting in a private hangar at the Santa Maria Airport, costing taxpayers $15,000 a month in rent until the county decides what to do
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The Craig Case fraud trial is expected to go to the jury Monday. Case is accused for cheating a Montecito woman out of nearly $690,000.
Continue Reading We have to go back 15 years to the housing crisis, when many people owed more for their home than it was worth. It was called being “upside down” and foreclosures skyrocketed.
So, the government stepped in and offered loan modifications allowing troubled homeowners to refinance their first and second mortgages into one manageable loan.
Continue Reading Solar Power seems to be a bright spot in today’s goal to achieve a clean energy future. One of the most powerful forces behind that effort is Tesla with its electric vehicles, charging stations and its home solar systems.
But, as you’re about to find out, some people are paying a very high price.
Santa Ynez Valley, CA – Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in Los Olivos on Monday night It happened around 9:41 p.m. at 5100 Figueroa Block and Mountain Road., near a middle school in the area. Firefighters arrived at the scene assisting with the evacuation of students, who were all accounted for. Wind is
Continue Reading Our NewsChannel Tipline investigation takes us back to the first days of the pandemic when everything seemed to stop or shutdown.
A Santa Barbara man canceled his flight on Frontier Airlines touching off a long fight over a refund.
Continue Reading Our News Channel Tipline investigation exposes problems with one of the big online car dealers, Vroom.
Continue Reading In October, we introduced you to Gina Quiroz. She’s been homeless for almost six years. But, she’s putting her life back together with the ultimate goal of reuniting with her two children.
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