Santa Barbara CA

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A majority of Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District Operators and Operations Supervisors employees -represented by Teamsters Local 186- have voted to approve a tentative, three-year collective bargaining agreement Friday. The agreement secures a cumulative wage increase of 11.25...

Ventura police are investigating the theft of three bronze statues worth thousands of dollars that were taken from a historic cemetery last week.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – On the morning of September 11th, all 16 fire stations in Santa Barbara County paid their respects on the day we'll never forget. At the Santa Barbara Fire Headquarters, flags were lowered half-staff and a moment of silence was held to honor the over 300 firefighters, law enforcement...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – During last night's Farmer's Market in Carpinteria, the official poster for the 39th Annual California Avocado Festival was revealed! Designed by local artist, Scott Anderson, the poster displays a perfectly-ripe avocado enjoying what looks like an absolutely perfect day on the Central...

Just off Santa Barbara’s lively State Street, the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara offers more than a picturesque setting—it carries a sense of community and history that makes it unlike any other venue in town. With its Spanish-style architecture, vine-draped walls, and peaceful courtyard, it feels like a...

California is betting big on the future of space and putting the Central Coast at the center of it with a multi-million dollar investment.

It was a quiet and solemn morning at the Santa Barbara County Fire headquarters as the sun rose on the 24th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Only a soft chatter of conversation filled the air as people waited for the annual remembrance ceremony to begin. Fire Chief Mark Hartwig...

Some born-and-bred Santa Barbarians went to San Marcos High School. Others went to Dos Pueblos. But Santa Barbara High alumni went to “the high school,” as Dons themselves say. Founded in 1875, and now in its 150th year, Santa Barbara High is the 6th oldest high school in...

Despite considerable sticker shock over a sudden rise in construction costs, the county supervisors voted to approve a $1.5 million loan needed to make a 49-unit affordable-supportive housing project slated for Mission Hills just outside of Lompoc possible. The county’s loan — of federal housing funds over 20 years...

Offering a rare and intimate look into the creation of one of Hollywood’s legendary epics, the Tamsen Gallery presents Inside Heaven’s Gate: Behind the Scenes with Susan Bridges, an exhibition that highlights both cinematic history as well as Bridges’s personal journey as a photographer whose lens brought out the...