Santa Barbara CA

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A woman was transported to Cottage Hospital for a medical evaluation after colliding with a parked car on Mission Street and flipping her vehicle Wednesday. On June 3, around 1:20 p.m., first responders were dispatched to a traffic collision in the 700 block of...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The judicial race in Santa Barbara County is a close one between challenger Luis Esparza and Judge Thomas Adams. Although Judge Adams is ahead, this race is too close to call and attorney Luis Esparza commented on that from his campaign party at Pascucci restaurant on State St. tonight.

I transferred to the University of California Santa Barbara in 2017 and graduated three years later during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over that period I learned more about myself outside the classroom than I did within lecture halls. The weather and countryside were too enticing day after day to not venture i

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews responded to Nojoqui Falls near Buellton on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a report of a hiker requiring a possible medical rescue. The incident was reported at approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 3, according to the fire department. The nature of the hiker’s medical complain

The Ventura Planning Commission has approved a highly debated 75-unit apartment development, following a lengthy debate over parking, building size, and limits of control under state housing laws. Known as Thompson Court Apartments, the multi-family residential project will be built at 1655 East Thompson Boulevard, on

There were upsets in some races on the Central and South Coasts. Longtime Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Joe Holland lost his post to someone on his staff. Deputy Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Melinda Green garnered 60% of the vote to Holland’s 40%. Holland has held the post since 2002. Ventura County may...

Santa Barbara County Fire Department crews stopped the forward progress of a roadside vegetation fire along northbound Highway 101 at Naples on Wednesday evening. The fire was reported at approximately 5:57 p.m. on June 3, prompting a response of four engines and one battalion chief. The blaze burned an estimated...

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives last week arrested a fifth and final suspect over the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old in the Goleta area last year. On April 30, 2025, the teenage victim was stabbed near San Simeon Drive and Turnpike Road, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

Surrounded by large piñatas, shaped like red flowers — as piñata hummingbirds flutter in the wind above me — this is the start of a new immersive seasonal exhibit at the Ventura Botanical Gardens, celebrating hummingbirds. These piñatas aren’t for smashing to pieces, but to celebrate...

VENTURA, Calif. — On Thursday, June 4, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Ventura Police officers and staff will proudly carry the “Flame of Hope” four miles through city streets as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), a powerful show of unity, inclusion, and support for local Special Olympics athletes.