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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – As 2025 draws to a close, the County of Santa Barbara proudly highlights a year of transformative achievements that advanced public safety, strengthened community services, updated parks and infrastructure, and made...

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Ventura County Emergency Office issued an evacuation order for Ventura Beach alongside warnings for several other areas starting at 6:00 p.m. today due to upcoming storms. Warnings for the Mountain Fire burn scar, the area of Matilija Canyon/North Fork/Camino Cielo and the communities of...

This article was underwritten in part by the Mickey Flacks Journalism Fund for Social Justice, a proud, innovative supporter of local news. To make a contribution go to sbcan.org/journalism_fund. Tucked down toward the end of Pine and Rutherford Street in Old Town Goleta, neat rows of mobile homes form a...

GAVIOTA COAST, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews helped a man to the hospital after his truck rolled over and crashed near railroad tracks on Highway 101 between Refugio and El Capitan State Beaches Tuesday. Crews arrived just after 8:00 p.m. and spent 30 minutes using the jaws of life to get him out of the The post Man...

Firing of gun outside Hueneme home leads to arrest Port Hueneme police arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly fired a gun outside a home Dec. 22. Officers with the Port Hueneme Police Department were called to the 700 block of Halyard Street around 10:15 a.m. on a report of a person firing a gun, according to a...

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A 23-year-old Ventura man has been arrested in connection with multiple assaults near Marina Park on Nov. 30, 2025. On Tuesday, detectives arrested the 23-year-old Ventura man who lives near where the assaults and robbery of a 70-year-old in Marina Park happened stated the Ventura Police...

Memo Torres breaks down immigration raids and related news in Southern California today. Below, you'll find links and references to everything discussed in the video, allowing you to take a closer look at each topic. EDITOR’S NOTE: Memo Torres will be on vacation until the new year. Izzy Ramirez will...

Southern California Weather Force has issued a Tornado Watch effective overnight tonight through Christmas Eve for the following zones;. San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire …

MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) Sand and sand bags are available at a number of fire stations in Santa Barbara County and some parks have Do It Yourself sandbag supply stations. That is the case in Lower Manning Park in Montecito. Landscaping crews, with plenty of muscle, came early. Some of them will be protecting the...

With the looming retirement of Santa Barbara County Superior Court Executive Officer Darrel Parker, the judges have unanimously selected his deputy to fill the top job. Angela Braun, the current chief deputy executive officer, will assume the top civilian job upon the retirement of Parker in February. The job...