More than 100,000 people are expected to visit Santa Barbara for its annual parade...
From June 19 to 21, locals and visitors from across the nation will take over the streets of Santa Barbara for its 52nd annual summer solstice celebration. The Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration attracts around 100,000 attendees per year, making it the county’s biggest arts and culture event historically.
The First Old Spanish Days Fiesta Dog Parade Brings Excitement and a Parade to...
A vision and idea of El Presidente Colin Hayward’s Sells Out with more than 100 entrants. Dressed in their Fiesta finest, more than 100 of our best friends brought cheers from the large crowd gathered as the inaugural Old Spanish Days Fiesta Dog Parade became a huge success Saturday morning.
UCSB rapist at large as victim’s family demands outside investigation
UC college police are once again being accused of not doing enough.
Summer Solstice Celebration Workshops begin
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) Volunteers have a month to prepare for the 52nd Summer Solstice Celebration. They held their first of many workshops on Sunday. Volunteers are building floats and preparing to make costumes. They are re-purposing things that have made a splash in the past. Artist Carlos Cuellar is helping a
California Strawberry Festival raises money for scholarships and nonprofits
VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) The California Strawberry Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary over the weekend. On Sunday, the Oxnard High School Marching Band welcomed people at the entrance. Once inside, people quenched their thirst on all kinds of strawberry drinks. They also had plenty of Strawberry treats to choose fr
UPDATE: SBC Fire crews rescue two people trapped on Isla Vista shoreline
Crews with Santa Barbara County Fire and other agencies are on-scene responding to a water rescue on Del Playa Drive near Window to the Sea Park in Isla Vista.
Helicopter Evacuates 11 Park Employees as Santa Rosa Island Fire Grows to 5,692 Acres
Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s Helicopter 964 airlifted 11 National Park Service employees from Santa Rosa Island on Sunday, May 17, as a wind-driven wildfire advanced toward their housing, officials said. All personnel were flown to Oxnard Airport without injury in a swift, high-priority evacuation. The vegeta
DP’s Cotter is head of the class in CIF D2 400-meter race
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Dos Pueblos High School shined at the CIF-SS Track and Field Finals at Moorpark High School. Kellan Cotter is the CIF-SS Division 2 champion in the 400-meter race with a winning time of 48.09 seconds. He was 9th in the 200-meter at 21.89. The Chargers 4x800 relay team captured the The po
Stabbing, shooting reported within 30-minute span in Santa Maria
A stabbing in Santa Maria left a victim critically wounded Saturday evening. Within a half hour of the stabbing, a shooting was reported in the northern Santa Barbara County city. Shortly before 7 p.m., a caller reported a stabbing victim in a vehicle parked in the In-N-Out Burger parking lot....
San Diego smells smoke from 10K-acre island wildfire
Smoke from a 10,000-acre wildfire on Santa Rosa Island in Santa Barbara County was impacting air quality in San Diego County, with surface smoke expected to linger through at least Tuesday.

















