Community Support Urgently Needed to Protect Access to Medically Necessary Meals in Santa Barbara...
Organic Soup Kitchen is asking the community to step in during a critical moment to help prevent nutrition gaps for low-income residents living with serious and chronic illness. Over the past year, Organic Soup Kitchen partnered with a local health care provider to deliver medically tailored meals to individuals...
VUSD Reviews Possible School Closures
The Ventura Unified School District (VUSD) Board of Education has directed staff to begin a clear, evidence-based process to evaluate whether any school sites should be considered for closure as early as the 2027-2028 school year. As part of this effort, the District is forming a School Closures Advisory Committee to...
Quiet weather ahead, Monday Jan 26th forecast
Aside from the early patchy fog, our latest moderate offshore flow provided for another dry and mostly mild day. Mid and upper level clouds continue to stream across the region, but rain chances are pretty much nonexistent at this time. Look for more foothill and mountain northerly winds through the overnight and in...
Seymour Duncan celebrates 50th Anniversary at NAMM 2026
ANAHEIM, Calif. (KEYT) As the National Association of Music Merchants hosted its 125 show, Santa Barbara- based Seymour Duncan celebrated it 50th anniversary. "It's 50 years since we started Seymour Duncan in Santa Barbara which is pretty amazing we have had so much community support and all the friends we have met...
A New Tasting Room on Coast Village Road
••• Sunstone Winery is taking over the former Folded Hills tasting room at 1294 Coast Village Road. ••• And Côtière now has a tasting room in Los Alamos, in the new building on the right as you drive into town. ••• Starting February 16,...
Ventura dog heading to Westminster Dog Show
VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) A local four-legged friend is on the way to the 150th Westminster Dog Show. Nicole and Tom Scurrah's dog Fergus is a Kooikerhondje. (pronounced like Koy-Ker-Hone-Cha) It is special Dutch spaniel. Furgus has won countless ribbons, including some at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara....
Expect Night Noise, Lane Closures as Highway 101 Work Expands in Santa Barbara and...
Drivers on Highway 101 should prepare for lane closures, nighttime noise, and reduced speeds as construction ramps up over the next two weeks across Santa Barbara, Montecito, and Padaro Lane. The $15.8 million project will upgrade bridge rails to current safety standards and extend the lifespan of three Highway 101...
Santa Barbara Paramedic Flips Traditional Patient Assessment on Its Head
The paramedics did almost everything right. They responded to a call for an unconscious man slumped on a bus bench. He was barely breathing. His pupils were pinpoint. The signs pointed to a narcotics overdose. They administered naloxone. The man woke up. What they didn’t do — what wasn’t required...
Reconsidering the Closing of State Street
As a small business owner who spends a significant amount of time downtown, I feel compelled to share my perspective on State Street because its current configuration directly affects my business and the overall health of the downtown economy. I am writing to respectfully urge the City Council to reconsider...
Surfers Point parking rates, on hold for now, stoke frustration
Controversial parking rate increases have been at least temporarily halted at a Ventura County Fairgrounds lot that serves one of the best-known surfing beaches in the region. After a closed-door discussion on Jan. 5, the Ventura County Fairgrounds Board of Directors voted unanimously to pause last year’s rate...
