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Mexican authorities captured two suspected murderers and a thief in separate operations in Tijuana within 24 hours, officials said Thursday. According to the authorities, the individuals were detained after they crossed the border to evade justice in the United States. The Interinstitutional Liaison and International...

Large pieces of debris continue to come out of creeks and on to South Coast beaches. Many large pieces of fallen trees are on the beach in Carpinteria. The post Another Round of Rain Leads to More Vehicle Crashes and Debris-Filled Beaches appeared first on News Channel 3-12 .

Rincon Designs closed in 2025 but will reopen in late spring 2026. The Palms is dormant. Ojai Rotie is showing signs of life as it prepares the high-profile corner of Carpinteria and Linden avenues for opening. Last year, Linden Square resurrected a downtown block that had been on mothballs for 17 years. The Food...

At 5:02 p.m. on Feb. 18, an altercation broke out on the first floor of the Earth and Biological Sciences Building on City College’s East Campus that resulted in an individual being stabbed, according to a campus-wide statement made by Executive Director of Public Affairs and Communications Jordan Killebrew.

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A joint rescue operation for a downed kite surfer is underway near the Ventura Pier Thursday. According to the City of Ventura, firefighters with Ventura City Fire Department are on the scene and staging at Surfer's Point with air assets from Ventura County Fire Department assisting.

California regulators are moving forward with plans to dismantle an aging offshore oil platform near Goleta. The California State Lands Commission launched an Environmental Impact Report, or EIR, to examine how removing Platform Holly could affect marine life and the coastline. The platform’s 30 oil and gas wells...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Los Angeles, California – Heavy snow and 70 mph wind gusts could shut down stretches of Interstate 5 over the Grapevine overnight, creating near whiteout conditions before sunrise Friday. According to the...

Boosted by this week's storms, Lake Casitas in the Ojai Valley reached its full capacity and started to spill on Feb. 18, officials said. Less than two years after it last spilled , the reservoir designed to hold enough water to make it through a 20-year drought hit that mark again. On Wednesday morning, the lake...

A Los Angeles County man has been arrested in connection with a January 17 burglary in Carptineria, where hundreds of thousands of dollars of legally grown cannabis were stolen. The burglars fled before Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies could reach the farm. The sheriff’s office has identified Dvaryae Bryant...

High winds blew through Santa Barbara County early this week. People saw bursts of downpour and strikes of lightning that were followed by rumbling thunder. On Monday, a eucalyptus tree toppled across southbound Highway 101 in Goleta, closing it for several hours. Early Tuesday morning, Santa Ynez Valley residents...