Santa Barbara CA

A family in Ventura is mourning the father of the household who died in a head-on collision Thursday on PCH in Malibu. Julissa Jimenez said her final goodbye to her father Julián, who was on his way to work as usual when the tragedy occurred. “I remember that night...

Despite the chilly overnights, our recent run of sunny skies and mild temperatures doesn't appear to be waning or goin away anytime soon. In fact, strengthening high pressure will bring even warmer temperatures as we head toward through the second week of December. For the overnight, expect mostly clear skies with...

MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) ShelterBox honored Kim Cantin with the 2025 Community Impact Award at the Montecito Club. Cantin said she knows how important it is to give back and she loves what ShelterBox is going to help people impacted by disasters. Cantin said she survived the Montecito mudslides of 2018 with the help...

Chase the Chill, the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Goleta’s Holiday Project, is back for its third year. Congregants have collected donations of hundreds of hand-knit and crocheted hats and scarves and purchased gloves and socks to distribute to people in need of warm clothing. Beginning Saturday,...

A Sunday morning liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base signaled the end of a busy first week under a new contract for the team responsible for monitoring just-launched rockets and missiles. The SpaceX rocket blasted off at 9:58 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-4, with the first-stage booster landing on the...

As Chief Mark Hartwig nears his retirement, he is reluctant to take credit for any of the accomplishments that have occurred during his time leading the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. “I don’t take credit for anything that happened while I was here,” Hartwig said. “I like to say I...

••• Dart Coffee Co. has taken over the Airstream outside Godmothers bookstore in Summerland. It opens tomorrow, with the same hours as at the other Dart cafés (7 a.m.-4 p.m, Monday through Thursday, and 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday through Sunday). “We want to maintain the class act that the bookstore represents,” says David...

To prepare for upcoming winter weather, the City of Ventura has reactivated its Foul Weather Shelter Plan to provide temporary shelter and “stay warm” packs to Ventura’s most vulnerable residents during extreme weather events, such as severe rain, high winds, or low temperatures. Effective December 1, 2025, the The...

A Sudden Halt to Decades of Joy (Image Credits: Unsplash) Santa Barbara – Under a typically mild coastal sky, the anticipation for holiday cheer has given way to a quiet unease in the Eastside neighborhood. A Sudden Halt to Decades of Joy Imagine planning a neighborhood bash for over 70 years, only to pull the ......

Nature of Incident:City of Ojai Selects New Chief of Police. The city of Ojai has selected Captain Tyler Abbott as its next chief of police. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce Captain Tyler Abbott has been selected as the next Chief of Police for the city of Ojai. Captain Abbott brings a...