Santa Barbara CA

Transient Occupancy Tax Results for the City of Santa Barbara – November 30, 2025. The City of Santa Barbara collected $2.7 Million in Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) for November 2025, the fifth month in the City’s fiscal year. Year to date, the City has collected $17.7 Million in...

A woman was rescued from a crash off Highway 154 on the evening of Tuesday, December 30, after her car veered roughly 150 feet down a steep embankment just east of Windy Gap. Emergency responders from Santa Barbara County Fire, Santa Barbara City Fire, CHP, AMR, and the Sheriff’s Air Support Unit were dispatched to...

Chicken restaurant Raising Cane’s is reportedly coming to Goleta. The popular fast-food restaurant is apparently moving into Hollister Village, specifically where Kyle’s Kitchen resides, at 7000 Hollister Ave. The chain restaurant is most known for its combo meals with fried chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries, Texas...

We want to start with a heartfelt thank you to every incredible couple who entered our Santa Barbara Wedding Style elopement giveaway. Reading your stories, dreams, and reasons for saying “yes” reminded us why we love what we do—and today, we’re so excited to celebrate the couple who won.

Santa Barbara City firefighters are responding to a structure fire on the El Encanto resort property in Santa Barbara on Friday, January 2, 2026. Several engines and Batallian Chiefs are confirmed to be on the scene at 800 Alvarado Place, Building 501 in the Riviera neighborhood of Santa Barbara, according to...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Jessica and Laurence welcomed Isla, their first, and the first baby born this year at Cottage Hospital early Thursday morning. On Jan. 1, 2026, at 4:41 a.m., the healthy nine pound, 20.5 inch infant joined her parents who are both doing well and helped the entire community celebrate the...

Search-engine giant Google is offering an interesting feature for their local audiences. They’re showing what residents searched for most on their platform. Ed couldn’t resist, so he want to Local Year in Search and typed in “Santa Barbara” to see what popped up. Some of the answers are predictable, some not so much.

Firefighters extinguished a fire at a Goleta commercial building early Friday morning and reported no injuries in the incident. The blaze was reported at 1:59 a.m. on the 100 block of Aero Camino. It was knocked down at 2:11 a.m., the Santa Barbara County Fire Department said. The cause of...

A pair of storms is expected to bring yet more rainfall to the Central and South Coasts. The first storm could mean rain Friday night and Saturday, while the second is expected Saturday night into Sunday. Rainfall totals could be in the 1-3" range on the coast and inland, with...

GOLETA, Calif.- (KEYT) Santa Barbara County firefighters knocked down a structure fire early this morning. The fire happened at the 100 block of Aero Camino in Goleta. The fire was caused by a New Year's candle display that spread to combustible materials and ignited. Battalion Chief Adam Estabrook advises people...