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MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) Montecito Community Connect on social media helped return something special to a Montecito mudslide survivor and author . "Just the other day I happened to be on Facebook and I was scanning through and I saw a post from Montecito Connect, and that was set up after the mudslide for people to...

Happy 2026! Here are the top stories from Daybreak this New Year’s morning: Solvang rings in 2026 early: The town of Solvang welcomed...

Small Plane Crashes Near Highway 101 in Goleta, Two Seriously Injured. A small plane crash along Highway 101 north of the Storke Road offramp left a shocking scene for those traveling through the Goleta area back in January. Two professional pilots employed by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis were seriously injured in the...

THOSE REGAL RED-TILED ROOFS... lend Santa Barbara much of their visual flair, but if you had to land on another hue that adds oomph to the American Riviera, you just might alight upon "blue," the color of the sky. If you were feeling especially poetic, you might even break out an "azure," for Santa Barbara, brilliant...

There is a lot to be said for people in the world who really do choose to go above and beyond what they’re expected to do. This is especially so if it’s for someone you don’t even know to begin with. A woman from Santa Barbara, California, shared her story about how the District Attorney’s office’s White Elephant...

While vehicle crashes, weather, and shootings and stabbings dominated Noozhawk’s top read stories of the year, reporters were also busy tracking court cases, immigration issues, housing, and local controversies. Here are Noozhawk’s picks for stories from 2025 that we thought were important to look back on, in no...

A childhood as a Navy brat took Kip F. Evans all over the world with his family, including a consequential trip to Polynesia where he went snorkeling with his brother and dad and saw a reef for the first time. That trip clinched his affection for the ocean. He got certified to scuba dive at 16 and continued to...

As a renter, I want a stable, sustainable city. I understand why rent stabilization is being considered, but a policy meant to protect renters shouldn’t end up hurting future ones. Before moving forward, we need to ask the hard questions:. • Today’s Protection: If we protect current renters, but...

VENTURA—Like many homes this time of year, a Christmas tree still stands tall in Kat Merrick’s living room. But within the branches hang ornaments that hold a special meaning. “I just pushed back the ash and all these little ornaments are just sitting there looking at me, and...

Today [December 31], at 5:15PM, the Santa Barbara Police Department Communications Center received a call where a passing motorist was reporting seeing a man with a gun. The witness reported that a male was standing on the north sidewalk on State St., east of La Cumbre St., pointing a rifle into the sky. Numerous...