News Report

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a 6.5-acre brush fire below the SkyView Motel in Los Alamos.

A vehicle has crashed over the side of Highway 101 near Summerland and landed on the railroad tracks.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a single-vehicle collision in front of the Chumash Casino Saturday morning.

[Update]: One person has died from a vehicle collision on Highway 135 at Graciosa Road near Orcutt on Saturday morning.

Santa Barbara Police are investigating a stabbing that took place outside a bar on State Street Thursday evening. 

The Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Bureau has confirmed the identity of the murder victim that was recovered by Sheriff’s detectives on September 21.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has identified the woman who drowned in Lake Cachuma on Sunday evening.

[Update]: Five people were injured in a vehicle collision on Highway 101 northbound near Los Alamos Tuesday afternoon.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Unified School District's Custodial Services Supervisor has been arrested for various sex crimes against children.

Santa Barbara County Board Supervisor Steve Lavagnino is quarantining due to COVID-19 while the county's numbers continue to decrease.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the body found in Mission Creek last week.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the Los Angeles area on Friday night and was felt through the Central Coast.

Santa Barbara County firefighters are responding to an injured paraglider near Gibraltar Rock on Friday afternoon.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for an armed robbery suspect in Buellton.

[Update]: Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of a brush fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base that grew to 110 acres on Wednesday.

A transient has been arrested for multiple felonies after setting multiple fires in Lompoc this week.

A student has filed a lawsuit against UC Santa Barbara's Police Chief for sexual battery.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District issued an Air Quality Warning for Santa Barbara County to be in effect until conditions improve. 

[Update]: Crews are responding to a seven-acre brush fire off Highway 1 near Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The 24-acre brush fire south of Lompoc that took place on Labor Day was determined to be caused by recreational target shooting.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters are on the scene of a brush fire near a pistachio farm off Highway 33 near Cuyama.

[Update]: Santa Barbara City Firefighters responded to an early morning fire at an apartment in the first block of W. Arrellaga Street Thursday.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara Police Department has made an arrest in a shooting near a motel on upper State Street.

A Port Hueneme man has been indicted for allegedly threatening a woman during a decades-long harassment campaign targeting her family.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a small brush fire near Vandenberg Air Force Base early Tuesday evening.

[Update]: The Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the motorcyclist who died following a traffic collision on Cathedral Oaks Friday.

Santa Barbara Police arrested a suspected armed robber while he was stuck in Labor Day traffic.

[Update]: The Anaheim Police Department has confirmed the body found on a Gaviota Beach this Sunday belongs to a homicide suspect.

The U.S. Forest Service announced Monday eight national forests would temporarily close, including Los Padres, due to dangerous fire conditions.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County fire crews have stopped the forward progress of a 24-acre brush fire south of Lompoc.