News Report

The Santa Barbara Police Department is confirming a letter regarding the mobilization of the National Guard is fake.

Two transients who were arrested for assaulting a family on State Street last month are now facing murder charges in the death of a Santa Cruz woman.

Santa Barbara Police are searching for a suspect who assaulted and robbed a female jogger on Wednesday evening.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to an early morning structure fire on Highway 246 Wednesday.

[Update]: A mountain lion was safely captured in an Orcutt backyard early Tuesday evening.

The City of Santa Barbara is expected to layoff approximately 400 employees due to the COVID-19 crisis. 

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a small oil spill in the Santa Maria Valley Monday morning.

A local family is displaced after an early Sunday morning fire damaged their two-story home in the unincorporated area of Goleta.

One person was helicoptered to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital following a UTV collision in the Los Padres National Forest Saturday evening.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police are investigating a large fight that left two people injured on the Westside Friday night.

Jerry Roberts breaks down the two realities of the global coronavirus pandemic.

UC Santa Barbara is planning to hold a "virtual ceremony" for graduation as other local colleges follow suit.

[Update with Sansum Clinic's Response]: Local healthcare system Sansum Clinic announces a temporary furlough of around 50% of its clinical and non-clinical staff due to COVID-19 related financial losses.

The Rincon Bluffs Preserve, a scenic oceanfront property zoned for a destination resort at the eastern edge of Carpinteria, is slated to be transferred to the city and managed forever as public open space.

Santa Barbara County will use the state’s “track-and-trace” inventory for 60 days to monitor cannabis operations.

The Environmental Defense Center responds to the proposed settlement agreement with Plains All American Pipeline regarding the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.

The Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization is leaving her position after 15 months.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a structure fire in Santa Maria early Monday morning.

Local agencies are responding to an overturned oil tanker in the Cuyama river off Highway 166 carrying 6,000 gallons of crude oil.

Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors upholds a permit for the Busy Bee Organics outdoor cannabis “grow” near Buellton.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Search & Rescue rescued a stuck hiker near 7 Falls on Tuesday.

[Update]: Search and Rescue Teams responded to a group of lost hikers way up Mission Creek.

One person has died from a single-vehicle rollover collision on Highway 101 southbound near Dos Pueblos Canyon Road on Saturday afternoon.

Two gang members from the Los Angeles area were convicted of residential burglaries and a Montecito home invasion after the 1/9 Debris Flow.

A local teenager is recovering after sustaining life-threatening injuries from a hit-and-run collision in December.

Laura Capps has conceded to Das Williams in the strenuous race to win the First District seat of Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

[Update]: A Santa Barbara woman has been arrested following the standoff on Encore Drive Tuesday morning.

[Update]: The evacuation warnings have been lifted after firefighters stop the forward progress of the brush fire off Highway 154.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies assisted Los Angeles Police in the search of two Carpinteria residences connected to a homicide case.

One person sustained injuries after a vehicle crashed 50 feet over the side of Highway 166 Sunday morning.