News Report

The Santa Barbara Police Department has released the results of an independent investigation of a city employee that was alleged to have a conflict of interest with commercial cannabis licenses.

Animal activists and rescue groups have been debating the recent rescue of five black swans in Santa Barbara's Harbor in recent weeks.

[Update]: Small grass fire extinguished on oil lease property east of Orcutt Wednesday morning.

[Update]: The cause of a structure fire in the 1300 block of Dover Hill Road that took place on Saturday was determined to accidental due to an electrical malfunction.

Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc will be officially renamed the Vandenberg Space Force Base this coming Friday.

[Update]: A San Luis Obispo Police Officer was killed and a second officer injured during a shooting on Monday.

A man was rescued after becoming wedged between two wooden pilings on the Goleta Pier early Saturday morning.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters rescued two men off the Isla Vista coast from their "kiddie pool" boat.

Local agencies are commemorating National Nurses Week for all the workers who give care.

Santa Barbara City's ban on the majority of short-term rentals in the Coastal Zone was rejected by an appeals court on Tuesday.

A UC Santa Barbara student group is demanding $900 checks from the university's federal funding.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors approve first outdoor cannabis “grow” with strict controls on the stench of pot.

Montecito Firefighters rescued an injured hiker from the Hot Springs Trail on Wednesday afternoon.

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Santa Barbara City Councilmember Meagan Harmon to the California Coastal Commission on Tuesday.

[Update]: Santa Barbara Police are investigating an armed robbery of a wholesale jeweler in the parking lot of Trader Joe's on N. Milpas Street.

Two Goleta schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a report was made of a man with a gun in the area.

[Update]: A vehicle fire spread to nearby brush on Highway 154 near Cathedral Oaks Tuesday morning.

[Update]: A Goleta woman died in a solo traffic collision on Highway 101 northbound at Padaro Lane on Friday.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a vehicle collision on Highway 101 at Nojoqui Summit Monday morning.

A fire that started from a refrigerator spread through the kitchen in a Goleta home.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to two brush fires near a homeless camp off Los Carneros early Saturday.

A traffic collision between a semi-truck and sedan sent three people to the hospital in the Santa Maria Valley on Friday morning.

A large container vessel suffered an engine fire early Wednesday morning off the coast of El Capitan Beach.

The Santa Barbara Police Department announced additional arrests relating to the double homicide on Santa Barbara's Eastside in January.

[Update]: A suspect was arrested for brandishing a weapon at two different incidents this past week in Santa Barbara.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies are searching for a robbery suspect in an Orcutt neighborhood.

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Monday afternoon.

A Santa Maria man wielding a knife in the 500 block of State Street was arrested by Santa Barbara Police on Sunday evening.

A Santa Maria man has died in a solo vehicle collision on Highway 101 near Solomon Grade.

[Update]: A 23-year-old Goleta man died in a solo vehicle rollover on Highway 154 Sunday.