News Report

[Update]: A Santa Maria man was arrested after a butane oil honey lab exploded in an Orcutt apartment on Saturday.

[Update]: The California Highway Patrol has announced a 24-year-old Santa Barbara woman died in the traffic collision on Highway 1 Friday evening.

Rep. Salud Carbajal, local officials, and environmental advocates celebrated the passage of the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act on Friday.

Brand Farms was expected to be the model for legal cannabis growing in Santa Barbara County until it was raided.

The HOPR Bike Share company has ended its contract with UC Santa Barbara and plans to leave by spring break.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a report of someone falling from a balcony in Isla Vista on Thursday evening.

[Update]: Hazmat Teams are responding to a rollover traffic collision that involved a pool service truck with chemical spills.

Santa Barbara City College held a vigil on Wednesday for the Goleta couple who was killed in a DUI hit-and-run this past weekend.

[Update]: A driver struck two pedestrians in front of Carpinteria High School on Thursday morning. 

The Santa Barbara County Animal Services Director was fired and the department isn't saying why.

Righetti High School students started a xenophobic chant during a high school basketball game against St. Joseph on Tuesday.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department announced an increase in personnel, services, and equipment in various locations throughout the north county.

[Update]: A Goleta man was arrested for DUI among other charges after crashing his vehicle and killing two pedestrians while fleeing the scene.

Community members joined the Housing Authority to help decorate and furnish studio apartments for veterans this weekend.

Family members have set up an online fundraiser to help the four children who lost their parents in Sunday's fatal hit and run collision. 

Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor Mike Stoker was released from his region director position at the Environmental Protection Agency this week.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is using a helicopter to search for wanted suspects in the Patterson Ave area.

The injured barn owl found on Highway 101 in December has made a full recovery and was released back to nature.

The driver who fled the scene from a 2018 hit-and-run that injured one woman during a CHP pursuit in Montecito has pled guilty to all felony counts as charged.

Just after 3 am Wednesday morning, Montecito Firefighters responded to a structure fire in a residence. 

A Santa Barbara City College employee has been arrested for allegedly stealing printer supplies and selling them on eBay since 2015.

[Update]: The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office served new search warrants relating to the disappearance of Kristin Smart that occurred over 20 years ago.

[Update]: A Lompoc man was arrested for stabbing another man in the 800 block of North G Street on Tuesday.

Amazon announced its workforce expansion in Santa Barbara with plans to create an additional 150 jobs in the technical field.

A District Court Judge certified a class-action lawsuit filed against Plains All American Pipeline by local property owners who have easement contracts and whose properties were impacted during the 2015 Refugio oil spill.

[Update]: A man live-streamed his arrest by Santa Barbara Police officers for violating the city library's code of conduct on Monday afternoon.

[Update]: Firefighters extinguished a small kitchen fire inside the Angel and Oak Restaurant at the Bacara Resort on Monday afternoon.

[Update]: The total cases of the 2019 novel coronavirus detected in California have risen to six as of Monday.

[Update]: Santa Barbara City Firefighters responded to a structure fire at the Hyatt Hotel on Sunday morning.

A luxury resort chain has been hired to manage the Inn at Mattei's Tavern in Los Olivos and hopes to reopen the historic landmark next year.