News Report

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.

[Update]: Amtrak closed the railroad for several hours due to a brush fire near the tracks in Gaviota on Thursday afternoon.

All the remaining assets of High Sierra Grill near the Santa Barbara Airport are now up for auction.

[Update]: Highway 101 was shut down in both directions on Wednesday evening due to a possibly suicidal person threatening to jump from the Las Positas Road overpass

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to deny three appeals and approve the Strauss Wind Project in Lompoc.

[Update]: The surfer who drowned near Rincon Point on Tuesday has been identified.

[Update]: Santa Maria Police have arrested a suspected carjacker who led a high-speed pursuit resulting in two injuries on Monday.

UC Santa Barbara confirmed there are no cases of the coronavirus on campus or in student housing amid growing concerns.

The Cave Fire is now officially "out," according to the Los Padres National Forest Service.

Community organizations hosted a free discussion on the impacts of the Thomas Fire and January 9 Debris Flow. 

The Earl Warren Showgrounds Board of Directors agreed to partner with the local equine evacuation team on their equestrian facility renovation.

A Santa Barbara-based company has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit where a Marine's wife died after hitting her head in a parking lot last summer.

[Update]: Santa Maria Police have released the identities of the people involved in a murder-suicide that took place last week.

Candidates for the Board of Supervisor seat in the 1st District, Laura Capps and Das Williams, faced off in a debate moderated by Jerry Roberts this week.

A Santa Barbara man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the homicide on Olive Street that took place last week.