News Report

A new Sierra Club report names Santa Barbara as one of the top ten U.S. cities moving to 100% clean energy.

[Update]: Four people sustained injuries after two vehicles collided on Highway 154 at Vista Point late Sunday evening.

Firefighters responded to a working structure fire at a home on Las Alturas Sunday morning.

A new Coast Guard vessel was named after a local hero, Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell E. Horne, who died during active duty.

The New Beginnings' Safe Parking Program was the focus of a recent episode of HBO's VICE focused on the hidden homelessness crisis.

[Update]: CHP released the identities of two suspects arrested after a high-speed pursuit and hit and run in Montecito on Tuesday.

Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Eric Peterson announced his retirement on Friday.

[Update]: The brush fire at Ogilvy Ranch in the Los Padres National Forest is now 25% contained at 175 acres.

A total of seven vehicles collided due to a high-speed driver swerving through traffic on Highway 101 early Saturday morning.

[Update]: Two suspects have been identified after being arrested for attempting to rob a Marijuana Cultivation Facility in Carpinteria early Wednesday morning.

Three people were transported to the hospital on Thursday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Highway 154 near Live Oak.

Santa Barbara Police was dispatched to a reckless driver on East Beach Wednesday morning where they found an SUV stuck in the sand.

California Highway Patrol believes a Santa Maria woman died in a vehicle collision on Highway 101 after falling asleep at the wheel.

The Long Beach Fire Department is investigating an incident where it's believed some of their employees overdosed at a Santa Barbara house party this past weekend.

[Update]: The Ojai woman who attempted suicide with a firearm on Thursday was the family law attorney for the Pasadena man who killed his 5-year-old son and dumped his body near the same location in Lake Cachuma.

Sheriff's Deputies and County firefighters utilized Narcan to help save four party-goers who displayed symptoms of an opioid drug overdose in Mission Canyon.

[Update]: Sheriff’s Deputies interrupted a residential burglary and arrested a suspect in Hope Ranch on Friday.

An off-road motorcyclist was airlifted to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after a solo collision on W. Camino Cielo Road.

Nicholas Holzer was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for murdering his parents, two young sons, and the family dog in 2014.

[Update]: Roger reports someone was in the ocean under Stearn's Wharf, attempting to evade the Harbor Patrol.

[Update]: The Front Fire located east of Santa Maria is now 98% contained at 1,014 acres with full containment expected August 29th.

Santa Barbara County firefighters were quick to extinguish a 1.5-acre brush fire in Santa Barbara early Thursday evening.

[Update]: The Bomb Squad examined a suspicious device in Isla Vista and determined it to be a string of batteries wrapped in duct tape with a cord.

District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced the Santa Barbara County’s Golden State Killer Murder Cases will be tried in Sacramento along with the cases from other counties.

Lowe's announced Wednesday morning that all Orchard Supply Hardware stores will close by the end of the fiscal year.

[Update]: A small brush fire on N. Glen Annie Road is no longer a threat.

The Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue team responded to 6 emergency requests throughout the weekend.

[Update]: The body found in Montecito on Saturday has been identified as the missing Los Angeles County Fire Captain.

One man is injured after his vehicle crashed over Highway 154 near Paradise Roade on Saturday.

[Update]: Two hikers were rescued near La Cumbre Peak after noon on Saturday.