News Report

[Update]: Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of an approximately four-acre brush fire in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Global shipping companies reduced speeds off California coast to protect blue whales and blue skies: Program continues to expand and achieve greater environmental benefits

[Update]: Santa Barbara County firefighters are responding to a roadside brush fire on Highway 101 near Los Alamos.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a grass fire south of Los Alamos on Monday evening.

[Update]: The forward progress has been stopped on a vegetation fire at La Patera Ranch in Goleta.

Santa Barbara County firefighters rescued a duckling and reunited it with its mother on Mother's Day.

Local resident Larry Nimmer shares a video of traveling to Tijuana to document the Ukrainian refugee crisis.

[Update]: Local activists held an impromptu rally in support of abortion rights at De La Guerra Plaza on Tuesday evening.

[Update]: The Sherriff's Office has released the identity of the motorist who died Monday morning in a traffic collision that involved a semi-truck in Santa Maria.

Santa Barbara County firefighters extinguished a small brush fire near Orcutt Tuesday afternoon.

As California continues to increase its focus on fire prevention and community readiness for wildfires, CAL FIRE has established the Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Division within the Office of the State Fire Marshal.

[Update]: The Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the man who fell off the Isla Vista bluff in the 6600 block of Del Playa on Friday night.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a head-on collision that injured two people on Highway 246 near Lompoc Monday morning.

Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue responded for an injured boulder climber Friday night just off West Camino Cielo near the area known as the Brickyard for a trail carry out due to a lower leg injury.

A vehicle crashed over the side of Hollister Ave in Goleta on Friday evening causing two injuries.

California Governor Gavin Newsom suggested he may delay the closure of the state's largest nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon in San Luis Obispo County.

Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria came together for the first-ever joint Chamber of Commerce event this week.

The Santa Barbara Unified School District has settled a lawsuit over alleged hazing within the Dos Pueblos High School baseball team.

Terrence Edward Roberson was found guilty of attempted murder from a 2019 shooting in downtown Santa Barbara.

The Santa Barbara Airport was delayed Thursday morning following a landing incident with a small aircraft.

Dissident board member quits, saying, “I believe this board will never change its ways.”

A San Luis Obispo County Judge announced Wednesday the Kristin Smart murder trial will move to Monterey County.

United States Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at Vandenberg Air Force Base during a visit on Monday and announced a new U.S. commitment on direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing.

[Update]: The National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched the NROL-85 mission aboard a reflown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base Sunday morning.

A bicyclist sustained major injuries following a vehicle collision on Highway 154 Saturday evening.

Two vehicles collided head-on resulting in four injuries on Highway 154 Saturday morning.

Santa Barbara Police arrested a 31-year-old transient for allegedly attempting to kidnap a woman and taking her phone on Loma Alta Drive.

The Carpinteria community came together to vocally oppose a proposed "Farm & Hospitality Experience" on Carpinteria's bluffs.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters extinguished a small brush fire off Highway 154 on Thursday afternoon.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Vandenberg Space Force Base on Monday.