News Report

The California Coastal Commission will return 36 acres of century-old private ranchland in the Jalama area to Santa Barbara County.

[Update]: Isla Vista landlord James Gelb verbally assaulted Isla Vista Community Service Director Board President Ethan Bertrand with homophobic hate speech on State Street.

[Update]: One man was killed in a single rollover traffic collision on SR-154 near Foothill Road on Saturday afternoon.

Killer B Fitness is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday to raise money for a Santa Barbara couple who were injured during the Las Vegas shooting last month.

Cathy Murillo is projected to be Santa Barbara's newly elected mayor while Measure C is expected to pass. 

The Principal of Santa Ynez High School was arrested for driving under the influence last month.

A semi-truck caught on fire that spread to nearby brush on Highway 101 northbound near the Nojoqui Grade Summit on Monday.

[Update]: Human remains have been found near a vehicle off Gibraltar Road near E. Camino Cielo.

Fire extinguishers with plastic handles by the manufacturer Kidde have been recalled due to a failure to discharge and nozzle detachment.

Lead has been found in the water at several elementary schools in Goleta Union School District.

The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 64-year-old man from the Naval Facility on San Nicolas Island.

[Update]: Verizon Wireless on upper State Street was robbed at gunpoint on Halloween night by three men, one wearing a Batman costume.

A body found on the beach near La Conchita and Highway 101 has prompted a police investigation.

[Update]: Roger reports Santa Barbara Police were in pursuit of two robbery suspects in a possibly stolen vehicle near Hope Ranch.

Conde Nast travel readers recently ranked Santa Barbara at #10 as a Small City Destination.

A Florida man was arrested last week on charges of being involved in the illegal sale and transportation of a Bengal tiger that was seized from a residence in Ventura County.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake off the Lompoc coast was felt throughout the county at 1:38 p.m. on Thursday.

[Update]: A Lompoc man was arrested for shooting another driver in the face with a BB gun during a road rage incident on Highway 101 Tuesday afternoon.

A 100-foot pine tree fell onto an Orcutt home causing major damage on Wednesday.

[Update]: The Vista Fire is now at 87 acres and 50% contained off SR-33 near Lake Casitas in Ventura County. SR-33 is now open in both directions.

Daniel Chen has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for the brutal rape of a UCSB student in 2014. 

A major gas leak evacuated a section of Los Alamos on Monday afternoon.

[Update]: A tree fell on power lines in the 4500 block of Vieja Drive causing a 1/4 acre of a vegetation fire in Hope Ranch.

[Update]: A Solvang woman was arrested on Monday for Felony DUI after hitting four vehicles in a two-mile stretch in Goleta.

Santa Barbara County firefighters extinguished an injection station pump fire in Orcutt Monday morning.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of vegetables being sold at Trader Joe's, Walmart, Safeway, and Albertsons amid listeria concerns.

Infamous Santa Barbara landlord, Dario Pini, was featured in a new KCET investigative report. 

A 2.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the Carpinteria coast early Sunday morning, the second quake in two days.

An elderly woman was injured during a vehicle rollover in Solvang on Sunday morning. 

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Isla Vista around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.