News Report

[Update]: A vehicle fire with possible explosions took place at Mastercraft Motors on E. Haley Street Thursday evening injuring one man.

[Update]: A driver was impaled in the forehead by a metal rod while driving in Santa Maria Friday evening.

[Update] The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department evacuated the Santa Barbara Courthouse for a suspicious package Friday morning.

Santa Barbara High School's MAD Academy Director will return from administrative leave for the remainder of the year and then will retire following an internal investigation.

[Update]: A Goleta man was arrested after an extensive search for brandishing a sword outside the McDonalds on Fairview.

A new documentary exploring the Satanic Temple and its followers has debuted at the Riviera Theatre, much to the dismay of a local religious leader.

A driver sustained serious injuries after a vehicle rollover on Highway 154 early Monday morning.

[Update]: A male in his 20's sustained injuries after falling 40 feet over an Isla Vista cliff early Sunday morning.

Plains All-American Pipeline has been sentenced to pay over $3.347 million in fines and penalties for the 2015 Refugio oil spill.

Could local tire chalking be on its way out? On Monday a federal appeals court ruled that "chalking" tires for parking enforcement violate the Fourth Amendment.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office identified the woman killed in a head-on vehicle collision in Carpinteria Saturday morning.

Santa Barbara County District Attorney announced that Lawrence Forgione was found guilty of Misdemeanor Vehicular Manslaughter in the death of 90-year-old World War II Veteran Gilbert Ramirez.

The U.S. Forest Service and Los Padres ForestWatch have formally agreed to take a series of steps aimed at reducing the impacts of target shooting throughout the Los Padres National Forest.

After promising wastewater recycling program, the Montecito Water Board is stalling while reviewing one project that would cost $31 million.

[Update]: A Santa Barbara County building on E. Anapamu Street was evacuated due to a bomb threat and suspicious package.

Local law enforcement agencies are thanking emergency dispatchers during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

The Montecito Sanitary District lawyer has told board members they are violating the state Brown Act by engaging in group emails with a columnist for the Montecito Journal.

A Buellton structure that stored equipment was destroyed in a fire on Saturday morning.

[Update]: A private party at the Four Seasons Biltmore Hotel included surprise fireworks startling many local residents Thursday night.

First United Methodist Church of Santa Barbara installed rainbow-colored banners to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community.

Santa Barbara's downtown Paseo Nuevo shopping mall broke ground on Tuesday for a $20 million renovation.

The City of Santa Barbara declared an end to the Stage Three Drought Emergency and adopted a Stage One Water Supply Condition

Santa Barbara County firefighters extinguished a one-acre fire in Santa Ynez on Tuesday afternoon. 

[Update]: A woman sustained moderate injuries after her vehicle rolled while being pursued by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Deputies on Tuesday.

[Update]: One person was injured in a mobile home fire in Goleta on Monday afternoon.

Rescue personnel responded to a report of a possible vehicle over Old San Marcos Road on Monday.

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on vehicle collision on Highway 166 Saturday afternoon.

Santa Barbara Police are warning residents of a mountain lion sighting in the 700 block of Laguna Street

[Update]: Highway 154 and Stagecoach Road closed after a person jumped off Cold Spring Bridge early Friday evening.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff and Isla Vista Safe Committee have released videos to campaign for sexual assault awareness month.