News Report

An Excessive Heat Watch remains in effect from Thursday morning through Saturday evening for Santa Barbara County.

California Highway Patrol is searching for people associated with a gray 2005 VW Passat believed to have been involved in the fatal crash on Gibraltar Road last month.

A 28-year old Santa Maria man died Thursday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on UC Santa Barbara's campus.

[Update]: Los Angeles Homicide Detectives located the remains of the missing 5-year-old Pasadena boy near Lake Cachuma on Friday.

A vehicle that caught fire on SR-154 near E. Camino Cielo is causing a major traffic delay.

[Update]: An electrical fire caused a power outage in the area of Laguna and Gutierrez Streets on Thursday.

At 1:20 pm Wednesday, Santa Barbara County Fire responded to a structure fire at Grimmway Farms in the Cuyama Valley.

Shark sightings have increased along the Central Coast this past month

[Update]: A crude oil spill in Santa Maria dispersed 3-5 barrels of oil Tuesday afternoon.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office released the names of the two young females who died in a suspected DUI collision on Gibraltar Road Monday evening.

Team Vandenberg supported the successful launch of ten Iridium NEXT satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Sunday.

A brush fire is reported in the center divider of Highway 101 near Mariposa Reina.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Fire crews have contained a 260-acre brush fire in the Cuyama Valley.

Coast Guard helicopter crew assisted with a medevac of a 25-year-old male from the Stardust Sportfishing boat 16 miles west of the Santa Barbara Harbor.

A motorcyclist triggered a messy chain-reaction crash in Santa Clarita on Wednesday after clipping the back end of a sedan in the carpool lane.

At 1:19 this afternoon Santa Barbara County Fire responded to an ongoing vegetation fire on the 4000 blk. of E. Oak Trail Rd.

[Update]: A Lompoc man has been arrested and charged with Felony Animal Abuse after firefighters discovered his dog was bound during a house fire.

A stolen vehicle crashed near a home on Carpinteria Avenue after leading a pursuit through Santa Barbara streets.

Searches are still being conducted for 27-year-old Zacharey Taylor Wilks, who has not been seen since leaving Lompoc to visit family in May.

[Update]: Southern California investigators concluded their search of Lake Cachuma Saturday in an effort to find a missing 5-year-old boy from South Pasadena.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Sheriff and Fire Air Support teams rescued a plane crash victim near Jameson Lake on Saturday.

Two small spot fires were contained in Vandenberg Village early Sunday evening. 

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office released the identity of the man believed to have shot an Orcutt woman on Friday.

Local meteorologist Meredith Garofalo has left KEYT and Fox11 after three years to join WeatherNation in Denver.

Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded with a full structure response to a report of a possible structure fire at 6549 Del Playa in Isla Vista. 

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to a vegetation fire burning in the Santa Ynez Valley at Happy Canyon. 

As the drought drags on, South Coast agencies are scrambling to lay the groundwork for a potable water supply that may one day be the region’s largest, after Lake Cachuma: purified and recycled wastewater.

[Update]: A man involved in a vehicle rollover on SR-154 fled the scene of the accident on Saturday afternoon.

Santa Barbara Police investigated a report of a shooting on Barranca Ave that turned out to be a fake report.

Update: An electrical contractor sustained severe burns by electrocution in Goleta on Thursday.