News Report

Six people were injured in a vehicle collision off Highway 166 in Santa Maria on Saturday afternoon.

Isla Vista has set up twenty temporary pallet homes for the homeless community in the small college town.

Television host and Montecito resident Ellen DeGeneres announced she has COVID-19 and is shutting down the production of her show.

Roger reports a tree fire off Highway 101 near the Garden Street offramp.

Santa Barbara Police are searching for a suspect involved in a downtown altercation that took place in September.

Five Canadian men have been charged with fraud in a magazine subscription scam that targeted senior citizens throughout California, including Ventura county.

[Update]: One person was injured in a vehicle fire in the 600 block of Ocean Ave in Lompoc.

Southern California Edison pleads to a criminal violation of the California Water Code and agrees to pay $3.5 Million in civil penalties for environmental violations occurring in Mission Canyon.

[Update]: Montecito firefighters rescued a woman stranded on a cliff below the Santa Barbara Cemetary.

A Solvang man who was convicted for shooting and killing a man in 2005 during a Buellton road rage incident was denied parole on Friday.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a fire inside Pepe's Restaurant in Old Town Goleta early Thursday morning.

[Update]: A man was rescued from a Highway 101 overpass Thursday morning in a coordinated mental health effort.

A new hotel is proposed for Linden Avenue in the downtown corridor of the City of Carpinteria.

The City of Santa Barbara has appointed Chris Mailes as the interim fire chief of the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.

Santa Barbara County firefighters knocked down an early morning structure fire in the Trout Club area off Highway 154.

[Update]: The Sheriff's Office is continuing the search for a missing 34-year-old diver near Santa Cruz Island.

[Update]: A single-vehicle rollover traffic collision resulted in one death near the Hot Springs Road offramp on Sunday evening.

[Update]: Firefighters knocked down a one-acre brush fire that started from a vehicle fire west of Buellton on Sunday evening.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters are expecting full containment on Sunday of a brush fire east of Santa Maria.

[Update]: The Montecito Fire Department responded to a chimney fire in the 700 block of Park Lane.

[Update]: Local firefighters responded to a large brush fire along Highway 101 in Goleta possibly near homeless encampments. 

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is warning female hikers about two separate sexual assaults that occurred on rural hiking trails.

Officials have determined the cause of the Cave Fire in 2019 to be arson.

Black Friday is going to look a lot different this year but many retailers are planning for increased online shopping deals.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters knocked down a possible homeless encampment fire near Solvang on Wednesday evening.

Vandenberg Air Force Base is officially out of the running for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters.

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a 15-20 acre brush fire in the Santa Maria Valley on Monday.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department responded to a trailer fire that threatened two Orcutt homes early Monday morning.

Team Vandenberg launched the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite Saturday, Nov. 21, at 9:17 a.m., from Vandenberg Air Force Base. 

The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously designated La Casa de la Raza, at 601 E. Montecito Street, a historic landmark.