News Report

[Update]: Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to Harris Grade Road for a multi-vehicle traffic collision on Saturday morning.

UC Santa Barbara graduate students join in on the protest demanding a cost of living adjustment.

The owner of a local construction company has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison for fraud on Thursday.

[Update]: Caltrans has officially reopened the Turnpike southbound onramp to Highway 101 following the repair of a sinkhole.

[Update]: Sheriff's Deputies are looking for a suspect who exposed himself to a juvenile on Cathedral Oaks.

An oil cleanup barge arrived off the coast of Summerland on Tuesday to begin the next phase of oil capping.

The family of the woman who was killed in a traffic collision on Valentine's day has created a fundraiser to assist with funeral costs. 

A Buellton man arrested for attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old child from a grocery store has pled guilty to false imprisonment.

[Update with mug shots]: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Deputies arrested two alleged car thieves in Buellton after an extensive search.

Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a small oil spill in the Mission Hills area on Tuesday evening.

[Update]: The California Highway Patrol has identified the 24-year-old Santa Barbara woman who died in the traffic collision on Highway 1 Friday evening.

The Sheriff's Office is asking the public for any information or video footage related to the DUI driver who killed a Goleta couple earlier this month.

Camp Roberts in San Luis Obispo was ruled out Sunday for being a location to isolate cruise ship passengers infected with the Coronavirus.

The Lompoc City Council is set to discuss the cleanup and management of homeless encampments in the riverbed.

[Update]: A Santa Maria man was arrested after a butane oil honey lab exploded in an Orcutt apartment on Saturday.

Rep. Salud Carbajal, local officials, and environmental advocates celebrated the passage of the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act on Friday.

Brand Farms was expected to be the model for legal cannabis growing in Santa Barbara County until it was raided.

The HOPR Bike Share company has ended its contract with UC Santa Barbara and plans to leave by spring break.

Santa Barbara County Firefighters responded to a report of someone falling from a balcony in Isla Vista on Thursday evening.

[Update]: Hazmat Teams are responding to a rollover traffic collision that involved a pool service truck with chemical spills.

Santa Barbara City College held a vigil on Wednesday for the Goleta couple who was killed in a DUI hit-and-run this past weekend.

[Update]: A driver struck two pedestrians in front of Carpinteria High School on Thursday morning. 

The Santa Barbara County Animal Services Director was fired and the department isn't saying why.

Righetti High School students started a xenophobic chant during a high school basketball game against St. Joseph on Tuesday.

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department announced an increase in personnel, services, and equipment in various locations throughout the north county.

[Update]: A Goleta man was arrested for DUI among other charges after crashing his vehicle and killing two pedestrians while fleeing the scene.

Community members joined the Housing Authority to help decorate and furnish studio apartments for veterans this weekend.

Family members have set up an online fundraiser to help the four children who lost their parents in Sunday's fatal hit and run collision. 

Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor Mike Stoker was released from his region director position at the Environmental Protection Agency this week.

[Update]: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is using a helicopter to search for wanted suspects in the Patterson Ave area.