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Roger reports a stabbing in the 600 block of E. Ortega in Santa Barbara.

Roger reports a drowning investigation at the Santa Barbara Harbor.

Southern California Edison is asking residents to conserve energy as the Thomas Fire continues to cause intermittent outages and power surges in the Santa Barbara and Goleta areas.

Roger reports a vehicle accident on Highway 101 southbound near Santa Claus Lane.

A community meeting will be held Monday at 4:00 pm in San Marcos High School regarding the Thomas Fire.

[Update]: A man was seriously injured after a vehicle rollover incident on Highway 101 near Patterson exit on Monday morning.

[Update]: Roger reports a missing at-risk adult was found safe.

Has anyone else noticed black streaks in the ocean water near Gaviota?

Roger has the scanner reports. "A good week to stay inside, the power kept kicking off and on Saturday night into Sunday morning so much I don't believe I got any sleep."

Roger reports a suspicious subject attempting to take money out of other people's accounts.

Will the street sweeping continue even with all the ash and dust everywhere?

Santa Barbara County firefighters are responding to a 5-10 acre brush fire in Los Olivos that sparked on Sunday evening. 

Due to conditions related to the Thomas Fire, only trash will be collected on the normal day of service for residents for the week of December 11 – 15

Where can people volunteer to help those affected by the Thomas Fire?

A Thomas Fire community meeting is scheduled to take place at 4pm at San Marcos High School on Sunday.

Edhat readers report on which businesses are closed today due to power outages, the Thomas Fire, and poor air quality.

[Update]: The body of a woman was found in Wheeler Canyon near Ojai.

A Newbury Park Medical Doctor was found guilty of illegally writing prescriptions for controlled substances, including highly addictive opioids.

The Santa Barbara Police Department will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Monday, December 11.

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department would like to remind everyone that fire danger increases when people are heating their homes.

A man was seriously injured and two dogs were killed in a single-vehicle rollover traffic accident in the Santa Ynez Valley on Saturday evening.

Roger reports firefighters are searching for a fire that was reported on Miramonte.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity from 6pm this evening to 9am Sunday morning.

Effectively immediately, Los Padres National Forest officials issued a forest order prohibiting access to the Ojai, Santa Barbara and Mt. Pinos Ranger Districts.

Do we need to wear our respirator masks inside our homes too?

A mountain lion was spotted near Butterfly Beach early Saturday morning.

[Update]: The Thomas fire is causing intermittent outages and power surges in the Santa Barbara area, potentially affecting up to 85,000 customers.

Santa Maria Police seized 13 ounces of heroin during a probation search.