Eight KEYT union members gathered on the steps of Santa Barbara City Hall with signs and a microphone on Friday afternoon. IATSE Local 600, the union representing the news station’s anchors, producers, directors, journalists, and editors, held a press conference to discuss what the union called stonewalling from the station’s parent company, News-Press & Gazette, headquartered in Missouri. ⁠ ⁠ “For nearly a year, our union has tried to negotiate a fair contract with our parent company, News-Pres

High winds blew through Santa Barbara County early this week. People saw bursts of downpour and strikes of lightning that were followed by rumbling thunder. On Monday, a eucalyptus tree toppled across southbound Highway 101 in Goleta, closing it for several hours. Early Tuesday morning, Santa Ynez Valley residents received a National Weather Service warning of tornado risk. ⁠ ⁠ On Wednesday morning, remnants of the storm were apparent on roads and in yards. The City of Santa Barbara’s police dep

On a windy February day, protesters gathered in downtown Santa Barbara with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags wrapped around their shoulders and held high in the air. Tuesday, February 24, marked the four-year anniversary of Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. Around 50 people rallied on the corner of Anacapa and State streets on Saturday to protest the continued bloodshed. Next Friday, Tatyana Taruta will be returning to her occupied home of Mariupol with her family. At 5 years old, she said he

After several days of heavy rain with minimal local damage, Santa Barbara saw significant flooding and storm-related impacts late Saturday night, particularly in the downtown area.⁠ ⁠ Flash flooding, gusty winds, and falling trees hit the city just after 8 p.m., flooding intersections, stalling cars, and shutting down roads. Mission Street underpass and several Highway 101 offramps were temporarily closed. Downtown streets including Sola, Cota, Salsipuedes, and Laguna were overwhelmed by fast-mo

WATCH: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown reads the names of six people, ranging in age from 2 to 53, who remain on the missing list after mudslides devastated the area. http://nbcnews.to/2DbQ6Hh | NBC News

Crowds of students from Santa Barbara High and Junior High School joined elected officials, faith leaders, and immigrant advocates at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse this morning to call on the local and federal government to de-escalate violent immigration enforcement. The students joined many across the nation in walking out from their classes, work, and shutting down their businesses in protest of ICE.⁠ ⁠ Read more: https://www.independent.com/?p=706329&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=soci

As the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and Black History Month aligned, local filmmaker Wendy Eley Jackson made a world premiere with ‘The Other Roe’ at the new McHurley Film Center in Santa Barbara.⁠ ⁠ The documentary short written and produced by Jackson tells the story of Atlanta attorney Margie Pitts Hames, who fought and won the Georgia class-action case 'Doe v. Bolton,' which overturned the restrictive abortion laws in Georgia in 1973. ⁠ Read more: https://www.independent.com/cat

A large crowd gathered at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on Wednesday night to speak out following a chaotic incident involving an ICE agent who was seen on video pepper-spraying community members in the Eastside neighborhood earlier on the morning of January 28.⁠ ⁠ The rally and march was organized by community defense groups 805 UndocuFund, Carp Sin Fronteras, and SBResiste, and featured comments from Rapid Response Network volunteers who were on the ground when ICE agents and community members