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

Santa Barbara police are urging residents to remain vigilant after multiple mountain lion sightings were reported over the weekend in neighborhoods near Oak Park and Mission Creek — including one caught on a home security camera in the Samarkand area in broad daylight.⁠ ⁠ According to a media release issued Monday, Santa Barbara Animal Control was notified on February 2 of “multiple sightings over the weekend of a mountain lion in the Oak Park and Mission Creek areas.” The sightings occurred dur

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

BREAKING NEWS: At least eight people have died and 25 others injured in Santa Barbara County as powerful mudslides destroy homes in the Thomas Fire burn area. http://abc7.la/2FkjbhN | ABC7