Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Santa Barbara County leaders are considering a plan ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Wednesday, Joseph Ashley Garcia, a Lompoc man originally charged with lighting his father on fire in 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. On ...

A New Jersey parole board denied parole for Maria Montalvo, who was convicted of killing her two toddlers in 1994. Montalvo became eligible for parole after former Gov. Phil Murphy commuted one of her ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif., — Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today that Judge Kristy Imel sentenced Aloysius James to the maximum sentence allowed by law of life without ...

A man convicted in a decades-old murder in Santa Maria will spend the rest of his life behind bars. A Santa Barbara County Judge handed down the sentence, which does not include the possibility of ...

Former New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy granted clemency to Maria Montalvo, who was convicted of murdering her two toddlers in 1994. The clemency makes Montalvo, who was serving a 100-year sentence, ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif., February 27, 2026 — Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today a jury returned a verdict of guilty against defendant Aloysius James of first-degree ...

More than 40 people have fallen ill at Ave Maria University, raising fears that college campuses may soon experience more measles outbreaks. By Teddy Rosenbluth See more of our coverage in your search ...

At 28, Maria moved to the United States, settling in Santa Barbara, where she lived the majority of her life. Maria was one of Santa Barbara’s most sought-after seamstresses and clothing designers.

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Shady Ave Magazine, the highly regarded Pittsburgh-based lifestyle publication, has been acquired by Table Media Inc., officials announced Wednesday. Table Media is buying the publication from Trib ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Sergio Venegas was sentenced in 1991 for raping a woman at the Red Lion Inn in Bakersfield. He was ...