SUV Driver Killed in Solo Crash on Highway 101 Identified as 25-Year-Old Stevenson Ranch Man Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt Scott Kim died after his vehicle veered off the highway and crashed into a tree north of Goleta on December 4.
Santa Barbara County Unveils New Regional Fire Communications Center Public Safety By Emily Vesper County officials hosted a ribbon cutting for the new countywide dispatch center on Cathedral Oaks Road on December 9.
UCPD Rules UC Santa Barbara Student’s Death an Accident but Family Still Has Questions Public Safety By Christina McDermott Elizabeth Hamel, 18, fell two or three stories at San Rafael Residence Hall in February after leaving an Isla Vista restaurant with a young man. Her family’s private investigator and attorney say “key inconsistencies” in the case remain unaddressed.
Bystanders Help Man Lying in Center of Hollister Avenue in Old Town Goleta Public Safety By Christina McDermott
Santa Barbara Supervisors Briefed on Storm Impacts, Emergency Prep, and Next Storm Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt
‘Reminiscent of “Footloose”’: Isla Vista Community Talks Best Ways to Balance Safety and Fun with Deltopia Community By Christina McDermott
Santa Barbara Drenched in Historic Rainfall, Breaking 127-Year Record Public Safety By Ella Heydenfeldt