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06/18/2026

The county will continue to offer primary care services, but not in-house specialty services. It will outsource them to other providers.

To save money, the county is outsourcing some services to private contractors.

06/18/2026

An early penalty gave England fans a boost, as they cheered on their country playing against Croatia in Dallas, watching on multiple screens at a pub in Thousand Oaks.

England played Croatia on Wednesday in their first game of the FIFA World Cup.

06/18/2026

Measure O is a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2008. It’s set to expire in 2029. City officials say without the roughly $20 million a year generated by the tax, essential services like police and fire protection could be jeopardized.

The tax is set to expire in 2029. City officials say without the revenue, some essential services could be threatened.

06/18/2026

Last week, KCLU Program Director and Morning Edition host Russ Maloney traveled to Washington, D.C. to represent KCLU at meetings at NPR headquarters and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

The gathering of nearly 200 public broadcasting leaders collaborated on ways to strengthen NPR’s partnership with local member stations to enhance national news coverage from the NPR Network and to help stations like KCLU expand the ways it can deliver local news to you on the radio, kclu.org, or on the KCLU app.

While at the Capitol, Russ met individually with Julia Brownley (representing CA’s 26th district) and Congressman Salud Carbajal (representing CA’s 24th district) and joined the California Public Radio Newsroom collaborative for meetings with Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla to advocate for key initiatives affecting public media: restoring funding to help rural stations, who were hit the hardest by last year’s rescission vote to eliminate federal funding, and for funding of FEMA’s Next Generation Warning System to help maintain and enhance the critical public safety alerts provided by radio stations such as KCLU during times of disasters and severe weather.

Although it was a rewarding and productive time in our nation’s capital, Russ is happy to back home in the Tri-Counties, not only to be back on the air each morning on KCLU, but also to be out of the humid D.C. weather!

06/17/2026

The film's director said she created the documentary to show how the European Union is acting to keep refugees and the refugee crisis from its borders.

It took Isabella Alexander-Nathani ten years to complete the film. Authorities confiscated footage multiple times, and at one point she was arrested.

06/17/2026

The Wildfire Resilience Index was developed by researchers at UC Santa Barbara. It looks at ecological and social wildfire resilience. We have a link in the story so you can check fire resilience in your community.

The Wildfire Resilience Index uses nearly 100 datasets to come up with scores for communities.

06/17/2026

The panel called for additional steps, including putting school resource officers in schools, tightening security, and opening school wellness centers to help students struggling with bullying and mental health issues.

Suggestions include adding more law enforcement officers to schools.

06/16/2026

More than 60 wineries and craft breweries will participate in one of Southern California’s oldest wine festivals. The Ojai Wine Festival is Saturday, June 20, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lake Casitas Recreation Area.

The Ojai wine festival returns on Saturday.

06/16/2026

Several Juneteenth celebrations are scheduled in the Tri-Counties. The holiday, on June 19, recognizes the end of slavery in the U.S. A celebration in Santa Barbara features live performances and a Black Artisan market on Friday at 11 a.m. at Plaza del Mar/Band Shell Park. Juneteenth Lompoc is also having its event at the same time on South H Street.

Juneteenth, on June 19, recognizes the end of slavery in the United States.

06/15/2026

The National Weather Service is urging people to stay out of the water through Wednesday due to the possibility of hazardous rip tides. Coastal flooding is also possible for some Ventura and Santa Barbara County beaches.

People being urged to stay out of the ocean, and to avoid walking on coastal rocks due to the danger of large rogue waves.