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12/17/2025

National Weather Service meteorologists believe potentially heavy rain is likely from December 23 through Christmas Day. The models indicate the potential for an atmospheric river event, which could bring a couple of inches of rain, as well as a possibility of street flooding and debris flows in burn scars.

Weather models indicate a potential atmospheric river event beginning around December 23.

12/16/2025

The daylong event on Saturday features five family-friendly holiday movie classics. They’ll show A Charlie Brown Christmas, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Elf, A Christmas Story, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

The free day of movies in Moorpark features everything from Elf to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

12/16/2025

Ventura County’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.1%, while Santa Barbara County’s fell to 4.5%. San Luis Obispo County also saw a decline. Explore the numbers in-depth in our story.

The latest numbers are now available, following a delay caused by the federal shutdown. Among other things, it indicates that the statewide jobless rate has increased slightly.

12/16/2025

American Medical Response in Ventura County wanted to help families struggling to make ends meet. Their solution? Host a food drive and fill an ambulance with food!

Why not fill an ambulance with food? That's what paramedics and EMTs are doing in Oxnard on Saturday.

12/16/2025

The checks were being cashed with stolen or counterfeit identification cards. The ring was also targeting wealthy communities in Los Angeles County. Some of the stolen money was used to buy luxury vehicles, which were then used as getaway cars.

Investigators say the ring targeted affluent communities and used some of the money to buy luxury vehicles used as getaway cars.

12/16/2025

The story of Dorothy’s trip to Oz gets the pantomime treatment. ‘The Wonderful Winter of Oz’ runs through December 28 at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks.

Oh yes it does! The Wonderful Winter of Oz opens Friday in Thousand Oaks for festive family fun.

12/16/2025

The fight is over efforts by Sable Offshore Corporation to reopen the pipeline, which ruptured on the Gaviota Coast in 2015, resulting in an oil spill of more than 140,000 gallons. Sable repaired the pipeline, but environmental groups say restarting the decades-old infrastructure is setting the stage for another major spill.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors could finalize the denial of the transfer of ownership of some facilities when they meet on Tuesday.

12/13/2025

Happy Holidays from all of us at KCLU!

Our special programming begins tomorrow! Hear old favorites like Tinsel Tales, A Dickens Christmas, and Hanukkah Lights, as well as newer shows, such as A Tiny Desk Holiday Special and Festivo Alt Latino.

Find a handy guide to our full programming lineup at https://www.kclu.org/

12/13/2025

Shimabukuro recently captivated the attention of 1,800 excited 2nd through 6th-grade students at the Arlington Theater.

"Opportunities like this help to ensure that the arts live on in perpetuity by creating young stewards," explained Jenna Hamilton-Rolle with UCSB Arts and Lectures, which organized the event.

The musician is bringing his unique brand of Hollywood cheer to Santa Barbara on Wednesday evening but first, he put on a special show for local school students.

12/13/2025

Time Magazine has named Santa Barbara-based international aid group Direct Relief as its ‘Dreamer of the Year.’ The magazine gives the award to a person or group it believes is working tirelessly to protect, restore, and champion dreams.

Direct Relief was honored as part of Time's annual Person Of The Year edition.

12/13/2025

The Santa Barbara-based nonprofit reports that, with the rising costs of housing and food, and cuts in federal aid, they are seeing more demand for help than ever.

"We had 46,000 clients come through the door last year,” explained executive director Angela Miller-Bevans. “I was projecting we were going to make it to 52,000 (this year), but already, we're not halfway done with December, and we're already past that number."

Santa Barbara's Unity Shoppe helped feed, clothe, and provide other assistance to more than 50,000 people in the last year.

12/13/2025

The largest quake was a magnitude 3.1 at 10:27 a.m. on Thursday, with an epicenter about nine miles northwest of Fillmore. Other quakes in the series ranged between magnitudes 1 and 2.

More than two dozen small quakes were recorded during a three-hour period on Thursday. Most of the seismic activity happened northwest of Fillmore and was too small to be felt.