Caleb Nguyen

Santa Barbara

Digital Team, Assignment Desk at KEYT-TV (Santa Barbara, CA)

Writer/Assignment Desk Editor for Key-T Santa Barbara

Articles

Santa Barbara Junior High just keeps swimming with Finding Nemo show

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 12:25 pm Published June 7, 2025 12:45 pm SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara Junior High students brought the seas to the shoreside with their production of Finding Nemo. Students from the school's theater department put on a show from the beloved Disney film Friday at 7:00 p.m. and have one more performance at the Marjorie Luke Theater tonight at 7:00 as well.
Space X set to launch Falcon 9 rocket Sunday morning

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 5:13 pm Published June 6, 2025 5:20 pm VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites in support of a Falcon 9 Rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 6:34 a.m. Sunday. Backup opportunities for the launch are available until 10:34 a.m. on the same day. Additional launch opportunities are available on Sunday, starting at 6:20 a.m.. Central Coast residents may feel the sonic boom from the impact of the launch.
Santa Barbara County Fire crews help with kitchen fire Tuesday

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 6:17 pm Published June 3, 2025 6:22 pm SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department helped put out a kitchen fire at 5100 Dawn Lane in Santa Barbara County just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. A single-story family home caught fire and a woman was home before SBCFD crews held the fire to the kitchen just after 6:00 p.m. Paramedics checked the woman for injuries from what SBCFD crews determined as a cooking fire.
Ventura County woman arrested in Carpinteria for fraud worth over $750,000

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 4:48 pm Published June 3, 2025 5:02 pm CARPINTERIA, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested an Oak View woman for fraud and embezzlement worth over $750,000. SBCSO detectives learned the 53-year-old woman worked for an organic food supplement business at the 500-block of Maple Avenue and built up $48,000 in credit card fraud while embezzling $705,000 more over a four-year period.
CAL FIRE SLO crews help two surfers near Shell Beach Sunday

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 5:42 pm Published June 1, 2025 5:46 pm PISMO BEACH, Calif. – CAL FIRE SLO crews helped two surfers trapped on a rock behind the Cliffs Hotel just before 5:00 p.m. Sunday. The battalion chief on scene reported that the surfers made it to safety and were checked for potential injuries, according to CAL FIRE SLO. BE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONNews Channel 3-12 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.
Five Grover Beach residents arrested Saturday after stabbing

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 4:30 pm Published June 1, 2025 4:41 pm GROVER BEACH, Calif. – The Grover Beach Police Department arrested five Grover Beach residents for their roles in a stabbing on W. Grand Avenue and N. 9th Street just after 4:00 p.m. Saturday. GBPD officers arrived and helped two victims with stab wounds to Central Coast hospitals, where they received treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
Jake Curtis celebrated in Goleta through memorial paddle out after tragic passing

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 12:10 pm Published June 1, 2025 12:29 pm GOLETA, Calif. – Several members of the community paddled out in Goleta, celebrating the life of Jake Curtis and two other Dos Pueblos students who died in a car crash May 18. Family, friends and other community members took their surfboards to the beach to commemorate the lives of the three teens who lost their lives far too soon.
CAL FIRE SLO crews put out car fire that spreads to vegetation in Nipomo Saturday afternoon

4 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 2:42 pm Published May 31, 2025 2:53 pm NIPOMO, Calif. – CAL FIRE SLO crews put out a car fire that spread to one acre of vegetation in Nipomo just before 2:15 p.m. Saturday at Eucalyptus Road and Scenic View Way. CAL FIRE SLO crews stopped the forward progress of the fire within 20 minutes and helped the passengers out of the car without any likely injuries. CAL FIRE SLO mentioned that traffic would be controlled while crews mop up the scene.
Crews put out vegetation fire near Nojoqui area north of Highway 1 early Saturday

4 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 10:12 am Published May 31, 2025 10:19 am LAS CRUCES, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Fire Department put out a vegetation fire at 1/2 acre that started burning just past midnight on Saturday near the Nojoqui area on Highway 1. The fire burned the underside of some trees near Highway 101 before crews stopped forward progress at 1:00 a.m., according to the SBCFD. SBCFD crews mopped up some leftover hot spots from the incident and the cause remains under investigation.
Space X set to launch Falcon 9 rocket Saturday afternoon

4 weeks ago | keyt.com | Caleb Nguyen

New today at 8:34 pm Published May 30, 2025 8:38 pm VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites in support of a Falcon 9 Rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:10 p.m. Saturday. Backup opportunities for the launch are available until 4:51 p.m. on the same day. Additional launch opportunities are available on Sunday, starting at 12:39 p.m.. Central Coast residents may feel the sonic boom from the impact of the launch.