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6 days ago | keyt.com | Ryder Christ

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated tactics, including spoofed phone numbers and impersonations of law enforcement officers, to defraud people. Locally, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office has seen a surge in "warrant scams," where scammers pose as law enforcement officers and call victims claiming they missed jury duty, have an outstanding warrant, or owe fines—and will be arrested if they don’t pay.

6 days ago | keyt.com | Ryder Christ

LA QUINTA, Calif- Story Update: The Riverside County Sheriff's Coroner Bureau has released the cause of death for Jeff Sperbeck, longtime agent of NFL legend John Elway. According to the report the cause of death is "blunt head trauma," and the manner of death is "accident," and the mode of death (how the injury occurred) is "passenger fell from golf cart."(Earlier story) LA QUINTA, Calif.

6 days ago | keyt.com | Ryder Christ

Story Update 05/09/2025: LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) The Riverside County Sheriff's Coroner Bureau has released the cause of death for Jeff Sperbeck, longtime agent of NFL legend John Elway. According to the Coroner's report, the cause of death is "blunt head trauma," and the manner of death is "accident," and the mode of death (how the injury occurred) is "passenger fell from golf cart."The Riverside County Sheriff's Office reports the investigation into the incident remains open and ongoing.

1 week ago | keyt.com | Ryder Christ

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) has reversed course on previously announced arts staffing reductions, rescinding layoff notices for junior high band and Santa Barbara High School theater positions. The changes follow a meeting on Friday, May 2, with Superintendent Hilda Maldonado, Trustee Kafri, and San Marcos High School Principal Holdren.

1 week ago | keyt.com | Ryder Christ

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — From immigration raids and soaring tariffs to school board battles and sweeping federal job cuts, President Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in office are already reshaping life on California’s Central and South Coasts. Former State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson and former Santa Barbara City Councilmember Dale Francisco joined KEYT for political commentary, offering opposing takes on the rapidly changing national landscape and its growing local consequences.