C.J. Ward
C.J. arrived in Santa Barbara in January, 2002. He anchors weeknight broadcasts and provides investigative reports through his exclusive…
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Beth Farnsworth
Beth Farnsworth is an award-winning journalist, with a strong emphasis in producing. This is her second “stint” at the station; Beth worked here…
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Scott Hennessee
Scott Hennessee anchors News Channel 3-12 at 4:00, 6:30 and 11 p.m. and News Channel 11 at 10 p.m. Journalism grabbed hold of me at an early age. It…
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Tracy Lehr
Tracy Lehr joined News Channel 3-12 more than two decades ago as a reporter, anchor and host. She is currently the anchor of News…
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John Palminteri
John Palminteri is a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for News Channel 3-12. His television career began in 1988. His many honors…
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Mike Klan
Mike Klan is known as the “Dean” of local sports as he has been covering games and stories for News Channel 3 since the mid-1990s. The UCSB graduate…
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Joey Vergilis
Joey joined the team in April of 2023, and he currently co-anchors The Morning News from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on News Channel…
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Anikka Abbott
Anikka Abbott is the Chief Weather Forecaster for News Channel 3-12. She joined the team as a reporter in January 2020 before becoming the…
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Dave Alley
A longtime staple at News Channel 12, Dave Alley has worked at the station in various roles dating all the way back to 1997. His current position,…
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Christa Kurkjian
Christa Kurkjian joined News Channel 3-12 as an evening weather anchor in August 2022. Christa is a first-generation Armenian-American who was born…
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Mackenzie Lake
Mackenzie Lake joined News Channel 3-12 as a morning weather anchor in June of 2023. Mackenzie was born and raised in Denver, Colorado where she…
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Lily Dallow
Lily is the Digital Content Director at News Channel 3-12. Joining the KEYT team in January 2022, Lily started out as a Digital Producer/ Assignment…
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Nate Loop
Nate Loop joined News Channel 3-12 as Executive Producer in October of 2022. Nate is from Irvine, California, but moved to Santa Barbara for college…
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Shawn Quien
Shawn joined the News Channel 3-12 team in November, 2006 as weekend weather anchor. He graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in…
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Andrew Gillies
Andrew is a Digital Content Producer and Assignment Desk Assistant for News Channel 3-12. New to journalism, Andrew grew-up in Bakersfield,…
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Senerey de los Santos
Senerey De Los Santos brings you high school football highlights every fall as part of the “Friday Football Focus” broadcast team. She grew up…
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Caleb Nguyen
Caleb joined as the Assistant Assignment Desk Editor and Digital Content Producer for News Channel 3-12 in March 2024. He grew up in the Orange…
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Evan Vega
Evan Vega joined News Channel 3-12 as a videographer and editor in July 2021.In March 2022, he became a North County Multimedia Journalist.In January…
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Kevin Roose
Kevin “Rooster” Roose has covered high school football on the Central Coast for more than 15 years. He lends his talents to NewsChannel 3-12 every…
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Lindsay Zuchelli
Lindsay Zuchelli, former News Content Manager for the team, is currently a part-time producer for News Channel 3-12 as she raises her new born son on…
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