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KEYT-TV News Crews Walk Off Job in Strike During Fiesta Week
August 6, 2026 // News crews at Santa Barbara’s KEYT-TV walked off the job Tuesday night in a 24-hour strike, leaving viewers without local morning news coverage on the first full day of Old Spanish Days Fiesta and raising questions about the station’s ability to serve audiences throughout one of the region’s busiest news weeks. The strike, which began after the 11 p.m. news ended Tuesday and was scheduled to run to 8 p.m. Wednesday, comes after nearly two years of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the station’s unionized employees and management.