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Weeknights at 8:00, KCLU welcomes the newest addition to the line-up:  ’Q’.

‘Q’ is an hour-long exploration of arts and entertainment hosted by the charismatic, culturally-savvy Jian Ghomeshi.

‘Q’ covers pop culture and high arts alike with forays into the most provocative and compelling cultural trends. With wide-ranging guests — Leonard Cohen, Salman Rushdie, Woody Allen, Dolly Parton, Jay-Z and more — and exploring provocative topics, “Q” presents big names, big ideas and those paving the way in the cultural community.  ’Q’ is produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is distributed by Public Radio International.

Hear ‘Q’ weeknights at 8:00, right after Fresh Air, on KCLU.

It took 15 years, but a long running missing persons case in Santa Barbara has finally been closed.

In May of 1997, a transient named Danny Watkins went to Santa Barbara police, saying his fiancé had disappeared from a homeless shelter.  Police searched unsuccessfully for the 38 year old woman.

A Santa Barbara Police sergeant who recently ran across the case discovered that a person matching the description was living in Los Angeles.

He contacted her, and she confirmed she was the missing woman, but said she had broken up with Watkins, and didn’t know she was the object of a search.  She asked that her name not be released.

Meanwhile, when police tried to contact Watkins, to let him know the woman was safe, they discovered he had passed away in a Charleston, West Virginia homeless shelter in 2001.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Detectives say they’ve arrested a 23 year old UCSB student for a New Year’s Day firebombing of the Sheriff’s Department station in Isla Vista.  Investigators say they think Kevin Keiper acted alone when he threw a homemade Molotov cocktail at the building, which is on the 6500 block of Trigo Road.  No one was hurt, but the building was damaged.  (See video below of attack)

Detectives aren’t saying whether they think he was involved on an earlier attack on the same building, on November 15th, in which two of the homemade explosive devices were thrown at the station.  Keiper is being held at the Santa Barbara County Jail on a charge of  felony arson of an inhabited dwelling.

Investigators aren’t talking about what they think motivated the attack. On October 5th, the UCSB student was one of several “Occupy Santa Barbara” protesters arrested in De la Guerra Plaza, for violating a city ordinance which closes it to the public at 10 p.m.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department surveillance video of attack:

SBSO Video Of Attack

The CHP has banned the shipment of hazardous materials on a heavily traveled highway in Santa Barbara which has been the scene of numerous serious traffic accidents over the years.  KCLU’s Lance Orozco reports on the latest in a series of steps to try to improve safety on Highway 154.

Click on link to listen to/download story:  Highway 154 Safety

Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a blaze which gutted a Ventura County nightclub.

A blaze was discovered at around 7 last night at the Cazadores Nightclub, which is on the 1400 block of Harvard Boulevard, in Santa Paula.

It took more than a half hour to contain the blaze, which heavily damaged the building.  No one was hurt.

A Santa Barbara County man has received a six year federal prison sentence for trying to solicit hitmen to torture and kill a former business partner, the man’s wife, and another business associate over what he claimed was a failed business deal.

Federal prosecutors say Eugene Darryl Temkin of Goleta was angry over what he claimed were $15 million dollars in losses from a plan to open a casino in Africa.  In 2009, a source told law enforcement officers that Temkin was trying to hire someone to kill his former business partner.

Undercover officers posing as hitmen met with Temkin, and they say the businessman want them to rape, torture, and then kill the three people.  The also learned he had been harassing the victims for close to a decade.  Prosecutors say he was finally arrested after he made a down payment for the killings.

Last summer, the now 51 year old man was convicted of soliciting a crime of violence, attempting to interfere with interstate commerce through violence, and using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder for hire.

A routine review of security camera photos led to the arrest of a man for an hour long sexual assault on an unconscious woman in a City of Santa Barbara parking structure elevator.

A city technician discovered the photos of the January 17th attack in a parking structure on the 900 block of Chapala Street.  Santa Barbara Police detective say the photos show Anthony Vasquez bringing the unconscious woman into an elevator, and assaulting her over the course of an hour before fleeing. The photos show the 23 year old victim remained in the elevator unconscious for another two hours before waking up, and staggering away.

Detectives say they recognized the 19 year old man as a felon out on probation, and arrested him a short time later on five charges, ranging from rape to probation violation.   Detectives were also able to identify the victim, and connected her with the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center for assistance.

A problem with a boat battery being charged in the garage of a Ventura home sparked a fire which caused more than a quarter of a million dollars in damage, and led to one person suffering minor injuries.

It happened at around 5:30 this morning, on the 1300 block of Beachmont Street, in Ventura.  Ventura firefighters arrived to find a garage engulfed in flames.

The fire was so big that Oxnard, and Ventura County firefighters were called in to help.  The team was able to keep the blaze from spreading, and saved the adjacent home.

One of the home’s residents was treated for smoke inhalation, and released.

One Ventura County community may take the first step in what might be a preemptive strike against porn shoots moving into the city.

The Simi Valley City Council tonight is expected to discuss a proposed ordinance requiring adult film actors to use condoms if they shoot films in the city limits.

The City of Los Angeles is pushing for a condom requirement for adult film shoots, and some Simi Valley officials fear that it might prompt filmmakers to move their shoots into Ventura County.

Adult filmmakers contend the ordinances would adversely affect their films, and are unnecessary, because the actors are required to take regular tests for sexually transmitted diseases, especially AIDS.

The gap between haves, and have nots is growing in Ventura County.  Some 200 community leaders, government officials, and residents gathered for a conference looking at this issue, and ways of trying to deal with it.  KCLU’s Lance Orozco has the story.

Click on link to listen to/download story:  Ventura County Social Justice Conference