# KEYT Santa Barbara, SLO News

> News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id668761836](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id668761836)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id668761836`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** News-Press & Gazette Company
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (757 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-27
- **First published:** 2013-07-10
- **Size:** 68 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keyt-santa-barbara-slo-news/id668761836)
- **Website:** [http://www.keyt.com/about/advertising/-/18265844/-/oorj9e/-/index.html](http://www.keyt.com/about/advertising/-/18265844/-/oorj9e/-/index.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://keyt.com/privacy-policy/](https://keyt.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

KEYT Santa Barbara, SLO News is a Chrome extension that delivers instant access to the latest local news for the California Coastal region, including Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties and parts of Western Ventura County. It also provides custom weather forecasts, traffic updates, and local sports in one convenient location.

Stay informed on the go with a lightweight extension that loads quickly from your toolbar, keeping you connected to coastal news from KEYT sources. Ideal for quick reads during commutes or breaks.

## Rankings

- #61,915 — Overall
- #64 — press

## Review summary

User reviews for KEYT Santa Barbara, SLO News show strong appreciation for local coverage and helpful notifications, but frequent ads, instability (crashes/loading/video), questionable content focus, and notification/link issues are common complaints. Install problems and perceived bias toward non-local news further harm reliability. Overall, locals value the local reporting and alerts when the app works, but stability and content focus gaps are the primary drawbacks.

### Pros

- Strong local coverage for the Central Coast; users value regular local news updates.
- Notifications are useful for breaking local and national news.
- When functioning, the app can load quickly and deliver video playback smoothly (per positive experiences when it works).

### Cons

- Intrusive and persistent ads; users want an option to remove ads.
- Frequent stability issues: crashes, long loading times, and videos failing to play.
- Content quality concerns: claims of non-local or biased coverage prioritizing national/non-local stories.
- Notification links sometimes open the home screen instead of the article.
- Install/download problems or the app disappearing from devices.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id668761836)