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More survivors emerge in investigation into nursing assistant Kayode ‘Kay’ Ogunba accused of sexually assaulting patients at area care facility

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GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) – Sheriff's detectives have received more information including multiple calls from additional survivors after releasing information about Kayode 'Kay' Ogunba who is under investigation for sexually assaulting patients at a care facility in Goleta where he worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

In November of last year, Sheriff's detectives received evidence from a care home on South Patterson Road in Goleta that two patients there had been sexually assaulted by a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) identified as Ogunba.

Since then, detectives have confirmed that Ogunba worked as a CNA in Pawnee County, Kansas and Glendora, California in addition to his work history released last month in Washington and Texas over the past seven years detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office in a press release Thursday.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, detectives have also received multiple calls from new survivors and the law enforcement agency noted that it commends the bravery required to come forward in this case.

Ogunba was arrested in the Los Angeles area on Jan. 20, 2026, and he remains in custody at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail with bail set at $100,000.

He is facing multiple felony charges including sexual penetration, lewd or lascivious acts by a caretaker against a dependent person involving force, and elder abuse as well as a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery of a dependent adult detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators believe more survivors may still come forward and anyone with more information is asked to contact Detective Arnoldi at 805-681-4150 or you can submit information while remaining anonymous by calling 805-681-4171 or visiting here.

Advocates for survivors are available through the Victim-Witness Assistance Program at 805-568-2400 and additional confidential support can be found with local non-profit Standing Together to End Sexual Assault through its 24-hour hotline at 805-564-3696.

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La FDA aprueba el colorante alimentario natural rojo de remolacha y amplía el uso de la espirulina

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Por Kristen Rogers, CNN

Como parte de las labores del movimiento “Make America Healthy Again” para reemplazar los colorantes artificiales, derivados del petróleo, por alternativas naturales, la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció que aprobó el uso del colorante rojo de remolacha y amplió el uso del extracto de espirulina.

El número de colorantes naturales aprobados durante el actual Gobierno asciende ahora a seis, según informó la agencia el jueves.

El rojo de remolacha es un líquido o polvo de color rojizo-púrpura. El extracto de espirulina, un polvo o líquido verde azulado obtenido del alga Arthrospira platensis, que se encuentra en océanos y lagos salinos, ya estaba aprobado para su uso en numerosos alimentos y bebidas. Entre ellos se incluyen dulces, chicles, glaseados, algunos productos lácteos, cereales, condimentos y bebidas alcohólicas y no alcohólicas.

La acción más reciente de la FDA permite que este ingrediente se utilice de manera más general en otros alimentos destinados al consumo humano, con excepción de la fórmula infantil y de ciertos productos sujetos a inspección del Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés).

La FDA también anunció que los productos que contengan colorantes naturales ahora pueden llevar la etiqueta “sin colorantes artificiales”, lo que facilitará a los consumidores distinguir entre alimentos teñidos de manera sintética y natural. Antes, las empresas por lo general solo podían hacer este tipo de afirmaciones si sus productos no contenían ningún colorante añadido.

“Esto es un avance real”, dijo el secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., en un comunicado. “Estamos facilitando que las empresas se alejen de los colorantes sintéticos derivados del petróleo y adopten alternativas más seguras, de origen natural. Este impulso fortalece nuestro esfuerzo más amplio para ayudar a los estadounidenses a comer alimentos reales y a Make America Healthy Again”.

Los colorantes sintéticos más utilizados en Estados Unidos son los rojos números 3 y 40, los amarillos números 5 y 6, y los azules números 1 y 2. Estos colorantes han sido asociados con un mayor riesgo para la salud, incluidos, en algunos casos, cáncer y problemas neuroconductuales en animales y niños.

“Los colorantes artificiales dominaron porque son más baratos, más estables al calor y al almacenamiento, y más fáciles de estandarizar en alimentos ultraprocesados”, explicó por correo electrónico el Dr. Wesley McWhorter, dietista registrado y vocero de la Academia de Nutrición y Dietética. “Pero esas ventajas de fabricación no implican que sean más saludables o necesarios, razón por la cual muchas marcas enfocadas en alimentos integrales han vuelto a fuentes de coloración basadas en plantas y algas”.

California comenzó a sentar las bases para una legislación contra los colorantes sintéticos hace varios años. Desde entonces, el estado prohibió el uso del colorante rojo número 3 en todo su territorio y de otros seis colorantes comunes en los alimentos escolares. Estas leyes entrarán en vigor el 1 de enero de 2027 y el 31 de diciembre de 2027, respectivamente. La FDA prohibió el colorante rojo número 3 en enero de 2025.

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Santa Barbara man arrested after using his car to hit someone he had argued with earlier

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A 22-year-old Santa Barbara man was arrested after allegedly using his vehicle to hit a person at the Milpas Street Speedway after they had argued earlier that evening.

On Feb. 2, around 6:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a reported felony battery in the parking lot of the Speedway Express at 231 Milpas Street where they determined that a 22-year-old Santa Barbara man had intentionally used his vehicle to hit the victim stated a press release from the Santa Barbara Police Department.

According to Santa Barbara Police, the 22-year-old and the victim had an argument earlier that evening.

The victim suffered minor injuries as a result of the collision and declined medical attention at the scene added the Santa Barbara Police Department.

After further investigation, officers secured a warrant for the 22-year-old's arrest for assault with a deadly weapon and he was arrested on Feb. 4, 2026, around 6 p.m. in a Chevron parking lot on Coast Village Road noted the Santa Barbara Police Department.

A search of the vehicle which was the same one involved in the earlier assault at the Speedway, officers found a non-serialized pistol, a 100-round magazine loaded onto the pistol, three additional high-capacity magazines containing a total of 150 rounds, a bulletproof vest, and a "significant quantity of suspected cocaine" detailed the Santa Barbara Police Department.

The 22-year-old is prohibited from possessing firearms added the Santa Barbara Police Department.

He was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on multiple felonies and his bail has been set at $500,000 shared the Santa Barbara Police Department.

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