APTRA Cyber Citations

JOHN PALMINTERI of KEYT-TV, Santa Barbara, for first word of the death of Herb Peterson, the inventor of the Egg McMuffin. March 26, 2008.

LORI GILBERT, KELK Radio and TV, Elko, Nv., for AP Network News actualities in the aftermath of northeastern Nevada's 6.0 earthquake on Feb. 21. Gilbert reported from hard-hit Wells, Nv.

LANCE OROZCO of KCLU-FM, Thousand Oaks-Santa Barbara, for first word and details when two men and a company were charged with felony crimes for allegedly recklessly starting the gigantic Zaca fire. Aug. 31, 2007

Michael Edgecomb, KKFX-TV, Santa Maria for providing first word and updates on the crash of a twin-engine Piper Apache on a ranch near Orcutt. The pilot died in the crash. Sept. 8, 2006.

LEE HAMILTON and JIM CHARVAT, KOGO, San Diego, for providing the latest from investigators on the off-duty police shooting of San Diego Charger Steve Foley. Sept. 5, 2006

GARY DAIGNEAULT, KCDZ, Joshua Tree, for continuing an information flow on the massive fires that swept through the Yucca Valley area, destroying nearly 60 homes in nine days. July 18, 2006

Tracy Lehr, KEYT-TV, Santa Barbara, for first word when a message about nitroglycerin and President Bush was found scrawled in the hold of a cargo ship just into Port Hueneme from Guatemala. The writing shut down the deep-water port for several hours. Federal investigators found no explosives.

John Palminteri, KEYT-TV, Santa Barbara, for providing continuing updates on developments in the Denny's restaurant shooting. March 15-16, 2006.

Tammy Brown, Peter J. Rudy, KUZZ, Bakersfield, for providing first word and updates on the Hondo Chemical plant explosion and fire. Feb. 17, 2006.

Kiyoshi Tomono, KGET, Bakersfield, for first word and details on the fatal Highway 99 chain-reaction collisions. Feb. 7, 2006.

John Palminteri, Raha Sheik, Beth Farnsworth, KEYT-TV, Santa Barbara for providing first confirmation and breaking developments throughout coverage of the deadly rampage at the big mail processing center in Goleta. Staff provided first word, contact numbers and audio. Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2006.

Eric Leonard, KFI, Los Angeles, for exclusive information on Governor Schwarzenegger lacking the proper motorcycle license. Jan. 9, 2006.

Rick Joyce, Entertainment Tonight, for providing first word and followup information on the death of singer Lou Rawls. Jan. 6, 2006.