Tracy Lehr
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The dancing world and the Old Spanish Days community are mourning Maestra de Flamenco Ana Galindo.
Galindo’s friends said she died of heart failure this week.
Her dancers performed at the Old Mission Santa Barbara during Fiesta Pequena and at the Courthouse during Noches de Ronda each year.
Plans are in the works to honor Galindo during Fiesta, August 5-9, 2026.
For more information visit https://sbfiesta.org
Tracy Lehr
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYY) The St. Joseph Church July festival is underway in Carpinteria.
People enjoyed seeing the “World’s Famous Band” on Saturday.
The band opened with a tribute to Herb Alpert, who turned 91 this year.
In addition to live music, there are games and rides.
There’s also cotton candy and homemade dishes for sale.
The festival is selling raffle tickets for cash and prizes.
Proceeds benefit the church.
The July Festival is located on the 1500 block of Linden Ave.
Thanks to the large rides it is hard to miss.
The fun continues on Sunday from Noon to 9 p.m.
Tracy Lehr
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) It is Hunter, Jumper week.
Riders are competing at the Santa Barbara National Horse show at the Earl Warren Showgrounds all weekend.
They are competing in outdoor rings and inside the arena.
The event has been a Santa Barbara tradition for more than a 100 years
Kristin Hardin said she has been riding in the show since she was a child.
“We just did the Hap Hansen jumper classic named after my trainer when i was a kid and I just won it on a horse that i bred and raised and i live just on the other side of the hill in Cuyama where I breed my horses,” said Hardin.
The Santa Barbara national horse show continues on Sunday from 7 am to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Spectators are welcome to watch.
For more information visit https:/earlwarren.com
Tracy Lehr
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) July 10th marked the one year anniversary of the Glass House Farms ICE raids.
People marched four miles to the cannabis growers greenhouses in Carpinteria on Saturday.
Activists and concerned citizens said they didn’t want the anniversary of the raids in Carpinteria and Camarillo to go unnoticed.
During the Camarillo raid farmworker Jaime Alanis Garcia, 57, fatally fell from a greenhouse roof.
ICE detained more than 360 people including a US veteran.
The Executive Director of 805Undocufund called the raids “Horrible.”
Primative Hernandez said she wants the people impacted to know they are not alone.
“We are here today to stand strong in solidarity with each other and with all you out there who couldn’t make it out and who are in a place to be here with us to come out and get activated, It is gonna to take all of us to make sure that we send a very strong message that we stand united as people,” said Hernandez.
Congressman Salud Carbajal joined them, too.
“What made me come out to be in solidarity with the community to memorializze the tragic terror event that ICE brought upon our community a year ago, ” said Carbajal, a disproportionate show of force masked militarized individuals form ice came here to in many cases violate the right of immigrants and some Americans citizens”
One of the speakers, midday through the march, urged Carbajal to help DACA students.
A number of speakers including Anthony Rodriguez invited others to get involved.
He is worried the children impacted will have PTSD.
“Our children are our future, so why aren’t we allowing them to have that, so I am asking all you who have not stepped up step up do something because that is the only way we are going to make this right,” said Rodriquez.
Glass House could not be reached to comment in time for this report, but a medicinal portion of the company is now publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
It’s the first in California to do so.
Participants in the four mile, round trip march, intend to make it an annual event.
Tracy Lehr
SOLVANG, Calif. (KEYT) The Vikings of Solvang are good sports.
About 200 members rowed in support of the Norwegian team that played tough game against England on Saturday afternoon.
The group, led by Kim Jensen, is known for giving back to the community.
Community leader Tracy Beard shared video of the rowing.
It is a tradition and fans around the world have been participating.
Erling Haaland led the drumming and rowing following the team’s victory over Brazil.
For more information visit https://www.vikingsofsolvang.org
Caleb Nguyen
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A car went over the embankment at Alameda Padre Serra in Santa Barbara just before 5:00 p.m. Saturday, according to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
A News Channel viewer at the scene sent in photos of several emergency personnel inspecting a white SUV in the embankment after damage to its front side.
The Santa Barbara Police Department found the solo driver in the car and learned the driver was not injured in the crash.
A tow truck helped pull the car out and Alameda Padre Serra remained closed until 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
DUI is not believed to be a factor in the crash and the incident remains under investigation, according to the SBPD.
Mike Klan
ORLANDO, Fla. (KEYT) – The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club captured the 2026 AAU Boys 17 Premier National Championship with a perfect 12-0 record in four day event.
SBVC 17-1 defeated Vegas United in the championship match on Friday.
The tournament featured more than 350 teams in the 17s age group, including more than 90 teams in the 17 Premier Division.
San Marcos High School rising-senior Mateo Burdick, a UCSB-commit, was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Burdick and his teammates Keanu Nguyen and Soren Alldredge earned All-Tournament Team honors.
Burdick provided a steady offensive presence throughout the tournament, while Hayes Costner and Nathan Biron gave SBVC consistent production from the left side and applied constant pressure from the service line.
Keanu Nguyen anchored the team’s passing and defensive systems, allowing the offense to stay in rhythm throughout the tournament.
Setters Maddox Denver and Tyler Walker orchestrated a fast paced offense that created pressure from every area of the court. Denver also emerged as one of SBVC’s most effective servers during the championship run.Middle blockers Soren Alldredge and Moses Schlobohm elevated their play on days three and four, stringing together key runs with blocks and kills that opened the court for SBVC’s pin hitters.
“Winning a national championship is an incredible accomplishment, but we’re just as proud of the way these young men represented Santa Barbara,” said SBVC Club Director Nick Vogel. “Head coach Randy DeWeese did an outstanding job preparing these team and demonstrated stellar poise and preparation as he chose lineups, prepared scouting reports, and exploited weaknesses. The team competed for one another every match, embraced every role, and earned this championship together.”
Hadley Bodell
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – As part of a multi-year project called “Bringing War Home,” professors and students from Utah State University partnered with the Museum of Idaho to host a roadshow on Saturday, July 11 to find wartime artifacts in the community.
The project is funded through the National Endowment for the Humanities in their dialogs on the experiences of war. Organizers say it’s a community-facing project that has traveled around the state of Utah, and now, Idaho.
“We’re aiming to document people’s experiences of war through the objects that they keep at home,” said Molly Cannon, assistant professor at USU and co-director of the “Bringing War Home” project. “Today, we’ve seen family photo albums, medals and various artwork that hangs on walls.”
The organizers also had someone bring in a fragment of a Japanese aircraft that had been shot down by an ancestor. The team doesn’t take the objects from the owners, rather takes photos of them and interviews the people who bring them in. With the interviews, the stories behind the items are preserved in the exhibitions.
“We archive them in a publicly accessible digital archive through our library at Utah State University,” Cannon said. “Through the 11 events we’ve hosted over the last few years in Utah, we’ve curated a traveling exhibit that currently travels around Utah.”
This year, as part of the Utah 250, some of the stories and artifacts were preserved at the Utah State Capitol. Organizers said they were excited to see what the community of Idaho Falls could bring to the collection. If you participate in a road show, you’ll find different stations to attend.
“You’re greeted at the registration desk, then students will meet with you to learn more about the objects you’ve brought in,” Cannon explained. “They’ll document all the information about the object, and then at the final station we photograph them.”
The benefits of the project go far beyond the exhibitions. Students use the artifacts for research papers, teachers use them for lessons in their classrooms, and families find a place where a piece of their history, as well as the country’s history, is preserved.
Cannon said she is most looking forward to the next stage of the project where they’re beginning to share the curation with exhibitions and Utah Public Radio stories. At the same time, they’re still documenting hundreds of artifacts from communities across state lines.
“I’m looking forward to working with teachers to really get this curriculum into their classrooms,” she said. “Our project has a website which directs you to the current digital archive.”
Cannon said the most common items so far have been photographs and letters from wartime. They also get random objects like service medals, dog tags, canteens, uniforms, buttons and commemorative gifts like silk fabric and jewelry. Mainly, families want the stories connected to these items preserved.
“People can learn from them not only from their own families, but what we’re gathering is this collective of stories from our community. So we get to understand a whole community’s experience of and legacy of these conflicts,” Cannon said.
The culminating assignment for the “Objects of War” class at Utah State University is to host a road show in Logan, just a short trip down from locals in Eastern Idaho, and Cannon said everyone is welcome to come with their historic items. The hope is to one have documenting kits to send countrywide for people to document their own artifacts to add to the collection.
The website for the project is https://www.usu.edu/mountainwest/bringing-war-home/ for more information and to view artifact stories.
Timothy Foster
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Cultural Center is reopening its Historic Camelot Theatre this Saturday, just two weeks after a fire forced the building to temporarily close.
The fire broke out on the evening of June 27 in the kitchen area of the Cultural Center on East Baristo Road. According to the Palm Springs Fire Department, 31 firefighters responded to the scene and safely evacuated about 30 people. The fire was quickly contained, and no injuries were reported.
The blaze damaged the kitchen and caused smoke and water damage in parts of the building. The café remains closed while cleanup and restoration work continues. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Despite ongoing repairs in other areas of the building, the Historic Camelot Theatre is ready to welcome moviegoers back. The theater will reopen Saturday evening with a screening of Jaws.
Cultural Center officials thanked the community for its support during the cleanup and said they are excited to welcome audiences back while restoration efforts continue.
Erika McGuire
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Fest reached capacity Saturday afternoon as fans gathered to watch the city’s final World Cup quarterfinal match, featuring Argentina and Switzerland.
Organizers posted on “X” around 3:30 p.m. that general admission entry to Fan Fest had been temporarily paused because the venue had reached capacity. Premium Garden and Legacy pass holders continued to receive guaranteed admission.
About 10 minutes later, general admission was back open for fans.
The match between Argentina and Switzerland will kick off at Arrowhead Stadium at 8 p.m.
Fans from all over the world traveled to Kansas City to be part of the FIFA World Cup that began on June 16.
Ryan Peritchett and Andrew Ionsu made the trip from Toronto, Canada, to watch Argentina play, saying the experience has been well worth the journey.
“It’s been amazing the city is so welcoming, people are so nice and super chill, and it’s incredibly clean,” Perichett said.
Transportation during Argentina’s first match against Algeria left many fans frustrated, with some waiting hours to reach Arrowhead Stadium.
Since then, transportation has become much more efficient.
The shuttle ride itself takes about 25 minutes each way. From the time of arrival at Fan Fest to reaching the area outside the stadium gates, the entire trip takes nearly an hour. That includes waiting in line, boarding the bus and making the final walk toward the stadium.
However, since that first match ,transportation around the city has improved.
“I love how organized it is,” Ionsu said. “When we got to the airport we took the shuttle to downtown beautiful, and then the tram, free right to where our hotel was it was so easy and quick,”
“It’s been unreal honestly super smooth, no issues that fact that it’s free has been crazy, I think we got off the plane they gave us soccer balls, it’s super easy to take the bus no problems,” Perichett added.
The pair are also fans of Lionel Messi who has scored eight goals in the 2026 World Cup, making it a priority to be in Kansas City to watch Messi score another World Cup goal.
“Messi’s last World Cup greatest player to ever live, that’s a dream of any soccer fan to see it,” Ionsu said.
“We have to see him in person, it’s a once in a lifetime, you gotta do it,” Perichett added.
