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Mike Klan

DAVIS, Calif. (KEYT) – UC Santa Barbara Women’s Basketball took down UC Davis on its home turf tonight and will head back home with a 55-47 conference win under its belt.

The victory is Head Coach Renee Jimenez’ 300th career win and 29th at UC Santa Barbara. With the triumph, the Gauchos overtake UC Davis in the Big West rankings and slide into third place, remaining just behind UC Irvine and UC San Diego.

FROM HEAD COACH RENEE JIMENEZ”Davis is always a tough place to win, they are a good team and well coached, we knew this was going to be a grind it out type game. I’m proud of our guys for how they responded, especially on the glass and on the defensive end,” Jimenez said. “We talked all week about rebounding, finishing possessions and playing with physicality, and the players took that personally. They were communicating and trusting each other. When we defend and rebound like that, it gives us a chance to be really good and win a lot of games. We stayed together, trusted the game plan, and made plays when it mattered.”

HOW IT HAPPENEDThe opponents traded a couple of initial baskets before UC Davis got off to an early 11-5 lead. In response, Zoe Borter got to work and made three layups in a row to bring the Gauchos up to 11 themselves. The first period closed out at 13-13 and left both teams with the opportunity to grab the next lead.

The Gauchos immediately made six consecutive points to start the second, to which the Aggies replied with four of their own. Santa Barbara was already too far ahead, however, and they made ten more points to finish the half 29-24.

The third period saw the lowest scoring counts yet, with the Gauchos only making 11 and the Aggies only 10. Four of the five Gaucho buckets went in as layups while a shining three-pointer by Zoe Shaw served as the fifth. The Blue and Gold went into the final stage of the game ahead at 40-31.

The Gauchos did not falter in the fourth quarter, as they supplemented their score with 15 more points. Already ahead by six at 49-43, Santa Barbara secured six more points in the form of free throws. Davis’ Megan Norris put in two more layups before the game was through, but it was not enough to overcome the Gaucho heading. Santa Barbara clinched the 55-47 point win.

Borter shot 17 points to lead the Gauchos in scoring for the sixth game this season and score double digits for the tenth game in a row. Júlia Puente-Valverde and Olivia Bradley had nearly identical category totals, with both forwards notching ten points and nine rebounds. Puente-Valverde led steals, however, with three while Bradley led assists with three.

Skylar Burke made a pair of driving layups and ran the engine of the Gaucho defense, nabbing eight defensive rebounds to led the squad in the stat.

The Gauchos struggled with three pointers more than usual, only sinking three of their attempts. However, their 10 free throws and superior field goal percentage carried them to the win over the Aggies.

UP NEXTThe Gauchos will be back in action on Jan. 15, when they wil host Cal State Bakersfield at 6:00

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – San Marcos could not hold a fourth quarter lead and lost 12-11 to Orange Lutheran in a battle of girls water polo powers on Day 1 of the Tournament of Champions.

Sophomore Jade Pattison scored 5 goals and USC-bound Charlotte Raisin added 3 goals as San Marcos led 6-4 at the half and 10-7 after three quarters.

But the Lancers, ranked #5 in the latest MaxPreps.com poll, scored the game-winning goal with under :15 seconds to play to complete the comeback.

In other action Dos Pueblos defeated Agoura 13-6 behind 4 goals from Talia Marshall.

Kyra Jones scored a goal, had 3 assists, 2 field blocks and 1 steal for DP.

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Alissa Orozco

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KEYT) – This upcoming July, country musician Chris Stapleton will kick off the 80th annual California Mid-State Fair ahead of opening day to perform in a special Pre-Fair Concert in the city of Paso Robles.

The county star will bring his biggest hits and iconic voice to the Chumash Grandstand Arena on fair grounds on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 – just one day before the California Mid-State Fair begins. Stapleton will perform alongside supporting act Molly Tuttle at the first-ever Pre-Fair Concert.

“It is an honor and a privilege to host and present an artist of Chris Stapleton’s caliber,” said Colleen Bojorquez, CEO of the California Mid-State Fair. “Bringing world-class entertainment to our community is something in which we take great pride, and we remain committed to keeping ticket prices as affordable as possible so more fans can share in this incredible experience.”

Tickets will go on sale for the event on Friday, January 16, 2026 at 10:00am, online only. The fair says prices are set at $90, $110, $160, $210 and $260.

The fair also says anyone who does not have a ticket and would like to listen from the grounds can pay a $10 admission fee.

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Beth Farnsworth

SANTA BARBARA, Calif – (KEYT) The national spotlight will shine on 911 At Ease International, a local nonprofit devoted to the mental health of first responders.  

It comes as the CBS network puts last year’s FireAid benefit concert under the microscope during its upcoming Friday night broadcast.

“It’s a story about accountability, good work that has been done by nonprofits,” said Mike McGrew, CEO of 911 At Ease International.

McGrew likens the work of nonprofits to police work that he did for 31 years.

“When you’re going to do something good there’s going to be attacks and you’ve always got to be prepared. And there should be accountability in all these things.” 

FireAid, one of the biggest community fundraisers following last year’s devastating and deadly fires across Los Angeles County, came under scrutiny for potential misuse of funds. 

Latham and Watkins, a law firm nine decades strong, found no misuse, declaring support from the fire aid benefit reached thousands, including a $250,000 grant to 911 At Ease.

“I can tell you the money that we receive from FireAid was used for a very good purpose,” said McGrew. 

McGrew said everything was above board, financial reports were submitted twice a year.  

The bulk of the local grant helped provide one-on-one counseling services for First Responders, including those who fought the LA fires.

“And we helped a lot of First Responders with counseling for post traumatic stress and also with our program which is 911 Project Harmony where we have First Responders tell their story and then, a song’s created.” 

Writings by Chien Yu during the most recent Project Harmony session inspired a song titled “Heart of This Town.” The Pasadena firefighter lost his Altadena home during last January’s ravaging infernos. McGrew explained how Yu battled on to help save others, calling him “selfless.”

“It’s an amazing song,” said McGrew. “It really talked about resilience and not only of his family but of that community as well.”

The song was created by artist and songwriter Jonathan Firey and, retired president of Paramount Motion Picture Music, Randy Spendlove.

Jonathan Firey (lft) and Randy Spendlove (rt)

McGrew sees it as an anthem as LA rebuilds, one year later.

911 At Ease International is instrumental in helping our First Responders who’ve dealt with past disasters including the Montecito mudslides, which happened on January 9, eight years ago.  

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Jarrod Zinn

ORCUTT, Calif. (KEYT) – A new year means new leadership for the Santa Barbara County Association Of Governments, or SBCAG.

It’s marking 60 years of collaboration.

Fourth district supervisor Bob Nelson has been unanimously selected as SBCAG’s 2026 chairman.

“We’ve significantly spent local dollars on the 101 widening in the south coast,” says Nelson. “That project is now fully funded and has a pathway towards completion. So it’s now it’s an opportunity for SBCAG and the county to start moving forward with prioritizing North County projects.”

His vice-chair seat will be filled by Buellton’s mayor David Silva.

“I have a big goal with being a small town city, ensuring that the smaller cities have the chance to get their priorities put on the list,” says Silva.

One advantage seen in having both Nelson and Silva leading the new year’s SBCAG charge is that they both grew up in Orcutt.

“The funny thing is, it’s two Orcutt kids now running SBCAG, which is really a neat opportunity that hasn’t happened ever in the past,” says Nelson. “Obviously, we represent much more than just the Orcutt community, but it is kind of a fun coincidence that that’s happening all at once.”

Initiatives on the docket for 2026 include a proposed 9-mile multipurpose hiking path at the Santa Ynez Valley River Trail.

“Growing up in Orcutt, you kind of learn, since it’s an unincorporated area that you really rely on SBCAG,” says Silva.

In addition to nearing completion on construction for the U.S. 101 Multimodal Corridor in the south county, a safety study will commence for the State Route 135 corridor between Santa Maria and Orcutt.

“We’ve really seen how cities can do only so much, but SBCAG has a unique position to be able to leverage resources and government oversight and government reach to partner with areas like Caltrans and with the county to ensure that some priorities that really impact local communities are being taken care of,” says Silva.

SBCAG’s first meeting of the year is January 15th in Santa Barbara.

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Dave Alley

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department has created a newly redesigned website that tracks the number of respiratory virus cases in the community.

“(The website) contains three separate dashboards on it,” said Roxanne Archer, San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department Epidemiologist. “One focuses on wastewater. One looks at test positivity, and then the last one looks at vaccination rates. All of those cover COVID, our seasonal influenza, and then all except for the vaccination dashboard also covers RSV, which is respiratory syncytial virus.”

The new and improved website has been in operation since late November, but the county is just now spreading the word to the public.

“We know how important it is for community members to stay informed about respiratoryillness trends during the winter months,” Dr. Penny Borenstein, San Luis Obispo County Health Officer said in a statement. “These new dashboard tools make it easier than ever for our community to see what’s happening locally and take the steps they need to stay healthy during respiratory virusseason.”

According to the Public Health Department, some of the updates are new interactive charts that let viewers easily toggle between COVID-19, flu, and RSV data.

The county said the comparison allows users to see how different viruses are trending locally and make informed decisions about prevention measures, such as vaccination, testing, and masking when appropriate.

“We’re really hoping that all of these dashboards can be used by our community members as well as our, community based organizations and physicians so that they can have a better sense of what diseases are circulating in their community at a given time,” said Archer. “Say you live in Los Osos, so you can have a look at the Los Osos wastewater and see if COVID is increasing more in your area than in others. and it can help guide your decision making and keeping yourself and your community healthy.”

To view the new redesigned San Luis Obispo County respiratory virus data dashboard, click here.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – After some of the strongest early season rains in recent years, followed by strong winds, there are challenges for residents on the Central Coast this week.

Wind gusts were strong enough to wake people up Thursday morning.

Some backyard umbrellas and deck chairs went flying and tree branches broke.

Leaves are strewn all over many streets.

The Natioinal Weather Service (NWS) says the wind event is “significant.” This is only the beginning. A Santa Ana offshore wind shift is expected Thursday night and continue into Saturday. That will hold temperatures in many areas in the low 60’s until the first part of the week when they will go into the low 70’s.

Specifically the NWS says: One big item of note: Due to all the recent rains, there is agreater risk of downed trees and powerlines with the winds.

Gusts over 40 miles an hour were in the forecast within the next 24 hours.

An 89-year-old bike rider at Hendry’s beach says his ebike make it easier to travel from downtown, through the wind, to the coastline. “And you just you go right through. It doesn’t affect this at all because it’s so smooth,” said Warner Carr. “And this is a very newest type of design. I’m so thrilled with it.”

Heading back he was sizing up the conditions. ” I’m going to ride the wind now. All the way back. I don’t have to worry because it’s going to be at my back.”

One dog owner decided the rough surf and wet conditions on the sand where she wanted to walk were not quite right for the day. Heather Hambleton said, “the slough has a lot of water in it. And we’re grateful for that. We need the water but I think we’ll just go to the park instead.”

The ocean conditions will also be stirred up. A large northwest swell will continue build across the coastal waters bringing in high surf conditions along the Central Coast.

They will be in the 10-15 foot range. For Ventura surf conditions of 3-6 feet are expected with local sets to 7 feet. This surf conditions will generate dangerous rip currents.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (KEYT) – Volunteers in Santa Barbara are needed to help local families with their taxes this filing season.

The VITA program offers free tax help for qualifying local families. 

Trained volunteers assist up to two thousand households every year. 

The program runs from February through April 2026.“Some of these tax refunds are the difference between being able to cover basic needs or not … to say for college … to say for retirement … really essential refunds for people … so we’re really hope that we can get enough volunteers this year … to be able to serve more families,” said manager Marina Hudgena of United Way.

Volunteers are being recruited now, and sign-ups are open online.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KEYT) – California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of the State Address Thursday morning from the state capital. His last major speech as Governor, after spending two terms leading the state.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT). – U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Emma Hayes has named a 26-player January training camp to be held at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The camp will conclude with matches against Paraguay on Jan. 24 at DHSP and Jan. 27 against Chile at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, Calif. Tickets for both matches are available on ussoccer.com.

Roughy 11,000 tickets have already been sold for the match at UCSB.

The roster features the return of forward Trinity Rodman, who played in just one USWNT match in 2025, a 2-0 victory over Brazil at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. In that match, she scored the game-winning goal. Rodman, 23, has the most caps (47) and goals (11) of anyone on the roster. The other 22 field players on the roster have a combined 17 international goals. That match against Brazil was Rodman’s only USWNT appearance since the 2024 Olympic gold medal match on Aug. 10, 2024. Rodman is a Southern California native, growing up in Orange County, not far from DHSP.

As the January training camp falls outside a FIFA competition window, Hayes named a roster made up entirely of players from the National Women’s Soccer League, with Rodman currently unattached, including four first-time call-ups in forwards Maddie Dahlien (Seattle Reign FC) and Reilyn Turner (Portland Thorns FC) and midfielders Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage) and Sally Menti (Seattle Reign FC). Dahlien and Jackson featured in all five U.S. U-23 WNT events in 2025 and were on the roster for the January 2025 Futures Camp in Florida. Menti was in two U.S. U-23 WNT camps last year.

Dahlien and Jackson also played key roles in the USA’s third-place finish at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia, a team that featured four additional players on this USWNT roster in defenders Jordyn Bugg and Gisele Thompson, midfielder Claire Hutton and forward Ally Sentnor, who returns from the senior team roster after helping lead the U.S. Under-23 WNT to wins over the Slovakia WNT (1-0) and England’s U-23s (4-2) during the last FIFA window. Sentnor scored in both matches.

U.S. Women’s National Team Roster by Position (Club; Caps/Goals)

2026 January Training Camp Roster

GOALKEEPERS (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 6) Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals; 4), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC; 0)

DEFENDERS (8): Jordyn Bugg (Seattle Reign FC; 5/0), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 9/1), Izzy Rodriguez (Kansas City Current; 1/1), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit; 9/0), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride; 7/0), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 4/0), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave FC; 2/0), Kate Wiesner (Washington Spirit; 2/0)

MIDFIELDERS (8): Croix Bethune (Washington Spirit; 5/0), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit; 3/0), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current; 11/1), Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage; 0/0), Lo’eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current; 4/0), Sally Menti (Seattle Reign FC; 0/0), Sam Meza (Seattle Reign FC; 2/0), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC; 11/5)

FORWARDS (7): Maddie Dahlien (Seattle Reign FC; 0/0), Jameese Joseph (Chicago Stars FC; 1/0), Trinity Rodman (Unattached; 47/11), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Dash; 15/2), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 12/4), Ally Sentnor (Kansas City Current; 13/4), Reilyn Turner (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0)

At the end of this camp, the USA will face Paraguay on Jan. 24 at DHSP (2:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max in English, on Universo and Peacock in Spanish, on Westwood One radio in English and on Futbol de Primera radio in Spanish) before traveling north to face Chile on Jan. 27 at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, Calif. (7 p.m. PT / 10 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max in English, Universo and Peacock in Spanish, and on the radio in English on Westwood One and in Spanish on Futbol de Primera).

“Once again, our roster presents opportunity, for the coaching staff to evaluate players and for some NWSL players we haven’t seen as much in the National Team environment, as well as for some first-time call-ups, to show they can contribute in 2026, 2027 or beyond,” said Hayes. “We’re looking forward to having a few more training days than usual in this camp as well as getting two matches to see this part of the player pool in game action and hopefully add even more depth and options for our 2026 SheBelieves Cup roster.”

Concurrently with the USWNT’s January training camp at DHSP, the U.S. Youth National Team staff will conduct a National Team Development Camp featuring players born between 2003-2008. The youth camps are part of the continued focus on the U.S. Way, which emphasizes increased programming for Youth National Teams to create more opportunities for young players to advance through the pathway to the senior National Team with the goal of representing their country at a world championship.

(Article courtesy of USA Soccer).

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