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Mike Klan

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) – This loss is going to sting for awhile.

Dos Pueblos played an outstanding second half but the horse was already out of the barn.

A furious DP comeback came up inches short in a 10-9 loss to Agoura in a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinal.

Devereaux Wigo, who had a game-high five goals for DP, lofted an outside shot as time expired that was knocked around at the cage but did not cross the goal and the season ended for the home Chargers.

DP got behind 6-2 after the first quarter but star goalie Reagan Mack entered the game to begin the second quarter and steadied the defense the rest of the way.

Mack was not 100 percent as she is dealing with an injured shoulder but down by four goals she gave it try and she was outstanding.

Dos Pueblos trailed 9-5 at the half but Mack only allowed one second half goal.

Mack made several key saves including stopping a penalty shot early in the fourth quarter as well as a spectacular one-handed block with just over two minutes remaining.

With Mack shutting down the Agoura attack, Dos Pueblos chipped away at the lead.

Wigo had two goals in the third quarter and one more early in the fourth to cut the deficit to 10-8.

Keira McAvoy scored her second goal of the game with 4:05 left and DP was down just 10-.

But despite several good scoring opportunities Dos Pueblos just could not tie it up and they finish a strong season at 19-8.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – This was suppose to be a ‘get right game’ for the UCSB women’s basketball team.

Instead it was another loss.

The Gauchos were upset at home by UC Riverside 69-62, the fourth loss in the past five games for UCSB.

Trailing 48-36, UCSB finished the third quarter on an 11-0 run and had all of the momentum heading into the final ten minutes of the game.

With Zoe Borter scoring 7 quick points early in the fourth quarter UCSB grabbed a 56-54 lead with 6:28 left in the game.

(Zoe Borter scored 14 second half points. Entenza Design).

But that was the Gauchos final lead of the game as they fall to 8-6 in the Big West and 16-7 on the year.

The Highlanders outscored UCSB by 18 points from the three-point line and move to 6-8 in league and 8-16 overall.

Borter led UCSB with 20 points while Hannah Wickstrom poured in a game-high 27 points for the visitors.

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Mike Klan

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Sophomore Guzman Vasilic scored a career high 18 points and freshman Austin Goode enjoyed a collegiate best 17 Thursday evening as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to hand previous Big West leader UC Irvine a 79-73 defeat inside Mott Athletics Center.

Sophomore Cayden Ward produced his second career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for Cal Poly (10-16, 6-8), which utilized a 19-5 run out of halftime to overtake UC Irvine (16-9, 9-4) seven minutes into the second half.

The Mustangs trailed just twice down the stretch – by a single point each occasion – with three-pointers on four successive from possessions (Goode and sophomore Peter Bandelj alternating) establishing a 74-65 edge with two minutes to play.

Limiting UC Irvine to a 33.3 (10-for-30) percent second-half shooting mark, Cal Poly drained 14 three-pointers while outrebounding the anteaters, 51-40.

Bandelj, who sank four three-pointers alongside Vasilic, finished with 14 points for Cal Poly.

Facing just a 10-5 deficit after the initial six minutes and a 1-for-10 shooting start, Cal Poly received back-to-back three-pointers from Bandelj before Goode, sophomore Hamad Mousa and Vasilic all connected from the arc for a 20-12 advantage.

UC Irvine guard Derin Saran broke Cal Poly’s streak with a layup before freshman Troy Plumtree hit another three-pointer to place Cal Poly up 23-14 eight-and-a-half minutes before the break.

The Mustangs, however, were kept to just two field goals the remainder of the half as UC Irvine closed the period with a 28-6 run to lead heading into the locker room, 42-29.

Cal Poly Noteworthy (versus UC Irvine)

Up Next: Playing two its next three matchups at home, Cal Poly hosts rival UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m.

With Thursday’s win, Cal Poly knocked UC Irvine out of a tie for first place in the Big West standings, handing Hawai’i (18-5, 10-3) top spot – by a half-game – over UC Santa Barbara (17-8, 10-4).

Cal Poly, meanwhile, moved one-and-a-half games clear of Long Beach State for the eighth and final spot in the March 11-14 Big West Championship.

With his first bucket of the evening nine minutes into action, Hamad Mousa surpassed 500 points for the season. The effort marks the 13th 500-point season in program history and the third in as many years after current Los Angeles Clippers guard Kobe Sanders (568, 2023-24) and former guard Owen Koonce (593, 2024-25).

Cal Poly’s 51 rebounds marked a season high.

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Mike Klan

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KEYT) – The UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team defeated UC Riverside 76-68 in a pivotal conference matchup at SRC Arena. With help from a UC Irvine loss, the Gauchos moved into second place in The Big West standings. After trailing by six at halftime, UC Santa Barbara surged with a 47-point second half, capitalizing on UCR’s 17 turnovers to secure the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENEDUC Santa Barbara opened the game with consistent effort in the paint, matching the Highlanders’ 16 points in that area. Despite a slow start, UCSB managed to capitalize on second-chance opportunities, outscoring UCR 12-4 in second-chance points. Colin Smith’s contributions, including a key three-pointer at 8:52, helped keep the Gauchos within two possessions of the Highlanders.

UC Santa Barbara encountered challenges in maintaining possession, resulting in eight turnovers in the first half. However, the team showed resilience, with CJ Shaw hitting a last-second 3-pointer to close the half. The first half ended with UC Santa Barbara trailing UCR 35-29.

UC Santa Barbara ignited the second half with a layup from Aidan Mahaney, quickly followed by a 3-pointer from Shaw, bringing the score to 35-34 still in favor of the Highlanders. UCSB maintained its momentum by tying the game at 37 with another 3-pointer by Mahaney, assisted by Hosana Kitenge. UCSB’s effective shooting from beyond the arc, including a crucial 3-pointer by Zion Sensley at 10:31, contributed to a scoring drive that put them ahead 52–47.

Santa Barbara extended its lead midway through the half with a combination of efficient shooting and defensive stops, highlighted by Marvin McGhee IV’s dunk at 3:10, bringing the score to 70–59. UCSB closed the half by capitalizing on free throws, with Mahaney converting consecutively at the line, sealing a 75–68 victory.

UP NEXTThe Gauchos will stay on the road as they travel to Cal Poly on Saturday, Feb. 14. UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly will meet at 4 p.m. inside the Mott Athletics Center. The game will be broadcast on Spectrum SportNet with live stats available.

(Article courtesy of UCSB Athletics)

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Caleb Nguyen

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – San Luis Obispo Police received notification of a death near a homeless encampment near Los Osos Valley Road and Calle Joaquin this afternoon.

SLOPD detectives and the County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office are investigating the death and more information will be provided once available.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Despite being an iconic California symbol, the grizzly bear has been practically extinct in the state for a century now. A new student-led film premiering at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival highlights the growing effort to recover the species.

The documentary film, The Bear Beneath, by director and UC Santa Barbara student Olivia Hille, producer Jorge Rodal Llano, and filmmaker Tatum Davis centers around the untold story of overhunting and habitat destruction that led to dwindling numbers in grizzly bears.

UCSB researcher Peter Alagona is featured in the film as an environmental expert, who continues the work and education to ramp up recovery efforts.

“He’s the number one grizzly researcher – probably in the world, yeah. And he is brilliant, he’s passionate, he’s genuine, we put him on as the subject really for this documentary and I just feel like the story wrote itself because he’s just so true to what he has to say and so intelligent,” says Hille.

The documentary was shot and completed as part of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s GreenScreen environmental filmmaking program. From pitch to delivery, the project was completed in just 10 weeks, the length of one academic quarter at UCSB.

“I just feel like documentary-filmmaking is just the perfect way to capture a moment in time, and I think in this moment we able to bring awareness to this topic and also hopefully promote people actually taking action,” says Davis.

The trio says they hope the film spreads to greater audiences, and inspires the community to do better.

“We want the grizzlies back! That’s the very first thing,” says Rodal. “We’re going to have to keep working on films that are really important, that are talking about what’s happened here so we don’t commit the same mistakes in the future, environmentally.”

The film premiered for the first time on Feb. 11th at the Film Festival. Another screening is scheduled for Friday afternoon at 2:40pm.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A documentary film premiering at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival centers around a little league team in the mist of the Eaton Canyon fire, and a community’s ability to find strength and resilience in disastrous times.

Film writer and director Eric Simonson and producer Sue Cremin stopped by your Morning News to preview Going For Home. They tell the story of the Central Altadena Little league, who were told their season would be cancelled when the Eaton Fire broke out and displaced thousands of families in January 2025.

The players continued to play, and the games became a unifying factor for the community.

“We love Central Altadena Little League, and we just felt like as a whole the Eaton Fire was not getting a lot of attention in general,” said Cremin. “It was being overshadowed and we thought maybe we follow the story of people really, I mean they were fighting in so many ways, but fighting to kind of we always realized they were, fighting for their joy when everything else was, was falling down around them literally.”

The film premiered for the first time at the festival on February 8th. Simonson and Cremin walked the carpet, along with some of the little leaguers featured in the documentary.

“Certainly the kids really play, you know it all comes down to play and being in the moment, and those things that kids are so great at so they certainly taught us lessons, not to sound cliche, but I know they were teaching their families as well,” said Simonson.

Don’t miss the last opportunity to see Going For Home at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday, February 14th at 6:00pm.

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Caleb Nguyen

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – San Luis Obispo Police arrested a 65-year-old man in possession of narcotics for sale at the 900 block of Monterey Street on January 6.

SLOPD officers contacted the man at his home and searched the residence for narcotics after he had probation terms for prior narcotics-related arrests.

SLOPD officers found a pound of methamphetamine, plastic bags, a digital scale and other items known for narcotics sales and narcotics use.

SLOPD officers then arrested and booked the man into the County Jail under the following felony charges:

possession of a controlled substance

transportation for the purpose of sales of a controlled substance

possession with prior convictions

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria city leaders received an update on the challenges facing the city’s homeless population.

Many individuals are refusing help and choosing to remain homeless.

This underscores the challenges facing Santa Maria when dealing with the homeless.

“We haven’t identified why, but we are seeing a lot of new faces in the community,” said Ruben Ramirez, senior park services officer for Santa Maria Recreation and Parks department.

A new report shows more homeless are coming to the Santa Maria Valley from places as far away as Los Angeles and Bakersfield.

Many live along freeway exits, in the riverbed and city parks. 

“Wherever they could find a location, that’s what is referred to as out of sight out of mind, somewhere away from the general public view,” says Ramirez.

Measurable impacts to the community include vandalism, the overnight closure of park facilities like this one four days out of each week, and an increase in shopping cart thefts.

“Most grocery stores, don’t have a way to clean or sanitize their grocery carts, so they’re not interested in getting them back,” says Dennis Smitherman, director of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks. “It’s a cost to them, but it’s, it’s less expensive than the alternative at this point.”

City rangers try to help the homeless, and family members who want to help a loved one on the streets.

“There’s a lot of families that come out looking for their, family members that are experiencing homelessness,” says Ramirez. “And I think it’s incentive to them to see how much their family cares for them. And hopefully they can seek those assistance.”

Rangers try to connect homeless people with social service resources.

“And, our city rangers and our city staff, they also care for these individuals, and would like to see them back up on their feet,” says Ramirez.

But many refuse, often because of a lack of trust.

Rangers frequently find illegal drugs when clearing homeless camps, and believe high drug addiction rates are a major barrier to getting help.

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Dave Alley

GROVER BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) – A group of Grover Beach residents are beginning an effort to try and limit future building heights in the coastal city that is currently experiencing a wave of growth in its downtown area.

This week, the group delivered to the Grover Beach City Council an Notice of Intent to start the process of launching a petition drive that could eventually lead to the creation of an initiative measure on this year’s November ballot.

According to the documents provided by the residents, the goal is adopt an ordinance that limits building heights and establishes a minimum 33% commercial component in a mixed-use development.

“The purpose of this is to preserve Grover Beach’s mystique of being a beach town,” said Kelvin Coveduck, a Grover Beach resident who is part of the petition group. “Not that we want to live in the past, but we want to preserve the future for future generations.”

The group is aiming limit buildings and structures in Commercial Zoning Districts to three stories and 40 feet in height, as well as limit buildings and structures in Industrial Zoning Districts to 33 feet in height.

In addition, intent of the petition is increase the amount of commercial or retail space that would be required in a new mixed-use building.

“We want to make the mixed use a 33% component of the building,” said Coveduck. “In other words, you want to have 33% commercial space in an area zoned industrial. Therefore, you’re not having a residential area like this (around Front Street) that is zoned partially for industrial become another residential area with high rises. We don’t want token gyms or coffee shops. We want the mixed-use to be used properly and not be a fractional amount and using that as a gateway to build way up.”

“We need to get 1,000 signatures if this is approved,” said Coveduck, referring to approval from the City Council. “The Grover Beach City Council has to study it. They have 15 days to do that. They have 10 days to give it to legal counsel and if they let us, as the Grover Beach citizens do our our American right of having initiatives which California is famous for, then the people will decide. The caveat is that they won’t be able to change the height limits that we have in our petition unless the voters decide in the future, so it takes it out of the hands of the city council and into the hands of the people.”

Now that the Grover Beach City Council has officially received the Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition, a thorough process is now underway.

In a statement to News Channel 3-12, the City of Grover Beach said:

The City is committed to ensuring a fair and legally compliant process following the submission of this petition. The City Attorney has 15 days to review the petition and draft a title and wording for the proposed measure. After receiving the ballot title and wording, the citizens group will need to publish the petition in a newspaper prior to circulating for signatures and file a proof of publication with the elections official within 10 days of publishing. The group can then begin gathering signatures.

If the petition gets enough signatures, the City Council could either adopt the ordinance in the measure without making changes, submit the unaltered ordinance to be placed on the ballot, or order an report on the impacts of the measure in accordance with the election code. Once receiving that report, the Council could either adopt the ordinance within 10 days or order it to be placed on the November ballot.

With the petition process now underway, starting which could be a months-long drive through November, Coveduck expressed optimism the effort will ultimately succeed.

“I’m feeling good that it will get approved because it’s a grassroots movement,” said Coveduck “We had several neighborhood meetings and people that have attended this meeting are former mayors, former congresspeople, business owners, residents, retired folks, some younger folks, so it’s a grassroots program. I’m positive that we have a momentum to to get this passed.”

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