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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Boys Soccer:

San Marcos 3, Santa Barbara 2: Luis Campos scored the game-winning goal in the closing minutes of the Channel League opener for both teams.

Pacifica 3, Dos Pueblos 0

Laguna Blanca 7, Grace 0: Baylor Wilson scored 4 goals

Girls Soccer:

San Marcos 0, Santa Barbara 0

Bishop Diego 2, Laguna Blanca 1: First Cardinals win in almost 2 years

Girls Basketball:

San Marcos 65, Santa Barbara 19: Jada Ahmad scored game-high 22 points

(Lily Ruvalcaba scored 11 points for the Royals. Entenza Design).

Dos Pueblos 50, Oxnard 41: Carly Letendre scored a game-high 25 points

Girls Water Polo:

San Marcos 18, Oxnard 6: Josie Drabik scored 8 goals

Santa Barbara 17, Newbury Park 4: Jules Horton tallied 5 goals

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Some of the best girls flag football in the state is played in the 805 area so it’s not surprising to see several local star players on the All-CIF teams.

In Division 1, San Marcos senior Rio Chesluk, Dos Pueblos Senior Kacey Hurley, Dos Pueblos junior Brooklyn Hedricks and Camarillo senior Mya Rei Smith were all honored.

In Division 2, Ventura senior Ava Ortman and Ventura junior Mya Rodriguez are All-CIF.

Santa Paula senior Angie Aguilera is All-CIF in Division 3.

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Caleb Nguyen

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KEYT) – Paso Robles police arrested a man Tuesday morning for felony vandalism and arson after he set fire to an upstairs balcony and broke windows in a room at the 1400 block of Vine Street.

Downstairs tenants reported broken windows, yelling and flooding the building before PRPD officers and a crisis negotiator tried to speak with the 55-year-old suspect.

PRPD officers did not succeed in talking to the man before he broke more windows, threw items outside of another window and started a small fire.

Officers watched over the area from midnight until 9:30 a.m., when the 55-year-old again threw items from his window and refused to speak with anybody, according to the PRPD.

The 55-year-old refused to speak to family, mental health specialists and PRPD officers during the incident and continued vandalizing the property, according to the PRPD.

PRPD detectives later obtained an arrest and search warrant for the man before they used chemical agents to try and prompt his surrender.

PRPD officers received help from the Paso Robles Fire Department when they entered into the home at 1:00 p.m. before the 55-year-old jumped from the roof and injured himself.

PRPD officers took the man for medical treatment before booking him into the San Luis Obispo County Jail for felony vandalism, arson, and resisting a police officer with violence.

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Crews have been working until dark to convert the First Christian Church of Santa Barbara into a 37 room boutique hotel.

Years ago Adams Angels used to bag items for the unhoused at the Church on Monday.

Rev. Dr. Tim Burnette, who has a doctorate from the Claremont School of Theology, served as the Minister at the First Christian Church of Santa Barbara when the church building at 1915 Chapala sold.

Burnette lives right around the corner and can see the work on the roof.

He said the money made has allowed the congregation to move forward with other plans.

Some neighbors had hoped to see it turned into housing, but they aren’t complaining.

Robert Palmer said it will be pretty high tech.

“It is going to be one of those key card things, no on sight staff and we are actually hoping that there will be less noise because there is no place to hang out inside,” said Palmer.

Robert McDermott said the construction hasn’t been, too bad.

“Seems like there’s a lot of hotels but I live just down the street next to  these lovely people and it is nice to have the idea that if someone wants to come visit me they can stay right up the block,” said McDermott.

People parked nearby including William Konrad noticed the construction.

It’s opening date has been pushed back to February.

The work has gone to local businesses including the Santa Barbara Lighting Company.

A worker there said they are thrilled to part of a project especially one that involved a local landmark being turned into a hotel.

The official name and pricing for the hotel have yet to be announced.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – High school winter sports are just a couple weeks into the season but San Marcos girls basketball player Jada Ahmad and Laguna Blanca boys soccer player Baylor Wilson are in mid-season form.

Ahmad and Wilson received Athlete of the Week honors at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon at Harry’s.

Ahmad led the Royals to a 3-1 record last week and scored just under 19 points per game.

(Ahmad scored 24 points in a win over Cabrillo and 21 in a victory against Lompoc. Entenza Design).

Wilson went goal-crazy in two victories for the Owls scoring 7 combined goals.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – After helping the Gauchos start 2-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2022-23 season, Aidan Mahaney has been named both The Big West and the Lou Henson National Player of the Week. Mahaney averaged 28.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in wins over Long Beach State and Cal State Bakersfield.

Mahaney scored a career-high 26 points in an overtime win against Long Beach State on Thursday night. The senior went 7-16 from the floor and made all 11 of his foul shots. He also grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the contest. The Lafayette, California native followed that performance up by setting a new career-high with a 30-point outing against Cal State Bakersfield. Mahaney was perfect from beyond the arc, going 7-7 while grabbing four boards and dishing out four assists.

Mahaney helped the Gauchos score 100 points in a Big West contest for the first time since Jan. 22, 2021, when they scored 105 against CSUN. It is also the first 30-point game by a Gaucho since Ajay Mitchell scored 39 against UC Riverside on Dec. 30, 2023.

The Gauchos will resume their non-conference slate this Saturday, Dec. 13 as they head to Salt Lake City and take on Utah Valley at the Delta Center in the Salt Lake Slam. The game will tip off at 11 a.m. PT.

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Jarrod Zinn

GROVER BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) – The Grover Beach Planning Commission is reviewing pre-application for a new development, proposed for the city’s west end.

Some locals say they don’t want it.

Some residents voiced their opposition to a proposed development on front street at Monday night’s Grover Beach City Council meeting.

“My concern is really just I’m getting a an overview of all the new development and the lack of apparent traffic control that has been associated with it,” said Stephen Brame, a resident of Grover Beach.

They claim some recent developments did not account for additional community parking and traffic problems.

“My wife and I were trying to get on Fourth Street today for about 20, 25 cars, and that’s now—it’s going to get worse then,” said Randy Fiser, who lives In Grover Beach.

Long-time residents are concerned a proposed development here at Front Street will cut into the skyline, continue to increase traffic issues and take away Grover Beach’s small town feel. 

“There are some scenic views there that we, the public, have a right to so I hope you consider that,” says Tim Sudiacal, another resident of Grover Beach. “We are for progression in this city and that includes more housing but it’s the height that we’re concerned about.”

Some residents also expressed concerns about how these developments intend to bring more wealth into Grover Beach, and how it can be sustained in the years ahead.

“The proposed project at 359 Front Street is just a pre application at this point,” says Matthew Bronson, Grover Beach’s City Manager. “And the process is shaped by voices that come forward from the community. The proposed development would lead to 36 new housing units on that site, along with about 3000 square feet of commercial space in a mixed use development that’s allowed under that particular zoning area.”

The developer will submit their application in early 2026, to be heard by the Planning Commission later in the year.

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Dave Alley

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – An annual toy drive held each year by Good Samaritan Shelter to benefit children who are clients of the Santa Barbara County-based non-profit organization is now underway.

“We’re super excited,” said Kirsten Cahoon, Good Samaritan Shelter Homeless Services Director. “It’s our fourth annual toy drive. We’re collecting toys for all the kiddos that live within the programs of Good Sam. We have over 100 kids that we are having to provide Christmas for this year, so we are really excited about the community coming out and showing up and making sure that we can give these kids an amazing Christmas.”

The ongoing event concludes next Thursday, Dec. 18 with an all-day collection drive that will be held at Stowasser Buick GMC in Santa Maria from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

“Stowasser has barrels,” said Cahoon. “They’re the collection point. You can go by and drop off any time. They’re an amazing partner that helps us with this every year, and really, their heart for the kids that live at Good Sam is just truly amazing.”

Good Samaritan is asking for unwrapped toys, clothes or other basic necessities for kids of all ages.

“We’re looking for any toys,” said Cahoon. “Gift cards as well. We have a lot of teenagers in the programs. Quite a few newborns, so baby toys, and gift cards are great for the teenagers. They love gift cards to fast food, to stores, to the movie theater. You can also drop off cash donations, and that’ll help us kind of fill the gap when we realize what toys are still needed for what age group.”

All donations that are received will remain in Santa Barbara County and will directly benefit kids staying within Good Samaritan Shelter locations.

“The only shelters we have that take kids are between Santa Maria and Lompoc,” said Cahoon. “We have shelters in Santa Maria in our family shelter. The same in Lompoc. We have our Lompoc Bridgehouse Shelter and two family shelters. And then we also have Project Preemie, where we have moms that are either pregnant or just had little ones and are trying to go through the recovery process. We want to make sure that we can give to all of those. These things are super important to us to make sure that the parents feel like normal parents so they have something to give.”

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County has fully launched its new Regional Fire Communications Center and expansion of the Emergency Operations Center.

The upgraded facility centralizes fire and EMS dispatch for seven local fire agencies. There are five dispatchers on duty with a supervisor for every shift.

They will handle all calls for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Montecito Fire Protection District, Lompoc Fire Department, Guadalupe Fire Department, and Santa Maria Fire Department and the  American Medical Response (AMR). 

This also expands the Emergency Operations Center, to include a new Joint Information Center and Call Center, which is activated in large scale emergencies such as wildland fires and earthquakes. This puts the key players on the same property.    

The site will support 911 calls for service coming in and emergency responders on the move.

The key feature is the ability to see where all engines and AMR vehicles are located, even if they are not in their district for whatever reasons, and then dispatch that resource to the emergency.

Already it has been an active center since it gradually began opening in June.

There have been 32,000 calls and 64,000 dispatches for emergency equipment.

That includes assistance for bystander CPR and the delivery of two babies.

Retired County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig said “what we created here is historic. The biggest change in the way we do business but the least visible because   the community probably already expected that we did this.”       

Chair of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Laura Capps said, “and you can’t really think of a more fundamental way to keep us all safe than a 911 system that is coordinated and state of the art and that is what we are doing here today.”

President of the Fire Chiefs Association of Santa Barbara County and the Fire Chief for the Montecito Fire Department, David Neels said, the multi-year process to complete the project took an “Unwavering support from city council and the Board of Supervisors,” both political and financial. He called the building “state of the art.” He says, “when any resident regardless of the city, the district or the county area whatever  engine is closest,  whatever resource is closest , they are going to be on their way  it is coordinated. “

Hartwig said, “every single unit in this county fire rescue and EMS has a screen that shows where everyone is,  where the emergency is,  and what is needed at the emergency.”

Neels also said that “seconds matter” in an emergency and the public will be getting those seconds back with this new collaboration.

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Director Kelly Hubbard says the new building is completely linked internally for all the services that come out of that location. OEM will activate its staff of department heads, resource coordinators, and partners such as utility companies in the event of an emergency.   

The center can also ramp up in large scale events. 

Training Supervisor Jackie Jenkins  said, “we literally get out  in under 30 seconds as soon as the address is confirmed we are sending resources. “

With multiple agencies on a call the coordination is vital.

 Jenkins said, “we’re talking to sheriff and police via the phone and we are talking to our resources via the radio and at the scene they are forming the unified command at the  incident command post”

All the key areas will have video monitors to follow camera shots, emergency scenes, local news reports, county real-time data such as river flows and other critical information.

(More details, photos and video will be added here later today.)

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The U.S. Women’s National Team will finish its January training camp with a match against Chile on Jan. 27 at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, Calif. (7 p.m. PT / 10 pm 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).

The USA’s first training camp of the year will run from Jan. 17-27 at the Dignity Health Sports Park (DHSP) and the clash against Chile will cap a two-game set that will kick off the 2026 USWNT schedule.

As previously announced, the first match will take place on Jan. 24 at DHSP against Paraguay (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).

The match at the campus of UC Santa Barbara marks the first-ever international match for the USWNT on the Central Coast of California and just the second-ever match in the state of California being played north of Los Angeles and south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Emma Says

“One of the goals of U.S. Soccer is to take our National Teams to new markets around the country, and I applaud that,” said U.S. head coach Emma Hayes. “Playing in a city for the first time is not a common occurrence at this point in our history so I know our players will enjoy being in beautiful Santa Barbara and our staff are really looking forward to January camp and these two matches against South American countries. This is the start of an important year for our team and as always, we’re focused on maximizing every minute we get with the players.”

Chancellor Dennis Assanis Says

“UC Santa Barbara is honored to host the United States Women’s National Soccer Team – one of the most successful teams in the world,” said Assanis. “We are proud to host an event that will highlight competitive excellence, energize and bring our community together, showcase beautiful UC Santa Barbara, and celebrate the next generation of athletes and leaders. We look forward to a memorable experience at Harder Stadium for the campus and the greater Santa Barbara communities.”

History with Chile

Chile is ranked 45th in the world and fifth in South America behind Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay. The U.S. and Chile have met just three times, the first two in a pair of friendlies in 2018, which were also in California. The most recent meeting came during group play at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, a hard-fought 3-0 win for the USA in Paris, France.

The USWNT-Santa Barbara Story

While the Jan. 27 game will be the USWNT’s first-ever international match in Santa Barbara, the U.S. women have some history in the city that has a link to the first of USA’s four FIFA Women’s World Cup titles. The USWNT first held a training camp at UCSB in the fall of 1991 prior to leaving for the 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup in China PR and played two exhibition games at Harder Stadium, including an extremely rare match for the USWNT against a collegiate side. The U.S. defeated a UCSB Women’s Soccer Team that was ranked in the top five in the country by a 10-0 score on Oct. 19 before downing a team of Southern California Women’s All-Stars the next day. Just a few weeks later, the USA departed for China and the first FIFA Women’s World Cup, which it would win to earn the program’s first star above the crest.

Carin Jennings, now known as Carin Jennings-Gabarra, stands as one of the most storied athletes to emerge from UC Santa Barbara, forging a powerful connection between the Gauchos and the United States Women’s National Team. A standout at UCSB from 1983–1986, Jennings became the program’s first true national superstar, earning All-America honors and rewriting the school’s record book. She still stands as the programs career leader in goals (102), assists (62) and points (266).

Her excellence continued on the world stage, where she became a pivotal figure for the USWNT, helping lead the United States to its historic 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup title and earning the tournament’s Golden Ball as its top player.

The USWNT also held training camps in Santa Barbara in March of 2019 prior to a series of April friendlies and in late June/early July of 2023, leading up to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The USWNT trained at Harder Stadium in 2019 and at Westmont College in adjacent Montecito in 2023. The USMNT played an international match at Harder Stadium in 1993 during early preparations for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, drawing Romania, 1-1, in front of 9,127 fans.

The Arnhold Director of Athletics, Kelly Barsky Says

“Bringing the U.S. Women’s National Team to Harder Stadium means more than just hosting a match,” said Barsky. “It’s a celebration of connection, community and excellence. Sport has the ability to unite and coalesce around something bigger than ourselves. It doesn’t get any bigger and more special on a National and international stage than the USWNT. At UC Santa Barbara, we are deeply honored to host the exceptional national team athletes and coaches, continue our storied tradition of soccer excellence and celebrate our greater Santa Barbara community by bringing this special game to Harder Stadium, Soccer Heaven. Go Gauchos!”

ABOUT HARDER STADIUM

Harder Stadium, UC Santa Barbara’s iconic outdoor venue, has long been celebrated as “Soccer Heaven.” In addition to serving as the home of UCSB Men’s and Women’s Soccer, the stadium has welcomed some of the sport’s most prestigious events, including the NCAA College Cup in 2010 and 2018. Harder Stadium also hosted an international friendly between Wrexham AFC and AFC Bournemouth during its “2024 Wrex Coast Tour,” and in the coming years will become the home pitch for USL League One’s newest club, the Santa Barbara Sky.

Visit Santa Barbara Says

“Visit Santa Barbara was honored to support the scouting crew and source accommodations for the teams in partnership with UCSB,” said Kathy Janega-Dykes, president/CEO of Visit Santa Barbara, the area’s destination marketing organization. “Our hospitality community is grateful for the opportunity to host the teams and their fans, and appreciates the meaningful economic impact it will have on our region.”

TICKETS

The presale for these matches will begin on Wed., Dec. 10 at 10 a.m. PT and run to Friday, Dec. 12 at 8 a.m. PT.

Tickets for both matches will go on sale to the public on Friday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. PT.

Circle Insider members supporting the U.S. Soccer Development Fund can receive individual customer support and concierge services for their ticketing needs. Click here or contact circles@ussoccer.org for more information.

UC SANTA BARBARA EXCLUSIVE OFFERS

UC Santa Barbara, in coordination with U.S. Soccer, will make 500 discounted tickets available to UCSB students at a $20 face value beginning Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. PT. Additionally, UCSB Faculty and Staff will have access to purchase tickets in a presale that will also begin on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. PT. More information will become available at that time.

EXCLUSIVE PRESALES FOR U.S. SOCCER INSIDERS

For the opportunity to buy tickets before the general public, fans should consider becoming U.S. Soccer Insiders. Membership is free for Standard Insiders. Learn more.

Sales Schedule Presale Date & Start Time

Circle Insiders Presale (Circle Insiders) Wednesday, Dec. 10 | 10 a.m. PT

VIP Insiders Presale (VIP Insiders) Wednesday, Dec. 10 | 1 p.m. PT

Premium Insiders Presale (Premium & Premium Family Insiders) Wednesday, Dec. 10 | 4 p.m. PT

Standard Insiders Presale (Standard Insiders) Thursday, Dec. 11 | 10 a.m. PT

Visa Presale (Visa cardholders only) Thursday, Dec. 11 | 1 p.m. PT

Public Sale Friday, Dec. 12 | 10 a.m. PT

VISA PRESALE As the official payment technology sponsor of U.S. Soccer, Visa is offering cardholders an opportunity to purchase tickets ahead of the public on-sale date. Visa cardholders can purchase tickets from Thursday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. PT to Friday, Dec. 12 at 8 a.m. PT through ussoccer.com. As the preferred card of U.S. Soccer, Visa will be the only payment method accepted during the Visa presale.

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