Author: KEYT

Caleb Nguyen

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX plans to launch 27 Starlink satellites in support of a Falcon 9 Rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:10 p.m. Saturday.

Backup opportunities for the launch are available until 4:51 p.m. on the same day. Additional launch opportunities are available on Sunday, starting at 12:39 p.m..

Central Coast residents may feel the sonic boom from the impact of the launch.

Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

Live webcasts of the mission will be available five minutes before liftoff on both the Space X website and social media page.

Viewers with images or videos of the launch are encouraged to share them with KEYT at the following link.

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Mike Klan

EUGENE, Oregon. – Arizona overcame Cal Poly’s 10-2 advantage in hits, scoring three times in the second frame while three Wildcat pitchers made that output just enough for a 3-2 victory in the opening round of the NCAA Eugene Regional on Friday at PK Park.

Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs tallied single runs in the sixth and eighth frames to make it a one-run game but stranded nine runners on the basepaths, including a fourth-inning bases-loaded opportunity and two runners on base in the fifth and sixth frames.

Cal Poly (41-18) will play Oregon or Utah Valley in an elimination game Saturday at noon. Arizona (40-18) faces the Oregon-Utah Valley winner at 6 p.m.

The Mustangs collected double-digit hits for the 38th time in their last 52 games, but Arizona jumped to a 3-0 lead on an RBI triple by Tommy Splane and a two-run home run off the bat of Easton Breyfogle, his fifth of the year, in the second inning.

After the blast, Cal Poly sophomore right-hander Griffin Naess retired 14 consecutive Wildcat batters to keep the Mustangs in the game. Naess (7-3) would go on to finish seven innings against the Big 12 Tournament champions, allowing just the three runs and two hits with three walks and five strikeouts.

Cal Poly scored a run in the sixth inning as Casey Murray Jr. produced his second leadoff double of the game, took third on a groundout and came home on Dylan Kordic’s single to left-center field.

The Mustangs closed the gap to a single run in the eighth on Cam Hoiland’s fifth home run of the season, a shot to left field with one out.

Dante Vachini led off the ninth with a single up the middle, but Arizona closer Tony Pluta notched a strikeout and a game-ending double play grounder to third base to close out the game and earn his 13th save of the year.

Cal Poly loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth inning but a called third strike ended the threat. The Mustangs also had runners on first and third with two outs in the fifth and first and second with one out in the sixth, but a comebacker and a line drive to left resulted in inning-ending outs respectively.

Sophomore righty Owen Kramkowski (9-5) went seven innings for the victory, allowing one run and eight hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Garrett Hicks allowed the run in the eighth before Pluta closed it out in the ninth.

Jake Torres pitched a 1-2-3 eighth in relief of Naess for Cal Poly.

Cal Poly’s 10 hits included Murray’s two doubles, extending his hitting streak to 16 games. Hoiland and Vachini each added two hits while Ryan Fenn stretched his hitting streak to 19 contests with a first-inning single.

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Dave Alley

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The 82nd Annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and Parade has once again attracted an elite field of rodeo competitors, including budding young superstar Wacey Schalla, who is currently the world’s top ranked bull rider.

The 19-year-old from Arapaho, Oklahoma is not only ranked first in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) world standings in bull riding, he’s also ranked second in the overall standings.

On Wednesday night, Schalla kicked off the Elks Rodeo by capturing first place in the Xtreme Bulls competition, with a top score of 89.5 points.

For Schalla, who is coming off his first trip to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas last December, this marks his first ever trip to Santa Maria.

“That’s the best thing about rodeos,” said Schalla. “You get to go see tons of different places and cool places like this, right next to the coast. It’s beautiful country and I’m excited to come back next year.”

With the way he has performed over the first two nights of the Elks Rodeo, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Schalla returning back to the Central Coast year after year.

On Thursday, he also earned the top score in the bareback competition with a score of 85.5 points.

“I can’t complain,” said Schalla. “I’ve been super blessed. I won the Xtreme Bulls the first night and then and made a good bareback ride. We’ll see how it holds.”

Schalla noted the Santa Maria weather is much different than he’s used at home in Oklahoma and in many of the other places the rodeo circuit takes him to, but added he is impressed with what he has experienced so far with the Elks Rodeo.

“They accommodate you,” said Schalla. “It’s an accommodating town and the rodeo overall makes us want to come back. Whenever you get off your horse and throw your arms up in the air, and you can’t even hear yourself, you know you’re in the right place.”

With the Xtreme Bulls win already under his belt, Schalla is hoping to add even more to his already growing collection of victories and payouts when the Elks Rodeo finishes on Sunday.

He’s aiming to add a pair of wins in both the bull riding and bareback riding competitions.

For more information about the 82nd Annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and Parade, click here to visit the official website.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. – The 14th annual FCA All-Star Classic is set to kick off this Saturday, where the best of the best in High School football will battle it out on the field.

The event will showcase top graduating seniors, as standout athletes from San Luis Obispo County face off against their counterparts from Northern Santa Barbara County in a highly anticipated showdown.

All-star game chairman, Greg Dickinson, stopped by the Morning News to preview the big game and discuss how the community can support and give back to participating schools.

Tickets are avalible online and in-person. All walk-up tickets sold will benefit FCA, but fans who purchase online can designate which school they want those funds to go to. Proceeds from online ticket sales for the game go directly back to the participating high schools athletic departments.

Athletes from up and down the coast will represent their schools, including Lompoc High running back Jacob White, and players from Pioneer Valley, Santa Maria, Righetti, Arroyo Grande, Santa Ynez, Nipomo, and many more.

The San Luis Obispo squad will be lead by Morro Bay head football coach Robert Dougherty, while the North Santa Barbara squad is lead by Santa Ynez head football coach Josh McClurg.

“What’s unique about it is we ask at least one coach from each school to be at each of the practices in the game,” Dickinson says. “So we’re modeling not only the players coming across rival lines to work together to be future Central Coast leaders, but we’re asking the coaches who often were rivals themselves to spend a week together and and coach the game.”

“So it’s it’s very unique model and it’s paying dividends for the community.”

The 14th annual FCA All-Star football classic will take place THIS Saturday, May 31st starting at 6:00pm at Santa Ynez High School.

Tickets are available online.

For those who can’t attend the game, Santa Ynez High School will be live streaming the event for free on their Youtube Channel.

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John Palminteri

ISLA VISTA, Calif.  – Residents of Isla Vista who are leaving soon, mainly students, are selling off their belongings this weekend in the community wide yard sale.

It is taking place for the third year, and will make an impact at every address.

The yard sale is coordinated by the Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD). Public Works and Sustainability Director Jenna Norton says, “”it’s well known that Isla Vista, produces tons and tons of waste every year during move out.”

The event is expected to divert waste from dumpsters in their community and eventually to the landfill.

It is being held in anticipation of the time when when classes end at UC Santa Barbara. That usually means about 15,000 students leave their apartments and take only what they can stuff in their cars or hauling trucks.

It comes with a website, information about signing up and a map that points out locations where sales will be taking place with specific addresses and also what will be for sale.

There will also be a general “swap meet” type sale at the IVCSD parking lot.

“We have had more sign ups than ever this year.  I also anticipate that we will have a very big turnout of shoppers as well, ” said Norton.

Items for sale include clothing, furniture, kitchen ware, household necessities, cooking grills, electronics and bikes.

The IVCSD is promoting the event and the proceeds go directly to those sellers.

 The past yard sales were impressive.Henry Sarria a longtime resident. “And, we’ve seen the trash go down. Actually, I’ve got documented proof of it, too. That’s a wonderful thing, you know. It’s reuse, recycle, repurpose. You know,  it’s great for the environment. It’s great for the community. “

Friday several items in front of homes and apartment buildings both large and small were left out for the taking which is what the IVCSD does not want to see. They included a toaster, cabinet, couch, ceramic animal, kitchen items, a lamp and a broken TV.

“Yes, people put things on their curbs to be thrown away. And yes, sometimes people will drive by, find something they like and pick it up. But that’s not always guaranteed,” said Norton.

One resident Tillie Rubin says she is ready to sell. “It’s great that I have an easy way to kind of make a little bit of cash without just having to go through like Facebook Marketplace or some other source.”

One of her seven roommates Christina Holmes said, “We’re all looking through our clothes and preparing for the yard sale. We all have a bunch of stuff. Even in our own house means giving each other things, so it’ll be cool to expand it to other people.”

Many of the items are lightly used. “We’re reusing perfectly good items, making community members a bit of money and just creating a fun event that all community members can participate in together before the school year ends,” said Norton.

Rubin said, ” I have a lot of clothes that I want to get rid of, and also some furniture that I can’t take with me.  So that’ll be nice to have a place to for it to go. “

The event will be four hours on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2.

Shopper notes:

The event runs  Saturday, May 31 from 10 AM – 2 PM

Use the Yard Sale Map to plan your route.

Bring bags and boxes if you need them.

Have cash.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Several new animals have arrived at the Santa Barbara Zoo this month.

Ruby the red panda arrived in Santa Barbara in May from Seneca Park Zoo in New York

Her birthday is June 27, 2024.

Tamur the Amur Leopard also arrived at the zoo this month. The new cat is a rare Amur leopard.

He is 5 years old and has access to the public and private areas of his enclosure.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. –

CIF-Central Section Baseball:

Division 1: Centennial 9, St. Joseph 8

Division 3: Fowler 10, Morro Bay 1

CIF-Central Section Softball:

Division 3: Madera 12, Pioneer Valley 6

Division 5: Orcutt Academy 3, Dos Palos 0

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Andie Lopez Bornet

VENTURA, Calif. — A construction mishap caused a large chunk of pavement to collapse in Ventura, leaving residents shocked by what they saw and heard.

Doug Danavick, feed manager at The Wharf, was across the street when it happened

“Well, unfortunately, we hear loud noises here a lot,” Danavick said. “But at first it was more about watching the people and how they were reacting, which you could see was alarming to them.”

Soon after, people began posting about the collapse on social media, referring to it as a sinkhole.

“Yeah, I didn’t see anything, but I was at home catching up on emails and all of a sudden I hear a big boom and a lot of screaming, commotion,” said Ventura resident Michael Hanrahan. “And I’m like, ‘What’s that?’ Then I saw my phone — sinkhole. That’s what that noise was.”

But the City of Ventura is not calling it that. City officials say the ground collapsed due to a temporary shoring failure at a construction site on Front Street near Kalorama.

Crews have been working on a luxury apartment building for Aldersgate Investment. The company said it could not provide a comment when contacted by NewsChannel.

Another real estate company, Commune Capital, is also involved in the project. In an Instagram post, Commune Capital Co-President Mikey Taylor acknowledged the incident, saying the company is working with the City of Ventura to determine what happened.

“I don’t know who is responsible, but I’m sure someone is getting fired, so that’s one thing,” Hanrahan added.

Johnny Flores, who lives behind the site, said he spoke with a city employee who explained the issue was not technically a sinkhole.

“He said that technically it wasn’t a sinkhole — that these beams here that were supposed to hold up this dirt gave way. It was just too heavy for it,” Flores said. “And I noticed that the same type of beams are only like five feet away from the back of my house.”

The City of Ventura has red-tagged a nearby residential structure and part of a commercial property as a precaution. Officials say they are now working with construction engineers to assess the damage and determine how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Buena star golfer Brady McHenry won the CIF-SCGA So Cal Boys High School Championship in a playoff over Hill Wang of La Serna.

McHenry, a Texas Tech-commit, fired a 7-under par at Los Serrano Golf Club and qualified for the State Championship at Poppy Hills GC, Pebble Beach, CA June 3rd.

Past CIF-SCGA Champions include Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, and Phil Mickleson.

Dos Pueblos senior Teddy Vigna also qualified for the State Championship after he tied for fourth place with a 5-under par 69.

Vigna birdied 3 of his first six holes but entering his 17th hole of the day he was sitting just outside of the cut line.

(Teddy Vigna is all smiles after qualifying for State Championship. Courtesy Photo).

After a good tee shot, he made an outstanding approach shot from 230 yards away. Vigna hit a 4 iron to 10 feet and drained the putt for eagle, vaulting him into a tie for 4th and inside the cut line.

He would par his final hole.

San Marcos sophomore Austin Downing ended up 3-under par and just missed the cut.

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