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John Palminteri

MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – One of the biggest fundraisers of the year will help our first responders in September, and this year it will be twice as big.

 At the Montecito Club Wednesday night the One805Live! event has been announced as a two-day event.

It will be held September 25th and 26th on the coastal property of actor Kevin Costner near the city of Carpinteria, where it was held last year.

The goal is to raise funds for wellness services for local first responders, along with additional emergency gear.

In the announcement last night at the Montecito Club, the need for mental health care is ongoing and vital.

Santa Barbara City Fire Chief Chris Mailes said, “most people go their whole lives without seeing some of the things that first responders have seen. Look at the different studies anywhere between two and 500 incidents will affect a first responder in a life altering way.”

The goal for ONE805 is a $10 million fund for the services needed throughout Santa Barbara County for fire, police and sheriff’s personnel.

This year’s shows will include two rock and roll legends. Pat Benatar with her husband Neil Giraldo will appear in one show with songs including “Love is a Battlefield” and “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”

And appearing in the other show will be rock and blues icon George Thorogood with the hit song “Bad to the Bone.”

Many other musicians and special guests will be added in the coming weeks.

In recent years performers included Good Charlotte, John Fogerty, Maroon 5, Trisha Yearwood, Pink, Kenny Loggins, Elliot Easton, Alan Parsons, and Donavon Frankenreiter.

For ticket information go to : ONE805 Live!

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Jarrod Zinn

SOLVANG, Calif. (KEYT) – The city of Solvang is revamping its rules for short-term rentals.

The city is emphasizing the need for long-term housing to stay that way.

City leaders say the current ordinance is twelve years old, and simply needs to be updated to present-day standards.

The prevalence of vacation rental apps like AirB&B has seen a dramatic increase over the last decade.

“Makes it a lot easier for people to visit, not only Solvang, but the Santa Ynez Valley,” says Rafael Castillo, Solvang’s Planning Manager. “Yet at the same time as many of our municipalities, including our own, is facing a housing crisis. So really, what it comes down to is ensuring that vacation rentals stay in the location that they’re, allotted to be in, which is here in the village.”

Solvang city leaders say they have been alerted to some long-term homes in residential neighborhoods utilizing their properties for short-term vacation rentals.

“In the Santa Ynez Valley and particularly here at Solvang, we have property owners that do purchase property and we want to turn those into vacation rentals,” says Castillo. “And there have been some illegal vacation rentals that have popped up in our residential neighborhoods, which we have been informed of, previously.”

And that’s causing problems, specifically with street parking.

Solvang’s planning manager Rafael Castillo says, with housing needs being high at this time, they want to make sure long-term residences remain prioritized as such.

“We’re a tourist driven community, and it’s so far so good with our vacation rentals,” Castillo says. “But again, we did have a lot of nefarious actors out there, operating illegal rentals in our residential neighborhoods. And so we want, again, we want to make sure that with a new permitting process, that we do stay on top of that, and ensure that our residential neighborhoods do remain just that.”

Castillo says residents who want to rent their properties to vacationers will still have a pathway to do so, but the city is simply revamping the process.

“It’s a two way street. We also, acknowledge that there are property owners here in town that you know, they want to stay in town. And particularly for retirees and need additional income. And so, renting out a portion of their home may be available.”

The ordinances will be reviewed annually, creating a more flexible, hands-on approach to monitoring tourist activity.

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Dave Alley

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A pair of high-profile developments in the heart of downtown Santa Maria are beginning to take shape in their construction process.

At the site of the old Mervyn’s/Fallas building in the Santa Maria Town Center West shopping center, work at the future home of Heritage Lofts is about a third of the way through according to project developer Brett Vernon.

“I’m just really excited,” said Brett Vernon, The Vernon Group President. “We’ve been working on this thing for almost five years. It feels really good to see it, to see a building starting to take shape.”

In August, the Santa Barbara-based company broke ground on the project that will redevelop the old commercial building into a 104-unit residential complex.

“Right now, we’re currently framing in, roughing in, plumbing, electrical,” said Vernon. “Since it’s an adaptive reuse building, we’re able to work on multiple stories at the same time where that’s not typical in construction. We actually have the second floor further ahead than the first floor, which usually you’ve got to build from the ground up, so we’re ahead of ourselves in some areas and behind ourselves in other parts of the building. Things are going as planned. Typical little hiccups that we have in construction. Other than that everything’s on everything’s looking good. We’re on schedule. We’re looking forward to getting people in here and reactivating downtown.”

Vernon added he expects construction to last for about another year and for the first residents to move in as early as March 2027.

Across the street at the Santa Maria Town Center mall, construction is also taking place on new market and retail space inside the building that was the longtime former home of Sears building.

Work is now happening on both the inside and outside of the building, transforming the site into a new “El Super” market on the ground floor, with addition retail space planned for the second floor.

“There’s lots of construction activity going on,” said Chenin Dow, Santa Maria Community Development Director. “This is the Charles Company that’s building this project, and it really is gut and replace with what’s existing in the building, so there’s lots of changes that need to be made and lots of activity going on.”

Compared to the Heritage Lofts, which is being reshaped dramatically on the outside and now looks very different than it did just a few months ago, the new El Super building is currently seeing most of the work taking place on the inside.

Still, there is a quite a bit of work taking place indoors that will fill the long vacant building that’s been empty since 2020 with much-needed retail space

El Super provided News Channel 3-12 with an update on construction that will continue on for the next several months.

“We are excited to share that construction at our new El Super location is progressing on schedule. We look forward to opening our doors to the Santa Maria community later this year and can’t wait to bring our customers the fresh, quality products and authentic shopping experience El Super is known for. Stay tuned for more details on our grand opening!”

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – With a federal funding problem looming, Santa Barbara is urgently timing its next round of dredging at the Santa Barbara Harbor entrance.

The infill of sand is clogging the opening but it still has a path for vessels coming in and out, mainly at higher tides.

“We are in touch with the Army Corps of Engineers,” said Waterfront Director Mike Wiltshire at a recent meeting of the Santa Barbara Harbor Commission. “They are targeting in mid-March. That is really tight. It is something we are thinking about every day.”

The Harbor Patrol is checking every day to test depth and widths, especially after recent storms with wave action bringing in tons of sand.

“It is going to get narrow and dire for a week, potentially two weeks,” said Wiltshire. Then Pacific Dredge will be in Santa Barbara with the all-electric dredge the city uses.

He also said there is only one round of funding left in the budget. After that no more federal funding has been allocated. That then puts the burden of the $4-million cost on the local budget.

Another concern is the possibility of the harbor entrance getting shut off with another burst of sand especially if the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin is still docked.

There is also an active commercial fishing fleet in the harbor which serves local and other restaurants with its catch which includes urchin, halibut and rockfish.

Wiltshire said, “this is not normal conditions.”

For now he said, “We do have a light at the end of the tunnel.” That will come when the dredge arrives.

Thursday some people were fishing in areas where there’s normally less sand, but they were able to walk farther out on the sandspit. There was also a man with a metal detector checking exposed sandy areas looking for valuables.

Boats going in and out were very close in the area that can be used. The Harbor Patrol is available for an escort if needed.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Dos Pueblos 10, Oaks Christian 9 (OT): Austin Fauver scored in the final minute of regulation to tie the game at 9 and Dylan Wooten scored early in overtime to complete the comeback for the Chargers.

DP trailed the Lions 5-1 after the first quarter and 8-4 after the third quarter before staging a furious rally to win their first game on the year.

DP (1-2) was led on offense by Fauver who scored 4 goals. Wooten had 2 goals and 3 assists.

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Mike Klan

NIPOMO, Calif. (KEYT) – The Titans scored early and often and they stayed late celebrating school history.

Nipomo routed Dos Palos 6-1 to win the CIF-Central Section Division 5 championship. It’s the Titans first CIF crown in boys soccer.

The Titans scored four times in the first twenty minutes and the only drama left was just how many goals would Nipomo put up the scoreboard in this lopsided final.

Finn Callaghan opened the scoring with a perfect redirection header for a goal. Chase Meyer left-footed shot skipped past the goalkeeper to make it 2-0 Titans.

Roman Cortez scored in front of the net and Shane Smeda made it 4-0 with a goal from outside the box.

Just before the half Nipomo scored again off a set piece. Casey Lemus headed home a corner kick and the Titans went to the break up 5-0.

Each team scored a goal in the second half as Nipomo called off the dogs.

The Titans raise the CIF plaque for a job well done.

The season does not end here as the Titans (18-5-3) will now get ready for next week’s State playoffs.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Easton Tournament:

Santa Barbara 20, Hueneme 0 (5 inning mercy rule): Zach Anthony pitched a no-hitter in a game shortened due to the run-rule. The Dons scored 17 runs in the third inning. Hueneme issued 15 walks in the game. It was the Dons first win on the year in three games played.

Dos Pueblos 6, Newbury Park: Chargers finish 4-1 in the tournament. Nick Salcido got the win working 4 1/3 innings and striking out 4. Matti Di Maggio got the save striking out 2 in his lone inning on the mound. He also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored, a walk and a stolen base.

San Marcos 7, Simi Valley 2: Landon Johnson and Mason Crang both homered as the Royals got their first win on the season in two games.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – It was a sweep but it felt like a five-set thriller.

#12 UCSB had set points in both the second and third set but top-ranked UCLA showed their mettle and completed a hard-earned sweep 25-23, 28-26, 32-30 to stay undefeated at 13-0. Ten of those wins are by 3-0 sweeps.

The Gauchos are now 8-6 on the season.

(UCSB was led by George Bruening who had 16 kills. Entenza Design).

Riggs Guy and Ethan Saint each added 10 kills for the Gauchos.

The Bruins got a match-high 19 kills from Zach Rama and Sean Kelly tallied 14 kills.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Vaqueros dug themselves too big of a hole to climb out of and they lost to Fullerton 70-63 in a SoCal Regional first round playoff game played at UCSB.

Seeded #9, SBCC fell behind 16-4 after the first quarter and 34-11 at halftime.

SBCC made just two field goals in each of the first two quarters but bounced back to make 14 shots in the second half.

For the game the Vaqueros only shot 25% from the field.

(SBCC was led in scoring by Kaylee Lawson who had 24 points including 15-18 at the free throw line. Entenza Design).

Fullerton got a game-high 30 points from Erin Choi.

SBCC finishes the season 21-8.

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Jarrod Zinn

GUADALUPE, Calif. (KEYT) – The restoration project of Guadalupe’s Royal Theatre is running into minor delays.

They were mostly anticipated.

The project manager says discrepancies in the royal theater’s financial records has forced them to adjust the schedule, but only by a day or two.

“There’s a little bit of that going on where we expect to add days to the project,” says project manager Tom Brandeberry. “But at this point we haven’t had anything really that extensive.”

City leaders at last night’s council meeting acknowledged the theater has a lot of history to account for.

“This is something that started back with my predecessor back in October. Or maybe before then,” says David Trujillo, Guadalupe’s Interim City Administrator. “And we’ve been kind of going back and forth.”

Interim city administrator David Trujillo also says any construction delays involve normal structural issues such as water rot or code updates.

“We’re trying to be as black and white as we can with what cost may occur, what cost may not occur,” says Trujillo. “Just to give you guys a fair, solid picture to kind of go off of.”

Project manager Tom Brandeberry says the discrepancies are relatively small, resulting from staffing changes and miscommunications over several years.

“The finance director who isn’t there anymore,” says Brandeberry. “I went to her multiple times, suggesting in a nice way, we need to reconcile our books. I want to make sure what I’m saying is what you’re saying. Her answer would always be, yeah we’ll get to that. Never did.”

City leaders believe more time is necessary for everyone to get on the same page.

So, they passed a resolution to establish an oversight committee to facilitate clear communication between city staff and the public.

“We are by no means saying don’t establish an oversight committee,” said Trujillo at last night’s council meeting. “We let you guys make the policy and we just enforce it.”

A full progress report and launch of the project’s capital campaign is scheduled for an upcoming council meeting in march.

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