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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- KEYT NewsChannel 3 Sports has learned that Wes Ghan-Gibson has resigned as head baseball coach at San Marcos High School.

Royals athletic director Aaron Solis confirmed by text.

Ghan-Gibson was hired by his alma mater San Marcos in September of 2020 and led the Royals to plenty of success in his five years as the bench boss.

San Marcos won three consecutive Channel League titles from 2021-2023 and the Royals advanced all the way to the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championship game in 2023.

A press release was sent later in the afternoon by San Marcos.

“Thank you San Marcos Baseball for 6 amazing years. I could not be more proud of a group of student athletes coaches, and families that have all been involved in my tenure. Thank you Abe Jahadhmy for hiring me and believing in that we could change the baseball culture here at San Marcos. The memoires, relationships, laughs, and every single drop of blood, sweat and tears this program has given me will be remembered and cherished for a lifetime. I cant think of a better way to have spent the last six years of my life than with my Royal Baseball family. Go Royals! ”

–Wes Ghan-Gibson

“ I am grateful for Wes’ passion and commitment. He has set a great path forward for the program. We will miss his dedication and wish him nothing but continued success.”

–Aaron Solis

Ghan-Gibson was a 3 sport standout for the Royals and played baseball in college at Cal State Northridge.

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Mina Wahab

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — In a recorded conversation, Maria, a Ventura County mother of 3 gives us a glimpse of the horrific conditions she experienced at an ICE detention center saying, “I couldn’t stand the cold. I couldn’t sleep from the cold, and they wouldn’t give me a sweater.”

Maria was detained by ICE and taken from Camarillo to a Los Angeles detention center, where she was then deported to Mexico. On Monday, we spoke with her daughter Erika Perez, who is now left to take care of her 2 younger siblings alone. “I was bawling my eyes out. I could not believe it. I was in complete shock. I the last thing my mom told me was keep fighting. Something good is going to happen,” said Perez, who lives in Newbury Park. Perez says that her mother came to the U.S. illegally when she was 17.

She says her mom has no criminal record and has lived in the United States ever since. She worked as a custodian to provide for her family. “My mom was not a criminal. She paid her taxes. She tried to do everything the right way. And people say we’ll do it the right way, but there’s no path to a right way,” said Perez. Government officials announced that ICE detained more than 2,200 people across the country on June 3, marking the highest number of immigration arrests in a single day in American history. “These are basically like torture chambers. Like, this is incredibly horrific and this is not the first time, unfortunately, that we’ve heard of people being, you know, going without food for like hours, you know, 14 hours without food is basically torture, not being given access to like hygiene products, menstrual products or showers,” said VC Defensa Organizer Elaine Yompian.

VC Defensa is a Ventura County based group of volunteers that aims to help immigrants.

Yompian, who helps guide the volunteers and those utilizing their services says once someone is deported, there’s not much they can do legally. She says when it comes to ICE, there’s a lack of due process.  “What we’ve been seeing over the last few weeks is that they have this new tactic that they’ve had all across the country, which where they’re basically taking people from their check ins. So people will go to the Camarillo office for a regular appointment, regular check in, and they just won’t come back out,” said Yompian. On Sunday, VC Defensa had an emergency meeting to help come up with a plan to protect people from ICE raids. They add that their hotline has been ringing non-stop Monday, and that they already know of two ICE arrests that took place in Oxnard Monday morning.  805 UndocuFund published an update last month confirming at least 55 ICE arrests on the Central Coast so far in President Trump’s second term — mainly in farming communities in Santa Maria, Lompoc, and Oxnard. Multiple organizations on the Central Coast are working to host “Know Your Rights” workshops.

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Jarrod Zinn

LOS OLIVOS, Calif. – While some parts of Los Angeles have been experiencing unrest over the last several days, a Los Olivos student is continuing to work on relief efforts for those affected by the fires in January.

Recently graduated Dunn School student Aliyah Redding watched in January as wildfires devastated his home neighborhoods in the palisades and his old school.

“Dunn School’s mission is preparing students for responsible leadership and society,” says Kalyan Balaven, head of Dunn School. “And Aliyah manifested that while he was here.”

He and his friends began a relief effort called Teens 4 L.A.

In the direct wake of those fires, we reported that Aliyah’s initiative had raised $10,000 in three days.

“Phenomenal cause,” says Balaven. “I’m glad it inspires students like Aliyah to step forward. I’m glad it was a platform for him to take this project to its greatest fruition, and I’m glad it continues to inspire students like him.”

We’re now told Teens 4 L.A. has raised more than $50,000 since beginning, including physical goods, fiat currencies and cryptocurrency.

The initiative supports more than 18 organizations participating in relief efforts, including the Los Angeles Fire Department and WalkGoodLA.

“I don’t think anyone could predict just how far we were able to go,” says Aliyah. “And I think I I’ve definitely been surprised by the amount of donations and the amount of support we’ve received from the community.”

Last week, Teens 4 L.A. was honored with the “Crypto for Good” award at the Social Innovation Summit in San Francisco.

“As the world faces more and more challenges today, that means crisis response, but it also means long term mental health and youth support,” says Aliyah. “So our goal is to build resilient communities and make sure that emerging technologies, which is largely our background, is working in support of that.”

For more information, or to learn how to donate to Teens 4 L.A., be sure to visit their website by clicking here.

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Dave Alley

PISMO BEACH, Calif. – Work is now underway on a year-long construction project that will improve the stretch of Highway 101 between Pismo Beach and Nipomo.

Drivers passing through the approximately 8-mile work zone area will now see several visible signs construction is taking place.

There are several spots along the highway where there are electronic signs, orange zones on the pavement, plus temporary concrete barriers and plastic netting in places along the roadway.

According to Caltrans, the multi-phased project will include rehabilitating drainage systems, upgrading of guardrails, resurfacing roads and enhancing multi-use path access.

Construction is scheduled to take place Sunday to Friday, between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. in both directions of Highway 101 and has been timed during the overnight hours to reduce the driving impact during the length of the project.

There will be lane closures at times while work is happening, but will only occur during overnight hours.

The project will cost $32 million and is expected to be completed by August 2026.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Hundreds gathered outside the Santa Barbara Courthouse Tuesday as The FUND for Santa Barbara hosted a press conference and rally in response to a surge in federal immigration raids and a growing military presence in Southern California.

Chanting “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now,” demonstrators called for an end to targeted immigration enforcement and what organizers described as the criminalization of immigrant communities along the Central Coast.

“We want ICE out of the 805 and we wanna make sure that our community members know that we’re here to support them,” said Eder Gaona, executive director of The FUND for Santa Barbara.

The rally, themed “ICE Out of the 805,” drew support from over a dozen organizations including Indivisible Santa Barbara, the League of Women Voters, 805 UndocuFund, Future Leaders of America, MICOP, and the Immigrant Legal Defense Center.

According to 805 UndocuFund, 81 individuals have been detained or deported so far this month during four targeted ICE operations in the region.

Adding to community concerns is the presence of military forces deployed to the south. The number of National Guard troops stationed in the Los Angeles area has doubled to 4,000, and an additional 700 U.S. Marines have been deployed to assist with response efforts following protests and civil unrest.

Goleta Councilman James Kyriaco expressed concern about the military’s visibility in local communities. “We’re very concerned about safety,” he said. “You’ve got people wearing masks … that are wearing very vague … very intimidating clothing. It’s hard to tell if they’re really law-enforcement officers.”

He added that National Guard vehicles were seen in Goleta over the weekend. “On their way to point south and they stopped in Goleta to do whatever they felt they needed to do.”

While most at the rally denounced the show of force, former Santa Barbara City Councilman Dale Francisco defended the federal response, pointing to violent incidents during recent demonstrations.

“What they can’t do, however, is set cars on fire… attack the police, attack ICE agents with fireworks,” Francisco said. “That is way, way beyond peaceful protest. That’s a riot.”

Despite the charged political atmosphere, Tuesday’s rally remained peaceful and focused on community solidarity. Demonstrators held signs reading “ICE Out of the 805” and urged local leaders to protect immigrant families.

“My main concern is the deportations. It’s not right — everyone has their rights to be here. We just need to be around them and support them,” said Jose Martin, community engagement coordinator for Future Leaders of America in Carpinteria.

“We wanna make sure that our neighbors are safe and that’s why we’re doing this,” Gaona said.

Organizers say the rally was not just a protest, but a call to action aimed at ensuring safety, dignity, and due process for all members of the community.

From The FUND for Santa Barbara:

In response to escalating federal immigration raids, the deployment of National Guard troops at peaceful protests in Los Angeles, and confirmed ICE activity across Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties, The FUND for Santa Barbara, the 805 Immigrant Coalition, and community partners will host a press conference on Tuesday, June 10, at noon in front of the Santa Barbara Courthouse (Anacapa Street side).

“ICE Out of 805” is a call to action against the ongoing criminalization and militarization targeting our immigrant neighbors.

“Family separation is no longer something we can think of as happening only at the border,” said Eder Gaona-Macedo, Executive Director of The FUND for Santa Barbara. “It is happening right here in our neighborhoods, in the 805. Our immigrant community is living in fear—parents afraid to drop their children off at school, workers afraid to get to their jobs, and whole communities silenced through fear and surveillance.”

As of June, 805 UndocuFund has reported 81 individuals still in custody or already deported across four confirmed targeted ICE operations. “Immigrant-serving organizations and attorneys are at full capacity, providing services to families navigating detention, deportation, and separation,” said Primitiva Hernandez, Executive Director of 805UndocuFund. “This is a dire and escalating crisis in our region and our communities cannot face it alone.”

The FUND will be joined Tuesday by its community partners: 805 UndocuFund, Indivisible Santa Barbara, the League of Women Voters, the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, Future Leaders of America, MICOP, the California Immigrant Policy Center, Voces Sin Fronteras, and the Immigrant Legal Defense Center (ILDC).

This moment is part of a long and ongoing history of state-sanctioned violence that targets Brown, Black, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ communities alike. Our struggles are interconnected, as is our power. We call on all communities to stand in solidarity in defense of our dignity, safety, and rights. We urge nonprofits, student groups, labor unions, faith communities, and all justice-minded individuals and organizations to get plugged in and show up for our collective liberation. To coordinate efforts or join local response networks, contact executivedirector@805undocufund.org.

About the Fund for Santa Barbara:The FUND for Santa Barbara is a local 501c3 foundation that provides grants and support to organizations that advance progressive change by strengthening movements for Economic, Environmental, Political, Racial, and Social Justice. More information about The FUND can be found at fundforsantabarbara.org. Help The FUND meet the moment by making a donation at fundforsantabarbara.org/donate

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Michael Yu

GOLETA, Calif. – Two men were arrested after crashing a Honda Accord into a single-family residence on Cathedral Oaks Road Monday evening.

Deputies responded to a reported crash in the 6200 block of Cathedral Oaks Road around 11:38 p.m. shared the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in a press release Monday.

According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, the 23-year-old driver of the vehicle failed to negotiate a left turn from Cathedral Oaks onto southbound Carlo Drive, drove over a crosswalk activator, and into a home.

The single resident at home at the time of the crash had no injuries because they were in a different part of the home at the time and the residence was shored up using lumber from local fire stations shared the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

The 23-year-old driver from Goleta was found to be under the influence of alcohol and the 24-year-old from Santa Barbara who was the passenger at the time of the collision attempted to hide open containers of alcohol from deputies detailed the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

The driver was arrested for misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol and the passenger was arrested for misdemeanor concealing evidence and both were booked at the Main County Jail before being released later Tuesday explained the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table handed out it’s yearly awards for the top student-athlete in each sport.

The coaches of the year were also announced and Greg Zuffelato wins for high school and Jo Evans claims the honor for college.

Zuffelato led the Santa Barbara High School boys basketball team to two high profile wins over SoCal giants Sierra Canyon and Mater Dei.

The Dons also advanced all the way to the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 semifinals and won a CIF-State SoCal Regional Division 1 game as well.

Evans guided the UCSB softball team to a thrilling postseason run.

(Jo Evans was proud of her resilient Gauchos).

The Gauchos claimed the first-ever Big West Tournament softball title by winning six consecutive elimination games.

UCSB also won two more elimination games at the NCAA Regionals.

The ‘Evening with the Athletes’ was held at the Marjorie Luke Theater in Santa Barbara and the event honored over 50 student-athletes in high school and college.

(Santa Barbara High School senior Carter Battle receives the Phil Womble Scholarship award).

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Mike Klan

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Another trophy and more history for Orcutt Academy High School in girls softball.

The Spartans defeated #1 seed Rancho Mirage 6-1 to win the CIF-State SoCal Regional Division V title.

Junior Lylah Garcia threw four scoreless innings for Orcutt Academy and struck out 8 batters.

Senior Valarie Gonzales closed out the next three innings allowing just an unearned run.

It was only the second time in seven playoff games that an opponent scored on the Spartans.

On May 29th Orcutt Academy won their first ever CIF-Central Section Division 5 championship, a 3-0 shutout over Dos Palos.

Now they add a second CIF plaque to the school’s trophy case.

They outscored their three CIF-State SoCal Regional opponents 33-1.

The Spartans start six freshman and they produced in Saturday’s title game

Freshman Lily Gonzales had two hits and drove in 2 runs while fellow classmate Marissa Martinez also had 2 hits with an RBI.

Orcutt Academy is led by head coach Chris Duncan and the Spartans finish up their historic season 18-11-1.

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The recent protests in Los Angeles are on the minds of community activists, leaders and candidates.

Images sparking debate include a photo of man holding the flag of Mexico on top of a burning Google self-driving Waymo car taken and shown with the permission of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut.

Jacqui Inda, who works with the La Casa de la Raza community center and the local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said the image reminded her that anger is a secondary emotion to fear.

“Anger is what is explosive and visible,” said Inda, “We are not at war, but our people are living in feat. Although it is inappropriate to hurt other,s it is still true that fear is the underbelly of this reactive 4 day protest.”

Inda said she has already helped a dozen local families impacted by deportations.

“Santa Barbara has been targeted for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and our deportations are larger here than they are in Oxnard or Ventura or even San Luis Obispo, so that kind of climate is only brewing in this area. and once that federal budget comes through our target area will only increase that kind activity here it is only a matter,” said Inda.

Retired U.S. Navy Officer Bob Smith called the Nick Ut image “horrible.”

The Republican, from Carpinteria, recently announced he is running for Congress in the 24th District.

Smith blames sanctuary cities and the California Values Act, known as SB 54 or the “Sanctuary State” law that does not allow local resources to be used to assigned federal Immigration enforcement.

‘If we have local and state law enforcement not working with our federal official as they go it creates this issue where there is not communication and ICE agents are saying that they are not being protected and they are under attack and then if the state officials can’t work with the ICE agents then you have left the President with no other choice than I have to go in and send federal back up,” said Smith.

Rep. Salud Carbajal issued a statement saying in part: “Deploying Marines into a major American city sets an extremely dangerous precedent.”

The Santa Barbara Democrat served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

“As a Marine myself, I won’t stay silent as Trump tries to politicize our servicemembers and use them to create more chaos because he wants to distract the country as he works to cut Americans’ health care, veterans’ benefits, food assistance, and more.” 

Elected leaders, candidates and activists expect more protests on Saturday when President Trump will be celebrating his 79th birthday with a military parade.

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Mike Klan

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Cal Poly Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman today informed the university that he will retire at the end of the summer or when a new athletic director is appointed (whichever comes first). A national search for Don’s replacement will begin immediately.

Oberhelman is in his 15th year leading the Mustangs after coming to San Luis Obispo in 2011. During this time, Cal Poly Athletics has experienced an era of unprecedented growth, and competitive and academic success. The Mustangs have captured 54 team conference championships, including 51 in Cal Poly’s 16 Big West sponsored sports—more than any other Big West university in those sports over this span.

Beyond athletics, Oberhelman prioritized academic achievement, as demonstrated by a rise in the Graduation Success Rate by Cal Poly student-athletes from 71% in 2011 to 93% in the most recent year—among the highest in the nation.

“Don has embraced the Cal Poly hallmark of continued improvement and leaves our Athletics program significantly enhanced from the day he arrived,” said Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong. “On behalf of our entire university community, I offer our sincere thanks to Don for his commitment to athletic and academic excellence and his unwavering support for our student-athletes over the years.”

Facility development has been a hallmark of Oberhelman’s tenure. Every athletic program has benefited from new construction projects or renovations totaling $100 million, helping to shape a modern and competitive athletic environment for student-athletes and fans alike. Signature projects include:

·      New Facilities: Mustang Golf Academy at Dairy Creek, Dignity Health Baseball Clubhouse, Comerford Tennis Pavilion at the Ronca Tennis Center, Swanson Beach Volleyball Complex, Alumni Softball Hitting Facility, Doerr Family Field, Cal Poly Partners Plaza at Spanos Stadium, Swanson Nutrition Athletic Center, and the John Madden Football Center.

·      Upgrades & Renovations: Eight upgraded locker rooms, the Mott Athletic Center lobby and Hall of Fame, Baggett Stadium seating, Slover Sports Medicine Center, two updated weight rooms, seven video boards, the Hoffman Press Box, the Miller-Capriotti Track Complex, and a state-of-the-art video production studio.

Oberhelman has served in a number of national leadership roles during his tenure, including being appointed to the first NCAA Division I Council (the decision-making body for the association) and serving as chair of the NCAA Division I Legislative Committee. 

“I want to thank President Armstrong for his support and partnership over the years,” Oberhelman said. “I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to serve our amazing university. To our incredible staff and student-athletes, I have enjoyed my time with you greatly and look forward to celebrating your future success. For D.D. and I, this is our forever home, and we are excited to support Cal Poly as fans and donors in the future.”

The native of rural Kansas holds degrees from Kansas State and Florida State, and previously served in athletics roles at San Diego State, Southern Miss, Texas A&M and Florida State.

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)

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