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Alissa Orozco

EDITOR’S NOTE: On Monday, March 9th, the Santa Barbara Police Department confirmed Chase White has been safely located. “The Santa Barbara Police Department would like to thank the community for all their assistance in this matter.”

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Barbara Police Department is asking the public for helping locating a missing at-risk adult man last seen in Santa Barbara.

The 24-year-old missing person, Chase White, left his residence around 600 Calle Rinconada to go on a walk on March 7th and failed to return. The department says White is a dependent and semi-verbal.

Chase White via The Santa Barbara Police Department

He is a white man, roughly 210 pounds and standing at 6’3. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.

Anyone who sees Chase is asked to please call the Santa Barbara Police Department (805) 882-8900.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Three men were arrested Saturday night in connection to a firearm robbery, and several other charges in Santa Maria.

On Saturday, March 7th around 12:30pm Santa Maria Police reported to the 900 block of West Morrison to a report of stolen property inside a residence. Upon arrival, officers located the victim and learned of three men who had visited the apartment to use the music studio located inside.

Police say that according to the victim, the three men arrived and spent some time inside the residence. It was shortly after that the victim noticed a firearm was missing from the living room.

During a confrontation, one of the men lifted his shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband, threatening to shoot the victim. All three soon left in a vehicle.

Review of surveillance video from inside the residence shows one of the suspects pick up the victim’s handgun – a black Taurus GX2 handgun valued at approximately $420 – and hand it to another suspect to conceal it in his waistband.

Officers located and detained all three suspects later that evening around 5:55pm. Officers located two handguns, including the stolen handgun and an unserialized “ghost gun.”

The three men were arrested on suspicion of robbery, weapons violations, and conspiracy. According to the Santa Maria Police Department, the men are also believed to be associated with a local criminal street gang. 

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

NCAA Men’s Basketball:

UC San Diego 64, UCSB 63

Cal Poly 108, CS Bakersfield 76

Point Loma 94, Westmont 69: Championship game in PacWest Tournament

NCAA Women’s Basketball:

UC San Diego 72, UCSB 65

Cal Poly 66, CS Bakersfield 54

NCAA Baseball:

UCSB 7, Long Beach State 4: Andrew Checketts wins 500th game at UCSB

Cal Poly 6, Hawai’i 2

Westmont 3, Fresno Pacific 2: Game 1

Fresno Pacific 12, Westmont 3: Game 2

NCAA Softball:

UCSB 9, UC San Diego 2: Game 1

UCSB 8, UC San Diego 4: Game 2

CS Fullerton 10, Cal Poly 2: Game 1

CS Fullerton 9, Cal Poly 1: Game 2

NCAA Men’s Tennis:

UCSB 4, Texas Tech 3

NCAA Women’s Tennis:

Cal Poly 5, UC San Diego 2

Westmont 5, Cal State LA 2

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

CIF-State Boys Basketball Open Division Regional Semifinal: Harvard-Westlake 56, St. Joseph 52: Knights finish the season 31-3.

CIF-State Girls Basketball Division 2 Regional Semifinal: St. Joseph 68, Rosary Academy 63: Knights host Saugus in Regional Final on Tuesday, March 10th.

CIF-State Girls Soccer Division 2 Regional Final: Westlake 0, Westview 0: Westlake advances 4-2 on PKs. The Warriors will play San Ramon Valley in the State Championship game on Friday, March 13th at 5:30 p.m. at Natomas High School.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Andrew Checketts enters the exclusive 500 win club at UCSB as his Gauchos extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 7-4 victory over Long Beach State.

Checketts joins former volleyball legends Kathy Gregory and Ken Preston as the only head coaches to win 500 games at UCSB.

The Gauchos scored three times in the third inning to grab a 4-2 lead highlighted by a 2-run double by Jonathan Mendez.

Long Beach State tied the game at 4 with single runs in the fourth and sixth innings but the Gauchos plated three runs in the eighth inning. Colin Beazizo blasted a 2-run homer to cap the scoring for UCSB who improves to 11-2 on the year and 2-0 in the Big West.

The Gauchos got a terrific effort from reliever Donovann Jackson who pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing just one run and two hits while striking out 5.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Rinse and repeat.

UCSB loses a close game, again.

UC San Diego guard Jaden Vance made a layup to beat the buzzer and the Gauchos 64-63.

Teams always want to be playing their best basketball in March but UCSB has dropped five out of their last six games and finish the regular season 18-13.

In their last four losses, the largest margin was 4 points and two of the losses were in overtime.

Picked in the preseason to finish second in the Big West, the Gauchos ended up with the seventh seed and will open up next week’s Big West Tournament on Wednesday, March 11th against #6 UC Davis at 8:30 p.m. from Henderson, Nevada. UCSB is 0-2 this year against the Aggies.

CJ Shaw gave the Gauchos a 63-62 lead with a layup with six second left but the Tritons Tom Beattie raced down the floor, passed out of a double team to Vance who had beaten everyone to the basket and he scored the hoop over Miro Little as the buzzer sounded.

(Little played in his first game after missing the previous eight with a broken finger. Entenza Design).

Little scored 10 points with 8 rebounds and 7 assists but he committed 5 of UCSB’s 17 turnovers.

CJ Shaw scored 13 points off the bench for UCSB. Entenza Design).

At halftime the 1990 UCSB team was honored. They are the only team in program history to win an NCAA Tournament game.

(Entenza Design)

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) A search and rescue operation appears to be underway by Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara.

There are unconfirmed reports that a kayaker is missing.

Santa Barbara Police said they are parked near the Dolphin Fountain to assist the Santa Barbara Harbor Patrol.

Members of the patrol could not be reached for comment.

The kayaker may have made it to shore in another area.

People in the area, including Gabe Rami, said they saw boats in the water and a helicopter overhead.

We will have more information as soon as it becomes available.

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Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) It is Mermaid Month in the Ventura Harbor.

Visitors enjoyed steal drums, a ukulele jam and pirate ship concert spread through the harbor.

Little mermaids lined up to have their picture taken with a mermaid.

They also lined up to get their faces painted at a number of locations.

The lawn area included a bubble show and an aerial studio performance.

Families came dressed to have fun.

“We love mermaids we come here every year it is like one of my our favorite they have a lot of amazing stuff here,” said Brittaney Martinelli of Simi Valley.

Her daughter Skyla swam with a mermaid in the pool at Ventura Dive and Sport .

The next Mermaid Month event will take place on March 21, between noon and 3 p.m.

For more mermaid month information visit https://www.venturaharborvillage.com

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) “A Small Family Business” opened this week at the Garvin Theatre on the Santa Barbara City College campus.

The opening scenes had audience members laughing out loud. 

“A Small Family Business” is  directed by Katie Laris.

The social satire was written by prolific playwright Alan Ayckbourn.

It centers around a furniture company and corporate shenanigans.

Season ticket holders will recognize some familiar faces in the cast.

Anikka Abbott plays “Poppy.”

“The best thing about this show is that every character has a huge arch from the beginning to the end so you get to seetheir deterioration throughout and it is unexpected the way it goes,” said Abbott.

Paul Canter plays Poppy’s husband Jack McCracken.

“It is hilarious and the arch of my character is so far, he starts with so much integrity that he has a long way to fall and that just makes all the funnier,” said Canter.

The Theatre Group at the Santa Barbara City College is presenting the show.  

” A Small Family Business” has a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday and runs through March 21.

For ticket information visit https://www.theatregroupsbcc.com 

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Mike Klan

HONOLULU, Hawai’i — Alejandro Garza and Cam Hoiland belted their first home runs of the year while Griffin Naess scattered three hits over 6 1/3 innings as Cal Poly began defense of its 2025 Big West Conference baseball championship with a 6-2 triumph over Hawai’i on Friday night inside sold-out Les Murakami Stadium.

Garza smashed a two-run shot to left field to snap a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning and Hoiland hit his round-tripper over the right-field wall for an insurance run in the ninth frame as the Mustangs improved to 6-7 overall.

Hawai’i, held to just three hits in its 13th consecutive home game to start the season, slipped to 8-5.

Naess (2-1) threw 117 pitches for the victory, issuing two walks while striking out five. Chris Downs secured the final two outs in the seventh and Nick Bonn tossed two scoreless frames for his second save.

The loss went to Isaiah Magdaleno (1-1), who gave up four runs and six hits over five innings with two walks and four strikeouts.

Cal Poly scored single runs in the second and third frames. Casey Murray Jr. tripled leading off the second and came home on Ryan Tayman’s sacrifice fly to left field. Nick Castellon drew a one-out walk in the third and eventually scored on Hoiland’s RBI single.

Hawai’i tied the game at 2-2 with a pair of runs in the fourth as Draven Nushida and Kamana Nahaku produced RBI singles.

Garza followed a leadoff double from Jake Downing by blasting a first-pitch home run, breaking the 2-2 tie in the fifth, and the Mustangs tallied insurance runs in the final two frames to win going away.

Tayman was hit by a pitch opening the eighth and trotted home on a run-scoring single by Gavin Spiridonoff. With one out in the ninth, Hoiland made it 6-2 with his home run to right field.

Coming off a hamstring injury, Hoiland finished with three hits and a pair of RBIs to spark Cal Poly’s nine-hit offensive attack. Spiridonoff added two singles.

Second game of the weekend series will be played Saturday at 8:35 p.m. PST with junior right-hander Laif Palmer (1-0, 7.36 ERA) on the mound for Cal Poly, facing Hawai’i junior right-hander Hekili Robello (3-0, 0.95 ERA).

Sunday’s series finale begins at 4:05 p.m. PDT.

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