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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Cal Poly 1, UNLV 0: Miah Thomas converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute as the Mustangs won their 2026 opener 1-0 over UNLV.

Goalie Shannon Porubski made 2 saves in recording a shutout.

The Mustangs host #1 Stanford on Sunday at 1 p.m.

UCSB 1, Loyola Marymount 0: For the fourth consecutive season, the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Soccer team opened up their campaign with LMU. After being defeated the last two seasons, the Gauchos got the best of the Lions to start 2026.

FROM HEAD COACH PAUL STUMPFThoughts on the match: “I’m going to have to take a look at the film, but the possession seemed pretty comfortably in our favor,” said Stumpf. “I felt our build-up was good; our ability to get through the defensive third, through the midfield third into the attacking third was very good. In the attacking third, we can’t have that much possession, can’t have that many crosses and that many looks at goal without scoring more than one goal. We do need to have a little bit more of a killer instinct in the penalty box, and we did kind of lose the plot for about 10 or 15 minutes. We got a little bit nervy, but overall, I am pretty pleased with the overall performance.”

Thoughts on the depth of this year’s team: “Yes, we’re a little bit thin unfortunately, due to a couple of injuries right now in the back, but I think because we had the ball so much, I don’t think it was as physical for our center backs as it normally is. We do have a couple of rotators in the next couple of games. I do believe a couple of other center backs will get some opportunities. But when you’re in the rhythm of a game, you don’t want to make too many changes across the back. Erin Ellsworth has not played much in 4 years and has been often injured. For her to start in her senior year and get 90 minutes is fantastic. Olivia Howard getting her first goal of her senior campaign. It was a pretty good start.”

HOW IT HAPPENEDA slow start by both sides quickly turned after the Gauchos were able to create some offense in the attacking third. A ball sent to the corner by Ava Jarolimek and then crossed in by Chayse Yu found the head of Olivia Howard. The ball deflected off the LMU keeper and looked like it crossed the goal line, but the official did not signal for a goal.

At the next dead ball, the officials went over to review the goal. After a couple of minutes, the head referee came back and the no-goal call was overturned to a goal and the Gauchos went up 1-0 on the Howard goal in the 15th minute.

The Gauchos controlled most of the possession for the remainder of the half but could not find the back of the net again.

The second half was completely dominated by the Gauchos, but they were unable to net a goal. The Lions started to apply pressure late but the Gauchos backline and defense held strong and finished the game with a clean sheet. Maddie Buckley recorded four saves in her 19th career clean sheet.

UP NEXTUC Santa Barbara will return to action next Thursday, August 20, as they host San Jose State. It will be the third game in the Gauchos four game homestand to open the season. The Gauchos and Spartans will kick off at 7:30 p.m. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats available.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – There will be growing pains for San Marcos girls volleyball but the Royals showed potential as well in a season-opening home loss to Mission Prep of San Luis Obispo.

In a battle of the Royals the visitors prevailed 25-16, 25-8, 20-25, 25-11.

San Marcos graduated all 15 players from last year’s team that went undefeated in the Channel League.

San Marcos is back in action this coming Tuesday in Arroyo Grande.

Mission Prep plays right away as they host Santa Barbara on Thursday.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – San Marcos offense was held in check in a 14-7 home loss to Palos Verdes.

The Royals scored 33 points in a season-opening win on Tuesday against Lompoc but they just could not find too much room to operate a day later against the Sea Kings.

The lone touchdown for the Royals came in the second quarter on a short pass from Victoria Aldana to fellow junior Sutera Raring.

The game was tied at 7 at the half and the Sea Kings scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown early in the third quarter.

The Royals made a fourth and goal stop late in the fourth quarter to set up one last drive.

Aldana completed first down passes to freshman Bella Bazylewicz and sophomore Scarlet Holian.

But a desperation pass downfield as the clock expired was intercepted to drop the Royals to 1-1 on the young season.

San Marcos hosts a 4-team tournament on Saturday with the Royals taking on Pacifica at 9 a.m. to start the action.

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Beth Farnsworth

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Traffic changes are coming to one of Santa Barbara’s more congested corridors, at least temporarily, and your input is wanted.

The City of Santa Barbara is considering a Pilot Restriping Project along De La Vina Street between Padre and Valerio Streets.

Navigating stretches of the one-way, two lane street — which is often heavily dotted with bicycle riders, parked cars and pedestrians — has created a dangerous dynamic. The City revealed on public sandwich boards that the area has a history of serious injury and fatal accidents.

The Restriping Project entails taking out one of the driving lanes and replacing it with a buffered bike lane, similar to what is currently in place along De La Vina Street from Carrillo to Haley Streets and, the configuration from Constance to Padre Streets.

City staff will host two community engagement meetings this week:

Online: Wednesday, August 12 via Zoom, starting at 5:30. In-Person: Thursday, August 13 at southeast corner of Mission and De La Vina Street from 5:00 – 6:30.

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Maria Public Airport has law enforcement support from the city’s police department once again.

This comes after a decade of support from Guadalupe’s police.

Since 2017, the Guadlaupe Police Department has been contracted for law enforcement and security at the Santa Maria Public Airport. 

“If there was an emergency at the airport, we would have had to call a Guadalupe officer here,” says Mike Flores, Finance And Administration Manager at the Santa Maria Airport.

The city council approved the return of the contract to Santa Maria Police at last week’s meeting.

“We’re happy to be back,” says Santa Maria Police Sgt. Shane Armstrong. “That contract formally started on August 6th.”

The Santa Maria Airport runs general aviation flights daily with two commercial flights every week.

“The Santa Maria Police Department’s primary responsibility will be providing law enforcement services, which are required during the TSA operations for commercial passenger flights that are leaving out of the Santa Maria airport,” says Sgt. Armstrong.

Santa Maria officers have already taken their new positions for those flights at the TSA PreCheck, as well as surrounding patrols.

“A lot of the officers that we have, have been with the force for a very long time, so much so that they’ve actually worked at the airport prior to our contract with Guadalupe,” says Flores.

Officials at the airport and police department agree it makes more sense, as the terminal is mere blocks from the Betteravia police station.

“It benefits both the district and the city, because we’re kind of offsetting some of the personnel costs that the city is bearing from their PD being here,” says Flores.

Airport directors say it’s been a very smooth transition, and travelers will notice little difference, if any, other than the badges the TSA agents are wearing.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The former summertime Drive-In movie nights have shifted in modern times to outside parks and other settings, including the top of the Santa Barbara Zoo.

The summer three-film schedule concluded Wednesday night with the 2016 Walt Disney Animation film ‘Zootopia.’   

It was a twilight screening. Blankets and chairs could be set up at 3:30 p.m. and the event began at 5 p.m.

The zoo staff starts it off with a special talk by zookeepers before the movie begins or a skit with puppets takes place.

Snacks including fresh popcorn are available on site.

The grass lawn has a scenic view of the Pacific Ocean right over East Beach and Montecito.

It is in collaboration with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).

Santa Barbara Zoo President Charles Hopper said, “both presenting the silver screen to a new audience and also presenting the zoo’s conservation mission to a new audience.” 

This extra summertime event is included in the regular zoo admission or with a zoo membership.

Animal Care Supervisor Ariel Bailey said, “all the animals in the zoo are obviously ambassadors  for their wild counterparts and every day we are welcoming people to inspire them to conserve the natural world. When people come they are contributing to conservation  in their local habitats as well. “

The  film festival staff also has a fund to include as many demographics as possible.

SBIFF Director of Development Benjamin Goedert said, “to try and make sure that people who ordinarily would not have access to the zoo and these types of events have  priority access and free admission.”

With new technology everyone can see the screen from the field location even before the sun goes down. “We work with this company that makes big LED screens and  light projection so it is back lit so that allows you watch movies in full sun.” said Goedert. The daytime screens were also used in 2021 during the COVID crisis when movies were shown in the Santa Barbara City College Parking lot.

One of the parents here with her child,  also runs the California State Senate in her real day job. State Senator Monique Limon, the Senate pro Tempore, sees the value of these gatherings. “We’re looking for those moments to be able to come be with the kids be with the family at a great location like the zoo with great  weather.   That brings us together in our town in our community with our kids.”

The SBIFF anticipates the program returning in 2027. “Come to the zoo, have fun, enjoy the environment of the zoo, enjoy a movie your family, enjoy the beautiful Santa Barbara  sunset. It’s a great collaboration and good for the community,” said Hopper.

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Dave Alley

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – There are few people who represent Mission Hope Cancer Center than this year’s Day of Hope Santa Maria ambassador Gilbert Rea.

Born in Santa Maria, the soon-to-be 72-year-old Rea grew up in Nipomo and now lives in Orcutt.

In 2010, Rea began what would turn out to be a long-running battle with cancer two years before the opening of Mission Hope Cancer Center in Santa Maria.

“I went into the hospital September 2010,” said Rea. “I was having what I thought was heart problems. I was having trouble breathing chest pains, dizziness. I had told my wife and my daughter a few months before that I wasn’t feeling quite right, that something was wrong, and they both kept telling me he was just your age or getting older and I knew it wasn’t that. The doctor came out after checking me out and he says, you may have leukemia. He said, we’ll know in about 20 minutes, so 20 minutes go by, and sure enough, he comes out and says, you have leukemia.”

After staying in the hospital that night, Rea was introduced to Dignity Health oncologist Dr. April Kennedy, who has remained his physician ever since.

“It was onne of the best things that could have happened to me,” said Rea. “She is great. She had come to her office and. We talked about what was going on and stuff.”

Rea, who had spent more than 30 years working in the local oil business around Northern Santa Barbara County, soon began treatment under the care of Dr. Kennedy.

Two years later in 2012, Mission Hope Cancer Center opened its doors, bringing state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer care to Santa Maria, something new and much-needed to the Central Coast.

“Our mission here at Mission Hope Cancer Center is to serve the people of Santa Maria,” said Dr. Kennedy. “We actually take care of people from Lompoc all the way up to King City. We have locations in Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande. Our mission is to make sure that patients have excellent care right here in town so they don’t have to go to UCLA or some far off place. When they’re not feeling well, they can get all their treatment right here. Top notch radiation oncology. Medical oncology. We have our infusion services and then supportive care, which you just simply don’t see anywhere in local cancer centers. It makes it last less a lot less stressful for patients to be able to come to one location and to receive all the care that they need.”

Since his original leukemia diagnosis in 2010 , Rae has received gone through years of treatment, and later in 2024, he suffered another setback when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

“I had to have that stomach removed,” said Rea. “I’ll never forget that day, on Halloween day, they took my stomach out. Dr. Kennedy was going to try and give me a little more chemo. My numbers on my blood wouldn’t level out. She took me off my, my leukemia medicine to try and get the blood levels to come down and they just they just wouldn’t.”

However, with a positive attitude and continued optimism, Rea continued his treatment and has shown encouraging and hopeful results.

“Since then, my leukemia is not showing up,” said Rea. “But we know it’s there. It’s just in remission with no medication. Right now, I get a monthly infusion for an immune system. My body doesn’t make an immune system anymore, but other than that, it’s all in remission.”

Over the many years since Mission Hope opened up, Rea has been a very familiar face in the cancer cancer.

Through his many treatments and various appointments, there have been few patients, perhaps no one else, that has spent more time and received as much treatment at Mission Hope than Rea.

“For a long time, I was here, it was like my second home,” said Rea. “I was here so often that I knew every nurses name. They’re wonderful. All of them. I was here a lot, a lot of times. I don’t know that if Mission Hope wasn’t here, that I’d be here 16 years later.” 

After 16 years of battling cancer, Rae is doing well and is active as he’s ever been.

He continues to work, spending a few days each week at V. Lopez Jr. and Sons, a general engineering contractor in Santa Maria.

He also spends time with his family, which includes is wife of 53 years, plus two children, five grandchildren, one great grandchild and another great grandchild due next month.

For Day of Hope, he is serving as this year’s Santa Maria ambassador, a position allows him to promote the upcoming fundraiser for Mission Hope Cancer Center.

“It is very important,” said Rea. “I think the community feels the same way. I’ve seen people come up and give $100 bill for a newspaper and more than once. Everybody, I think everyone is touched with this cancer one way shape or another. Whether it be a family member, a friend or a friend of a friend. We need this place. We need Mission Hope and we need Day of Hope, so come out and give on the Day of Hope.”

The Day of Hope was created in 2014 and specifically raises funds for patients at Mission Hope Cancer Center in Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande.

On Wednesday, Aug. 26, starting at 7 a.m., hundreds of volunteers will be located throughout the Santa Maria Valley and in South San Luis Obispo County at dozens street corners, intersections, parking lots, schools, churches and other highly visible locations.

Participating teams members will once again be selling special edition $1 Santa Maria Times newspapers.

Proceeds specifically helps the cancer center provide patients with a myriad of complimentary programs and services.

For more information about the 13th Annual Day of Hope, click here to visit the official webpage.

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Patricia Martellotti

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) — A community art installation is growing throughout the summer as people add their hopes for the future.

Artist Allison Gobbell created “Trees of Hope” to celebrate the Carpinteria Arts Center’s 25th anniversary.

Visitors are invited to write down their hopes and add them to trees in the center’s courtyard.

The installation continues to change as more people participate, turning individual hopes into a shared community creation.

“Trees of Hope” will continue growing throughout the summer as the Arts Center celebrates 25 years in Carpinteria.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – San Marcos High School star quarterback Victoria Aldana looked in mid-season form as she threw four touchdown passes in a 33-0 season-opening home win over Lompoc.

The junior Aldana connected twice for scores with freshman Bella Bazylewicz who also intercepted a pass in her varsity debut.

Royals sophomore Piper Kittle caught a touchdown on 4th and goal on the 20 in the second quarter and she also had an interception. As a team San Marcos picked off four Braves passes.

San Marcos led 20-0 at the half after Kalina Estrada scored on a double-reverse late in the second quarter.

The Royals host Palos Verdes on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

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