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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Cal Poly beach volleyball saw its incredible 2026 season come to an end Saturday after falling to No. 3 UCLA 3-1 in the NCAA Championship Quarterfinals.

The No. 6 Mustangs battled at all five courts with seven of the 10 sets being decided by three points or fewer.

It was the Bruins winning at the No. 1 pair to start the match and get on the board first. A short time later, just like they’ve done all season, it was Cal Poly’s No. 2 of Logan Walter and Izzy Martinez winning to tie the dual 1-1.

UCLA then just edged out wins at the No. 5 and No. 3 spots to clinch the dual 3-1.

Despite the loss, 2026 was still a season for the books for the Mustangs. They finish with a record of 31-9, their third season in a row with 31 victories. They also won the Big West Championship for the fourth time in program history and made the NCAA Championship for the sixth time in program history.

Four players were named AVCA All-Americans, the most by any school in the country. They also had nine players earn All-Big West honors and 10 who earned AVCA Top Flight honors. For two of the top players in program history, Ella Connor and Izzy Martinez, they each finish tied for the program record for career wins with 112.

Martinez and Walter finish as the winningest pair in program history. They set the program record for career wins by a pair with 66. This season, they also broke the program record for single season wins by a pair with 36.

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Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) The West Coast Outdoors & Sportsfishing Expo lures people to Ventura every year.

The expo opened Friday at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

There are boats, fishing rods, outdoors business booths and areas for kids to learn about fishing.

Jamie Diamond of Santa Barbara Landing and Stardust Sportfishing had one of the biggest areas at the expo.

“We are really excited to share what is so great about Santa Barbara between fishing whale watching kayaking we get you across the islands, um and there’s so many people that don’t you can do that we want to be able to share that with you,” said Diamond.

“It is just the fishing Industry especially here in Ventura county and Santa Barbara, it is a big part of our community, there’s four landings here in the area, very different than most other counties and everybody they are like family, everybody knows everybody,” said the expo’s Richard Ramos.

Ramos said they are trying to keep prices low.

Discounts are being given to members of the military and first responders.

For more information visit https://venturacountyfair.org

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day.

Some people dressed up for the occasion.

Comic fans lined up to get inside Metro Entertainment in Santa Barbara .

The shop had a table full of free comics and people could take one of each.

“I love free comic book day because it encouraged reading encourages all ages moms dad kids grandparents random neighbors your dog everybody comes to free comic book day,” said Metro employee Carla Hoffman

Metro Entertainment also had deals on other items.

Comic book collectors can often find what they are looking for at the downtown store.

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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The first Santa Barbara Literary Festival took place over the weekend.

Festival founders Leslie Zemeckis and Lorissa Rinehart are utilized locations all over downtown.

The first panel brought crime writers together at the Lobero Theatre on Saturday morning.

They talked about the kinds of stories they tell.

“It was a great experience anytime you can get authors together as a group especially as a diverse group like this it is really magical,” said We Were Never Friends author Kaira Rouda.

A “Bad Girls” panel followed at the former Karpeles Museum space.

Sunday’s lineup include “romantacy.”

“To be here inaugural Santa Barbara literary festival is absolutely huge I feel so honored I am very excited. I think it is really fun that we are featuring romantacy in this way,” said Cursebreaker author R. M. Gray.

Leslie Zemekis looked out at a standing room only crowd and then signed books.

She intends to make the festival an annual event.

For more information visit https://www.santabarbaraliteraryfestival.org/

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Channel League: Dos Pueblos 10, Oxnard 5: The Chargers share the league title with San Marcos as both finish 10-4 in the Channel. Matti Di Maggio homered while Taylor Young and Marcus Carbajal each had 3 hits for DP. Spencer Holtz drove in 3 runs for the Chargers.

Citrus Coast: Carpinteria 7, Channel Islands 6: The Warriors won their 3rd straight one-run game. The CIF-SS playoff bound Warriors got a 2-run home run by senior Dallas Bartholic.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Heart of a champion!

San Marcos trailed for most of the game but erupted for 6 runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat rival Santa Barbara 10-5 and earn a piece of the Channel League championship.

The Royals share the title with Dos Pueblos who won at Oxnard. Both teams are 10-4 in league but San Marcos swept DP so the Royals will be the top-seed from the Channel League in the upcoming CIF-SS playoffs.

Trailing 5-4 the Royals loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the seventh inning and tied the game on a bases loaded walk issued to Gunner Martinez.

Pat Foster drove in the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice to first but the Dons did not record an out on the play.

So with the bases still loaded and just one out, Levi Monson grounded to first base and the throw came home beating the runner but the umpire said that catcher’s foot was not on the plate for the force and it was 7-5 Royals.

(Game of inches as the runner is called safe and soon afterwards the Royals break the game wide open in the seventh. Entenza Design).

Quinn Melton followed with a two-run single to right field and Mason Crang finished off the scoring with an RBI fielder’s choice.

Miles Herbert closed out the Dons (11-14) and the Royals (16-11) celebrated another Channel League title, their fourth in the past six years.

The Dons Jetner Welch hit a first inning home run and Max Weddle added a 2-run triple in the fourth inning as Santa Barbara built up a 5-2 lead.

But the Royals chipped away scoring a run in the fifth on a hit batter with the bases loaded.

Melton ripped a single in the sixth inning and Pat Foster, who was running on the pitch, scored all the way from first base to bring the Royals within 5-4 and San Marcos finished off the comeback an inning later.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

CIF-Southern Section Division 3 Second Round: Servite 3, Santa Barbara 0

CIF-Southern Section Division 5 Second Round: Dos Pueblos 3, Hemet 0: Ben Wojogbe and Evan Daugherty each had 9 kills to lead the Chargers to the sweep (25-20, 25-22, 25-15). DP is at El Dorado in quarterfinals on Wednesday.

CIF-Southern Section Division 5 Second Round: Bishop Diego 3, La Quinta/Westminster 0: Damien Krautmann led the Cardinals attack with 21 kills while John Michael Flint added 11 in the sweep (25-20, 25-21, 25-18). Bishop Diego is at Brea Olinda in quarterfinals on Wednesday.

CIF-Southern Section Division 5 Second Round: Flintridge Prep 3, Ventura 1

CIF-Southern Section Division 7 Second Round: Foothill Tech 3, Bell Gardens 0

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Mike Klan

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KEYT) – The UC Santa Barbara Baseball team (28-15, 14-8 Big West) took Hardt Field by storm on Friday night, routing Cal State Bakersfield (20-26, 9-13 Big West) by scoring 18 runs on 18 hits, though the five Roadrunner errors did the home team no favors. Jackson Flora earned the win behind five shutouts innings while Donovann Jackson earned the save by working the final four frames — the first time that the two Jacksons have covered the entire game between themselves since Feb. 15, 2025 — but the story of the night was the Gaucho offense. At the top of the lineup, Liam Barrett had a career night with four hits, driving in a pair of runs. Nate Vargas matched his season high with four RBIs, and William Vasseur did the same with his three RBIs. Xavier Esquer also had three RBIs on the night, contributing to Santa Barbara’s season-high run total. The last time the Gauchos had scored 18 runs was April 12, 2025, at UC Riverside.

HOW IT HAPPENEDThe Santa Barbara bats gave their ace, Flora, more cushion than he could have wished for in the first inning, with Barrett sending the second pitch of the game into right center for a single. The first of two errant throws in the inning set up Gauchos on second and third, with Vargas’ single to left center bringing both runs home. The second errant throw, on a bunt attempt just like the first, helped the Gauchos load the bases, and Esquer helped un-load them with a two-RBI single into right center. Nick Husovsky’s RBI single into right center brought up a full handful of runs for Santa Barbara as the Gauchos batted around for the first of two times on the evening.

A pair of Roadrunner singles suggested the home team could rally back, but Flora quashed that idea with his first of eight strikeouts. He essentially cruised through the remainder of his five-inning stint on the mound, setting down the side in order in both the second and fourth innings, both times with a pair of punchouts involved. He allowed just one baserunner in the third and two in the bottom of the fourth but no runs.

By the time Jackson replaced Flora on the bump for the bottom of the sixth, the Gauchos’ lead had rocketed up to 16. Vasseur’s steal of home made it six in the third, then Rowan Kelly’s RBI single made it seven in the fourth. Vasseur got a double out of a ball lost in the lights right after, bringing home Kelly to make the score 8-0. Barrett picked up his first RBI of the night on a check-swing single that jumped all the way into left field, and a misplay out there allowed him to run all the way to third on the play; third base coach Matt Fonteno nearly sent the Gauchos’ left fielder to try for a little-league home run but threw up the stop sign at the last minute.

The real back-breaking inning was the sixth. Vargas batted twice in the frame and recorded hits both times, leading things off with a single. An error kept him safe at second and allowed Kelly to reach on a fielder’s choice, then Vasseur’s second double of the night scored them both. Another error put runners on the corner with Vasseur at third and Noah Karliner on first, then Esquer’s sacrifice fly brought Vasseur home and the Gauchos’ run total to 12. Barrett picked up his second RBI in as many innings with a (full-swing) single, then Corey Nunez dropped an RBI hit into center to extend Santa Barbara’s lead to a full two touchdowns. In his second at-bat of the inning, Vargas drove a double into the right-center gap and plated a pair to make the score 16-0.

Jackson allowed one run in the sixth, but that was his only fault of the night. The crafty lefty picked off the man who had dared to drive in a run against him, then retired the final nine batters he faced in order to earn his first save of the season.

The Gaucho offense struck its final blow in the top of the eighth, with Nico Libed — part of the vast bench brigade that had been deployed by that point — earning a bases-loaded walk, then Kelly legging out an infield single.

UP NEXTWith Cal Poly and UC San Diego’s losses (to UC Irvine and Long Beach State, respectively), the Gauchos are now tied for second in The Big West standings, just one game out of first place. Santa Barbara will look to continue its climb back towards the top of the pile and secure the series on Saturday in game two. First pitch from Hardt Field is set for 6:30 p.m. Fans can catch all the action live on ESPN+ or by following along with a free audio-only stream and live stats through ucsbgauchos.com.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

NCAA Championship Beach Volleyball First Round: Cal Poly 3, Grand Canyon 0

It was a strong start Friday for the Cal Poly beach volleyball team at the NCAA Championship, defeating No. 11 Grand Canyon 3-0 in the first round to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals.

The No. 6 Mustangs had a battle with the No. 11 Lopes with three of the matches going to a third set. Cal Poly’ s No. 4 pair of Julia Westby and Elise Lenahan started things off strong with a 21-16, 21-14 win to put the Mustangs on the board first.

A short time later, Ella Connor and Erin Inskeep took care of business at the No. 1 spot, winning their match in straight sets, 21-12, 21-17 to put the Mustangs up 2-0. After they won, all three other pairs were starting third and deciding sets.

After back-and-forth battles at the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 5 spots, it was the No. 2 pair of Izzy Martinez and Logan Walter being the pair that won first, just ahead of the No.5 pair of Peyton Dueck and Katie Clevenger. Martinez and Walter won their third set 15-10 to clinch the duel for Cal Poly.

With their wins, Westby and Lenahan are now 29-3 on the year together and have won nine in a row. Connor and Inskeep are 32-5 on the year and Martinez and Walter are now an NCAA-leading 35-3 as a duo.

Cal Poly is now set to face No. 3 UCLA in the quarterfinals Saturday at 10 a.m. PT/12 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and ESPN+. The winner will move on to Saturday’s semifinal match at 12:30 p.m. PT/2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN2/ESPN+ against the winner of No. 2 Texas/No. 7 LMU.

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NCAA Championship Men’s Tennis First Round: USD 4, UCSB 2

Doubles

#34 Adrien Berrut/Lambert Ruland (USD-M) def. #67 Miguel Avendano/Lucca Liu (UCSB) 6-2

Stian Klaassen/Oliver Tarvet (USD-M) vs. Conrad Brown/Dominique Rolland (UCSB) 4-3, unfinished

Manvydas Balciunas/Vincent Marysko (USD-M) def. Lorenzo Brunkow/Diogo Morais (UCSB) 6-4

Singles

#19 Oliver Tarvet (USD) def. #103 Lucca Liu (UCSB) 6-3, 6-4

Diogo Morais (UCSB) def. #94 Manvydas Balciunas (USD) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1

Stian Klaassen (USD) vs. #71 Dominique Rolland (UCSB) 6-4, 4-6, 5-2, unfinished

Miguel Avendano (UCSB) def. Vincent Marysko (USD) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Lambert Ruland (USD) def. Charlie Underwood (UCSB) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4

Adrien Berrut (USD) def. Carson Lee (UCSB) 6-1, 6-3

NCAA Championship Women’s Tennis First Round: Pepperdine 4, UCSB 0

Singles competition

#40 Ziva Falkner (PEPP) vs. Ekua Youri (UCSB) 6-3, 5-7, 1-1, unfinished

Isabella Wong (UCSB) vs. #35 Anastasiia Grechkina (PEPP) no result

#48 Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (PEPP) def. Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

Chantal Sauvant (PEPP) def. Lily Pradkin (UCSB) 6-3, 6-1

#121 Duru Soke (PEPP) vs. Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB) 6-1, 6-6 (2-3), unfinished

Alexia Harmon (PEPP) def. Shanelle Iaconi (UCSB) 6-1, 7-5

Doubles competition

#16 Sonja Zhiyenbayeva/Ziva Falkner (PEPP) vs. Ekua Youri/Caroline Beard (UCSB) 5-4, unfinished

Anastasiia Grechkina/Chantal Sauvant (PEPP) def. Lily Pradkin/Shanelle Iaconi (UCSB) 6-1

Shihomi Leong/Duru Soke (PEPP) def. My-Anh Holmes/Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) 6-4

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Joey Vergilis

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) Pismo Beach is ready towelcome the World Dog Surfing Championships Exhibition Tour this Saturday, May 2nd, from 10:00am to 2:00pm on the south side of the Pismo Beach Pier.

This premier dog surfing event will feature top canine surfers competing at the highest level, delivering a full afternoon of beachside fun the whole family can enjoy. Get ready for an evening of pro heats, followed by a final showcase highlighting the best of the best.

The World Dog Surfing Exhibition Tour features six of the world’s top dog surfing teams including: Iza, rippinrosiedog, Rusty, Carson, Rocket and Petey just to name a few.

There’s a few options to take in the action Saturday in Pismo Beach according to Emma Rhoads who’s in charge of Media Relations for Experience Pismo Beach.

“If you don’t have dogs, then I suggest going to the pier to get an epic view of the competition from above, however, if you do have dogs, then definitely head down to beach for a front row seat. Pismo Beach is proud to be a dog friendly beach and that’s what makes this such a great event,” says Rhoads.

During the event, there will be a variety of activities, including dog adoptions, partner tents, and interactive experiences.

Don’t miss the Surf Dog Village where you and your furry friends can connect with local organizations and learn more about the businesses and groups working to support dogs in the community.

If you’re heading to the shoreline for this paw-sitively action-packed day, here are a few things to keep in mind: admission is completely free, well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome, and Pismo Beach offers plenty of public parking along the shoreline at the ends of Pomeroy Avenue and Addie Street.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., leaving plenty of time before, after, or even the next morning to explore everything Pismo Beach has to offer.

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