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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Twelve35 Teen Center in Santa Barbara is showing off a fresh new look after a major remodel.

Student designer Rebecca Barreto teamed up with architect Jesiy Richards to reimagine the space.

“It feels really great to see the final project because we’ve been working on it for over a year,” said Barreto.

Their goal was to create a place where students feel safe, supported, and inspired.

“One of the things we really wanted to develop with the countertops, we had an accessible portion for ADA, which will be helpful for anyone who has mobility needs … even having some quiet, smaller spaces for students can meet one on one with their advisors has already been a great benefit and everybody loves it,” said Richards.

The SBPAL team hopes this remodeled facility will allow teens to feel a stronger sense of community.

As the only free drop-in teen center in the city, Twelve35 serves youth ages 11 to 18 with academics, recreation, and leadership programs.

“My hope is that with all of these improvements that they can hang out study learn to cook different dishes,” said Barreto.

The project was funded by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara, and a ribbon cutting is planned for later this month.

New additions include a Welcome Center, an educational kitchen, and renovated activity spaces designed to better meet the needs of teens across Santa Barbara.

The center is already open to teens after school, with the official celebration still ahead.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The morning started with heavy equipment in all directions, cutting tools and hammers  at work in downtown Santa Barbara where parklets were being demolished.

Crews were taking down the leftover parklets after business owners were told a new design was going in.

Notices went up on the remaining parklets in the one-block project area, between Cota St. and Haley St. Friday afternoon.   The deadline was 6 .am.

Some were taken out.  Some were left.

The parklets have been in place since 2020 for some businesses as a benefit seating area during the COVID crisis.

The city of Santa Barbara  is trying a new plan, just in this limited area.   It may be part of the overall Master Plan in the future.

A passerby Nancy Beaver said, “I  love it.  I do. I love it. They have to try it because the hodge podge was not attractive. I give them credit for at least trying because most of the time they just talk and then nothing happens.”

She has seen them work before in other areas. “We have been to some places in Florida that have done this and it is beautiful and the restaurants are right out here and the sidewalks go out there and there’s  trees and flowers,”said Beaver.

Pedlets are stacked up nearby to be installed on both sides of the street near the curb.  They will serve as the primary walking area for pedestrians.

The sidewalks will be used for tables, chairs and retail stands.    

In part, this will be easier on servers to bring food and drink right to tables without crossing over a pedestrian walkway.     

Howie Bao owns the Asie restaurant which had an outside parklet but he doesn’t think he will lose seating with the new plan. “I think almost same. It is a bigger space. More comfortable and easy to service people and it’s much better.” 

A retail owner of Tribal Rugs said the plan will not help him. “The rugs are something that when you display them,   people see them, on the fence. It was much better to display. Now they are stacked.  I can display some but not like before,” said Nasood Azizi. “The way that I had it before I liked it.  It was separate but it had a lot of space.”

The pedlets will be in full use on Thursday.

The city’s cost is $580,000 for this trial project.

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Alissa Orozco

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A police report has been filed after two bronze statutes were stolen last week at Ivy Lawns Memorial Park. According to an Instagram post by the cemetery, statues of bronze horses and a bronze little girl were taken.

A manager from Ivy Lawns told your News Channel the statues were one-of-a-kind creations sourced from private sellers.

The recent thefts have the cemetery worried about the thousands of bronze headstones in place, fearing they could be taken as well.

According to the cemetery, a police report has been filed, and while a person was arrested for damaging the statues earlier this year, they have no leads on who could have taken them.

Anyone with information or tips should contact the Ventura County Police.

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria is warning about a possible scam targeting residents.

The scam involves misinformation about the local water supply.

While the business organization has not been identified and the specific products being sold are not being commented on, the city wants residents to know there is nothing wrong with the local water supply.

Santa Maria residents are reporting some door-to-door solicitors selling water purification products who are claiming the city’s water supply is contaminated and unsafe.

“The City of Santa Maria is aware that there’s a potential scam involving water customers,” says Santa Maria’s city manager Mark van de Kamp. “We’ve received several concerned inquiries from residents.”

Last year, we reported that the solicitors were also falsely claiming the city would reimburse the purchase of the products being sold.

City officials wish to assure local residents that Santa Maria’s water supply is tested on a weekly basis at 25 different stations and wells.

“That’s what we understand, is they’re going door to door trying to sell some water treatment products,” says van de Kamp. “And that’s fine, it’s just when you’re then going that extra messaging and asserting that the city’s water is unsafe, that’s not true.”

All tests continue to reveal it meets federal, state, and county requirements.

Officials say it is good quality water, and it remains safe to consume and use for all purposes.

“We also put together an annual water quality report,” says van de Kamp. “So if you want to see what’s in the water and what the testing levels are, you can either stop by City Hall or Utilities Department or even check it out on our website.”

If residents wish to purchase the water purification products, that is up to them, but the claims of contamination and unsafe supply are unsubstantiated.

The city also wants it known they do not reimburse for the purchase.

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Mina Wahab

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Transportation planner Mia Lewis showed your News Channel how to use Santa Barbara County’s new, interactive housing dashboard.

It was developed by the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, giving users access to housing, workforce, and demographic data.

“There’s a lot of regional difference between housing issues in our county. The county is large and diverse, so we see a variety of different issues related to different local jurisdictions and unincorporated communities,” said Mia Lewis. 

It covers nine main areas including housing affordability and availability, regional economy and workforce, and information regarding homelessness.

The data comes from sources including the U.S. Census bureau and local homelessness counts.

A prominent section of interest in the housing dashboard is on housing growth and the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process.

“That [RHNA] shows where we on the targets and meeting our targets for rent in each of our cities in the unincorporated and county wide. And how are we meeting those state goals,” said Lauren Bianchi Klemann from the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments.

The data shows the county has made progress, but still needs to build more affordable housing.

“The county exceeded targets for low income and above moderate income, but was unable to meet targets for very low income and moderate income units,” said Lewis. 

The dashboard is updated twice a year.

To access the housing data dashboard visit SBCAG.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The 13th annual She.Is.Beautiful race drew yet another successful crowd in Santa Barbara this past weekend.

Participants of all ages and fitness levels filled East Cabrillo Boulevard to take part in the female-focused 5K and 10K with a beautiful oceanside view. The race focuses on empowerment and the celebration of life in all its beauty and messiness.

“It just speaks to like the beauty in us. Just being able to really empower each other and just like high five each other and kinda just feel like this is our day. I just think it’s gorgeous that we’re already empowering like little ones and you know it doesn’t matter how old you are, you can still run and being able to motivate yourself as you’re going through it so it’s just like just very inspiring to kind of see all kinds of ages,” said runner Christina Ortiz.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. –

NCAA Football:

#25 Utah 63, Cal Poly 9

Junior College Football:

Pasadena City 62, SBCC 3

Bakersfield 33, Hancock 7

Ventura 45, Fullerton 42

NCAA Women’s Volleyball

Trojan Invitational:

#22 USC 3, UCSB 2

#13 Creighton 3, UCSB 2

Wooo Pig Invitational:

Tulsa 3, Cal Poly 0

Cal Poly 3, Arkansas 0

Oklahoma 3, Cal Poly 1

Sunbird Classic:

Westmont 3, UC Merced 0

Westmont 3, Stanislaus State 1

Westmont 3, Chico State 0

Junior College Women’s Volleyball:

SBCC 3, El Camino College 0

NCAA Men’s Soccer:

Cornell 1, UCSB 0

Cal Poly 3, Air Force 0

Westmont 4, Simon Fraser 4

NCAA Women’s Soccer:

Cal State LA 2, Westmont 1

NCAA Men’s Water Polo:

Inland Empire Classic:

UCSB 28, Occidental 8

UCSB 27, Fresno Pacific 7

UCSB 13, Pomona-Pitzer 8

UCSB 11, Concordia 9

Junior College Women’s Water Polo

Central Coast Invitational:

SBCC 14, Golden West 6

SBCC 18, Cuesta 6

SBCC 12, Orange Coast 5

SBCC 19, West Valley 9

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Mike Klan

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KEYT). – Devon Dampier matched his career best with three touchdown passes to lead No. 25 Utah to a 63-9 win over Cal Poly of the Football Championship Subdivision on Saturday.

Dampier connected with Wayshawn Parker for a 52-yard touchdown to cap Utah’s first drive. He then found Ryan Davis for a 4-yard TD in the second quarter. Dampier, who finished 17 of 23 for 192 yards, added an 11-yard scoring strike to Dallen Bentley in the third quarter before taking a seat.

“It was awesome. Just being in the stadium, it was as electric as everyone had talked about it,” Dampier, a New Mexico transfer, said about his first game at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

NaQuari Rogers added two 1-yard TD runs in the last 1:44 of the second quarter for a 35-6 lead at halftime.

“It brings me joy, seeing everybody happy. Like, I know I scored, but it was like, the whole team scored,” said Parker, who also had a 43-yard TD run.

The Mustangs (1-1) got two field goals from Noah Serna and one from Gianluca Dimauro.

Utah (2-0) moved to 17-1 in its last 18 home openers under coach Kyle Whittingham as plenty of reserves got playing time, including quarterback Byrd Ficklin, who rushed for two TDs.

“Controlled the game, really, from start to finish and a lot of guys made good contributions,” Whittingham said.

The takeaway

Cal Poly: The Mustangs used three quarterbacks and moved the ball at times but were overmatched at nearly every position.

Utah: The Utes held out five starters due to injury and were whistled for some sloppy penalties, but it hardly mattered as Utah’s new go-go offense rolled up 518 yards and the defense was stout as usual. Utah should rise in the AP Top 25.

Pick-6 U

Jackson Bennee stepped in front of an out pattern, intercepted Ty Dieffenbach’s pass and ran untouched 46 yards to make it 14-0. Bennee’s TD continued an astounding streak for Utah’s defense, which has returned at least one interception for a touchdown in 22 straight seasons, the longest known streak in the country. The Utes lead the Football Bowl Subdivision with 49 picks returned for scores since 2004.

“When he threw it, I was kind of in disbelief, but right as I caught it, I just didn’t look back,” said Bennee, who Whittingham called the “biggest surprise” for the Utes this season.

The Utes nearly tacked on another pick-6 when linebacker Johnathan Hall blocked Anthony Grigsby’s pass behind the line of scrimmage and tipped it twice before grabbing the ball and lunging toward the end zone. He landed on the Cal Poly 1-yard-line.

McBride and Jefferson join Ring of Honor

Ron McBride, who coached Utah from 1990-2002 and “was responsible for the resurgence of Utah football,” according to Whittingham, joined the Utah Ring of Honor. He took the Utes to their first bowl game in 30 years and first top-10 finish in the AP poll in 1994. Roy Jefferson, a receiver, defensive back and kicker at Utah in 1960s and an All-Pro in the NFL, was also honored.

Up next

Cal Poly hosts Western Oregon next Saturday.

Utah visits Wyoming next Saturday.

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Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – Even local high schools have Halls of Fame.

Oxnard High School’s inductees rode in classic cars during halftime at Friday night’s football game.

The Yellowjackets inducted Florencia Ramirez, Genevieve Flores-Haro, and Dr. Elisa Lisako Jones-McKyer.

Ramirez is an award-winning writer and podcaster.

Her latest book is Eat Less Water, and she is currently working on a new book entitled Kitchen Activist.

Flores-Haro is the Associate Director at the nonprofit Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project, known as MICOP. She is also the co-founder of 805 UndocuFund and the Board President of the Oxnard Union High School District.

Professor Lisako Jones-McKyer is the Associate Dean for Climate and Diversity at Texas A&M.

Oxnard High School Principal Ted Lawrence honored them in the auditorium before the game, giving each inductee a chance to talk about their journeys.

“As an adult, I continue to do what O.H.S. taught me to do, and that is to take ideas and bring them to life,” said Ramirez.

“For the next generation of Yellowjackets, I just want to leave you with this: take up space,” said Flores-Haro. “Your voice matters.”

“I would not be where I am today if not for the assistance of passionate and dedicated teachers who recognized something in me,” said Dr. Lisako Jones-McKyer.

After the induction, the honorees had a chance to see former teachers and classmates and take photos before the football game.

The principal said the Hall of Fame photos are located outside his office.

For more information visit https://oxnardhigh.us and https:florenciaramirez.com , https://mictexo.org and https://public-health.tamu.edu

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Tracy Lehr

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Independent filmmakers walked the red carpet in Carpinteria this weekend.

People enjoyed the cool theater on a hot Saturday at the first Carp Film Fest.

It opened on Friday and ran through Sunday night.

Filmmakers consider it a springboard for their features and documentaries.

Moviegoers arrived early for the first showing of the afternoon.

“It feels amazing. I love making films, I love cinema, and it is really beautiful seeing your work up there,” said Jaime Andrade, who screened his documentary Golf n Stuff: A Hole-in-One History.

“So many people don’t make it because they don’t believe in themselves,” said Sheena Rock. “And I mean, having your film in a theater—how could you not believe in yourself at that point? It’s amazing.”

Rock created the film Scavenger and also signed her book Descension.

The Alcazar co-founder Asa Olsson greeted fans at the box office.

“This is so fantastic—first of all, in a beautiful old theatre, almost 100 years old. And this is our first film festival in Carpinteria, and we intend to continue for years to come,” said Olsson.

Carp Film Fest founder Michael Lazaro stayed behind the scenes.

He chose a fitting festival poster that includes the beach, an avocado, and a film clapperboard.

The eclectic lineup of films continued through Sunday, starting at 3 p.m.

The closing night film was David Crosby: Remember My Name, followed by a Q&A.

A guest performance by local musician Jackson Gillies followed.

You will find a link to more information at https:carpfilmfest.com

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