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Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – More than Conquerors hosted a Ventura surf session on Saturday.

The group serves foster youth and others.

“We could not ask for a better day to take these kids surfing we are working with adoptive families, kids in foster care and human trafficing victims as well and so they get to come down to the beach and experience all that surfing has to offer,” said MTC Surf founder Elle Miller.

Miller used to teach kids from orphanages to surf in Mexico.

She created the nonprofit that hosts regular events to share the love of the sport that can be healing.

They taught children to surf at Faria Beach in Ventura County.

The event follows a major fundraiser they called rise with the tide.

They are saving up for two new surf vans to take kids to and from beaches up and down the coast.

The event follows a major fundraiser volunteers called “Rise with the Tide,” at the Museum of Ventura County.

Donors include Revolution Board Co., Betty Belt and Urban Cafe.

They are saving up for 2 new vans to take car surfboards and kids to California beaches.

Miller said the regular events they host are free to families.

For more information visit https://mtcsurf.org

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Central Coast Air Fest took flight on Saturday, right on schedule as the crowds flooded in at 9:00 in the morning for good seating.

“Planes of Fame is heavily involved as the title sponsor of this event,” says Brian Finnegan, Planes Of Fame Air Museum’s director of Education Programs and Museum Development. “It features two days, Saturday and Sunday of air show activity.”

At 11:00, the first performance flights roared into the sky over the Santa Maria Airport.

“A good part of the collection that you’ll see flying is the Planes of Fame Air museum collection,” says Finnegan. “We have about 100 aircraft in our collection and about 40 of those have been restored to flight. And some of them are incredibly rare. They’re the last flying examples of their kind.”

There are only three rules that were established as families set themselves up as close to the featured planes as possible—wear sunblock, stay hydrated, and most importantly, have fun.

“Watching performers back in the day and then being a performer, you know, now is definitely full-circle type stuff,” says Anthony Oshinuga, a Central Coast Air Fest Performer. “I mean, being around these, these old airplanes that like the P-51 Mustang I grew up watching, like the Tuskegee Airmen and the history about that, the Red Tails and, you know, the Thunderbolt and all these airplanes out here, they’re here. And I’m like, wow, this is like a dream come true almost.”

Organizers felt the impact of the ongoing government shutdown when all military air performances were canceled.

“This year is a little unique because of the government shutdown,” says Finnegan. “Many of the military acts that would have been here, the F-18, the F-35 and so on, they were not able to make it because of the shutdown.”

But attendees didn’t have much of a chance to feel that impact, as the Planes Of Fame Air Museum took spectators on a flight into the past, featuring planes from World War II.

“So really, this year is unique in that we are turning back the clock to make this really a history, a show of history,” says Finnegan. “This is aircraft that helped win the second World War.”

The Air Fest continues through the weekend, and you can visit either the Planes of Fame Air Museum’s website or the site for the Central Coast Air Fest, by clicking their respective links.

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Andrew Gillies

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 28 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit has been rescheduled to Sunday, Oct. 19 between 10:24 a.m. and 2:24 p.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Launch Complex 4E.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff that you can watch here or on SpaceX’s X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that sequence is shown in the image below.

There is the possibility that one or more sonic booms may be heard across the region associated with the launch, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other conditions.

This will be the 11th flight for the Falcon 9 assigned to this mission which previously launched: NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, and six Starlink satellites.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT). – Channel League co-champions Dos Pueblos and San Marcos each received a first round home game to open the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 flag football playoffs.

DP will host Etiwanda while San Marcos will be home to Lakewood St. Joseph. Both games are scheduled for Wednesday, October 22 at 5 pm.

Also in D1 Camarillo is hosting Oxnard in a battle of Ventura County schools.

The Ventura Cougars are in D2 and will host Fullerton on Tuesday, October 21.

Rounding out D2, Newbury Park is home to Tesoro, Agoura hosts Corona del Mar and Westlake is at Mater Dei.

In D3 Santa Paula hosts Channel Islands while Moorpark is at South Hills. Both of those games are Tuesday, October 21.

In D4 Royal is at Hart on Tuesday, October 21.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – (KEYT). – Laguna Blanca High School in Santa Barbara announced a new head boys basketball coach with the following press release.

Darnell Campbell has been appointed the Head Varsity Basketball Coach at Laguna Blanca School. Campbell brings with him a wealth of experience in the sport of basketball.  

Campbell was a standout interscholastic basketball player for Lake Erie College, a NCAA DIV II school located in Painesville, Ohio, where he received All Conference recognition for several years.  Darnell was a key contributor of the 2006-07 team that went 25-3—a team that was inducted into the Storm Hall of Fame in September of this year.   

Darnell brings to Laguna Blanca over ten years experience providing skill development training for elite basketball players on various NBA teams, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, and Los Angeles Clippers.

Campbell also has significant experience in the skill development of younger players, with twenty years of experience coaching youth camps and clinics for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and serving as director of youth basketball for the Los Angeles Clippers.  

Coach Campbell continues to serve as a full-time faculty member and coach at The Riviera Ridge School, where he has worked for the past 11 years. Additionally, he is also the Director of Basketball at LevelUp basketball club and the Director of Basketball for Oakland Soldiers in the Central Coast Region. 

Athletic Director Dan Peeters has this to say about Campbell, “I am thrilled that Darnell is joining our community; he will revitalize the program and I am confident the boys in the basketball program will thrive and reach their fullest potential under his leadership.”

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A symposium on conflict resolution was held in Santa Maria at Boyd Concert Hall on the campus of Allan Hancock College, courtesy of California’s non-profit public benefit corporation, Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley.

“Today’s event is all about how to teach mediation,” says Edwin Weaver, Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley’s executive director. “Lots of us find ourselves in conflict. And so there’s many ways to resolve that conflict using a facilitative mediator. We do that for free for people who are in small claims court.”

A line-up of expert speakers started with a presentation that only scratched the surface of conflict resolution strategies, and was followed by a panel discussion just before a few break-out sessions.

“We also teach people to help participate in the mediation with young people through our restorative justice programs and our District Attorney’s Neighborhood Restorative Justice panel, where community members can volunteer and be panelists, helping people through a difficult situation where they’ve committed a crime,” says Weaver.

City leaders, students, and local advocates joined the crowd in the Boyd Concert Hall, participating in an interactive program designed to reduce violence, prevent substance abuse, and foster healthy environments for youth and families in the Santa Maria valley.

“This is a community that’s ready for change,” says Braedon Ervin, Freedom 4 Youth’s co-president. “And all these faces are here for it. And they’re going to learn a little bit more about it. I’m learning myself, and so it’s great to build these roots and really grow from there.”

Advocates say the symposium was ideally timed as the holidays approach a divided culture struggling with the balance between being true to oneself and honoring friends and loved ones.

“We’re not all going to agree,” says Weaver. “We probably shouldn’t agree. It wouldn’t make us challenge each other or try new things. But we do need to learn to listen to each other.”

Participants say many factors contribute to the need of youth support in today’s society, including our technological culture, varying worldviews, and divisive political climate.

Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley welcomes volunteers to learn the art of mediation, and you can visit the organization’s website  by clicking here.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – At the checkout counter, kindness is ringing up fast this holiday season. Customers at one of the city’s most beloved family-owned stores are rounding up their purchases to support Hospice of Santa Barbara, helping provide grief counseling and comfort to families in need.

For decades, the Home Improvement Center has been a cornerstone of the community – now, the store is proving that even spare change can make a big difference.

“We’ve been here for decades, and our customers are like family. Helping hospice just comes from the heart,” said a longtime employee.

Shoppers say giving back is easy and rewarding. “It’s so simple to round up a few cents — and it feels good knowing it’s helping someone,” one customer said.

“It’s incredible to watch people open their hearts — one checkout at a time,” added another customer.

Hospice of Santa Barbara reports that all funds raised through the initiative go directly to supporting those in need, especially during the holiday season when grief can feel especially heavy. “This generosity helps us reach people who might otherwise face loss alone,” said a hospice representative.

From the bustling aisles of the Home Improvement Center to families across Santa Barbara, every small contribution is turning spare change into hope.

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Joey Vergilis

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – For this week’s Walkthrough with Joey, we caught up with Ventura senior quarterback Derek Garcia, a player redefining his game and supplying defenses fits for the Cougars in 2025.

With a prototypical pocket-passer frame at 6’3”, 190 pounds, the UNLV commit has no trouble delivering the ball downfield.

But this fall, the Channel League’s leading passer with over 1,500 yards and 14 touchdowns has added a whole new dimension to his game: his legs.

“I’ve always just been a throwing guy, the one who hands it off when needed,” Garcia said. “But this year, I’ve been able to put that extra factor on defenses and score eight rushing touchdowns.”

That “extra factor” has made him one of the most dangerous offensive weapons in the area. 

Garcia is averaging nearly 10 yards per carry and leads his team in rushing.

“I didn’t really plan to run the ball that much going into the season,” he admitted. 

“But as the games went on, I saw I could make plays with my feet. Now we’ve got some designed runs in there and it just forces defenses to respect me as a runner, too.”

It’s a role he’s fully embraced as Ventura sits in pole position to win the Channel League.

This season carries extra meaning – Garcia’s head coach, Tim Garcia, is also the player’s dad.

“We try to keep football at school and family time at home,” Garcia said with a smile. 

“But there’s always going to be some football talk. He’s always bouncing ideas off me, and I’m doing the same. It’s really cool because I get to see him put together the practice plans and game scripts.”

That father-son bond has clearly carried onto the field. 

The Cougars have hit their stride 5-2 overall and unbeaten in league play.

“We’re rolling, and we’re hungry,” Garcia said. 

“The expectation was to win league. Now the goal is to make a run in the playoffs.”

Given the seamless way Derek Garcia has evolved from passer to playmaker, that goal might be well within reach.

Ventura looks to extend its winning streak to three when it travels to Royal High School tonight to take on the Highlanders, kicking off at 7:00 p.m.

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Andie Lopez Bornet

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – This Fall season is the perfect time to spice up your home with orchids and pumpkins.

Westerlay Orchids joins your Morning News to talk about upcoming workshops and ways to decorate your home for Fall using both pumpkins and orchids to create beautiful arrangements.

Indoor Plant Pro and retail showroom manager Virginia says there are still tickets available and walk-ins are welcome.

The expert-led Fall Inspired Orchid Arrangement Workshop and Guided Greenhouse Tour is on Saturday, October 18th from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Westerlay Orchids Showroom. To get tickets you can call their phone number at 805-684-5411 to reserve a spot.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT). –

Girls Golf: Dos Pueblos 224, Santa Barbara 258.

DP finishes regular season 13-0 and Channel League champs at 7-0.

Celeste Alcaraz 40 (Medalist)Dani Hickman 42Angelia Pagliaro 47Sophia Fuste 47Bella Sebastian 48Ursula Solodkin 50

SBSage Malmsten 44Cecilia Duarte 47Kaya Ziets 52Jazmin Mislang 54Dani Wise 61Charly Crane 63

Girls Tennis:

Dos Pueblos 11, San Marcos 7

DP went 8-0 in league to win Channel League title

Mel Mayo and Isla Herrera each went 3-0 in singles vs Royals.

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