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Evan Vega

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A group of viewers joined Morning News Anchor Andie Lopez Bornet and First Alert Forecaster Evan Vega for a trip to the After the Oscars Show with Kelly and Mark at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Monday.

“Great trip on the bus everybody should try it,” said Patti Knoll from Solvang.

About 30 sweepstake winners from our region sat center row during the live After the Oscars Show on ABC.

“We appreciate their energy more than they could possibly imagine. Thanks for getting up so early to come to the show. We are filled with gratitude. I know it’s an overused word, but we actually use it in a proper context. We need you guys without an audience willing to show up so early for us. We would not have a show here,” said Kelly and Mark to Your News Channel.

Viewers came from Santa Barbara, Ventura, Santa Maria, Lompoc, Camarillo, Orcutt, Solvang and more.

The show included appearances from comedians Leanne Morgan and Matt Friend.

“To be the guy that everyone comes to and representing Kelly and Mark… what a massive show,” said Matt Friend.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Moving quickly after signing a lease, Habitat for Humanity in Southern Santa Barbara County is starting to fill what will be its new ReStore.

Beginning today, March 16th, items can be dropped off by the public to the back loading dock the corner of 400 State Street at Gutierrez Street in Santa Barbara. There, the staff will evaluate the items and get them ready for sale when the store officially opens this summer.

The donation drop off times are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There is a street location and a drop off driveway in the back with staff to help.

Jessica de L’Arbe is the Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County CEO. She says, “it isn’t easy but it is fun, inspiring and exciting. We know the community has wanted the store back for a really long time.”

The site is 8000 square feet. Half of the store will be the display area and sales. The back half will be receiving and sorting. “We are going to have a ton of volunteers helping us build out the shelving the tables, the space and volunteer architects who are helping us measure the store,” she said.

There was a ReStore in Goleta until 2020 in an out of the way location. This address is expected to get higher foot traffic and many vehicles drive by as well. Combined that is good awareness for the storefront.

Next door was the former Staples location. UC Santa Barbara will be moving in there with a still to be determined used of the space for programs but Habitat hopes there will be some collaborations.

For now it is about getting the public to donate.

“Let’s take a couple of months, let’s collect some amazing things and to engage the community so when we open this summer we can get to shopping, ” said de L’Arbe.

In the big picture the money raised will go back into the community to help those who need to repair or rebuild on a limited budget with the help of Habitat. “We really want to focus on our mission and where the proceeds for the store go to building and repairing affordable housing.”

Habitat says acceptable donations include:

Air conditioning & heating units (working units less than 8 years old)

Appliances: major & small (less than 8 years old, must be uninstalled and disconnected)

Artificial grass

Dishwashers (2014 and newer)

Doors: exterior or interior (no flat slab or hollow doors. 24”, 28”, 30”, 32”, 36” doors only)

Exercise equipment (5 years or newer)

Flooring (min. 300 sq. ft., must be palletized and wrapped, no more than 2 ft. high)

Furniture (no broken or missing pieces)

Home Goods (must be packed into boxes)

Hot water heaters (2014 and newer)

Laminate flooring (min. 300 sq. ft., must be palletized and wrapped, no more than 2 ft. high)

Donations that are not accepted are:

Anything broken, damaged or missing parts

Box springs/ Mattresses

Carpet

Carpet padding

Children’s items, toys and books

Clothes/Shoes

Desks over 5 ft. long (“L” or “U” shaped)

Drop-in bathtubs

Large Entertainment Centers

Large office furniture (conference tables

Large filing cabinets, large bookcases)

Industrial light fixtures

Non-matching dining chairs

Paint

Roofing tiles

Scrap lumber (under 6 ft.)

For more information go to restore@SBHabitat.org

(More details, photos and video will be added here later today.)

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Jarrod Zinn

LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – The historic mission in Lompoc appears in portions of last night’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture.

One of the filmmakers is from Santa Barbara county as well.

“One Battle After Another” had quite the social buzz leading up to the Oscars, as it was written nearly twenty years ago but has become sharply relevant to the world we live in now.

Among six Oscars, “One Battle After Another” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Picture.

And its Best Film Editing award went to a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Andy Jurgensen.

“I want to give a special thank you to my editorial crew, who worked their butts off behind the scenes,” said Jurgensen in his acceptance speech. “You guys are amazing. Thank you to Paul. Thank you for taking me on this journey and our collaboration. Thank you to the wonderful cast and crew.”

La Purisima Mission in Lompoc was selected for a location shoot for several scenes in the film.

“It’s very cavernous,” says Jurgensen. “Especially that chapel. And so when lockjaw is, like, screaming at her and they’re kind of yelling at each other, it really it has, like, a really cool effect.”

Already a popular tourist attraction on the central coast, La Purisima Mission has stood for over two centuries and contains a rich history.

“The convent scenes were all filmed at Mission La Purisima,” says David Bolton, California Missions Foundation Executive Director. “The chapel, the colonnade, all of the surrounding areas allowed for the entire convent scenes.”

The filmmakers wanted to capture the authentic atmosphere, and they also wanted to avoid having to film a key scene with any special effects, and that made La Purisima’s neighboring hills an ideal practical location.

“Bob is driving up the hill and looking down at the mission,” says Jurgensen. “Like we really wanted to do that practically so that we could use a hill that would look down on the mission so that we, you know, didn’t have to green screen.”

During the two weeks of filming in the summer of 2024, cast and crew were booked at several of Lompoc’s hotels.

Jurgensen made sure to make a shout-out to his family from the Oscar stage: “Love to my parents and my sisters who are up in the balcony somewhere.”

La Purisima’s visitor center is open for tours most days of the week, showcasing the rich history that goes back much further than last night’s Oscar-Winning film.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics received a major boost from the Wyatt family of Montecito.

The family contributed $5 million toward a new medical facility on the city’s Westside.

The three-story, 19,000-square-foot clinic is currently under construction and will significantly expand services for local residents who depend on the nonprofit network for care.

Once complete, the building will provide additional space for primary care, dental, and behavioral health services, helping meet growing demand from thousands of patients across the community.

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Dave Alley

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – San Luis Obispo County celebrated on Monday the grand opening a new building that has been in the works for more than two decades, the new home for the Probation Department.

“This day represents so much,” said San Luis Obispo County Chief Probation Officer Tom Milder. “It represents a new beginning for the probation department in certain respects.”

Under unseasonably warm conditions, about 100 people attended the ribbon cutting ceremony, which was held at the site of the new building that’s located on Bishop Street, just off of Johnson Avenue.

The two-story structure is 34,000 in size and includes dozens of rooms and offices, along with modern amenities the Probation Department has not enjoyed at its previous headquarters.

“We’ve never had anything like it, said Milder. “It’s an amazing new space. It has space for all kinds of essential probation responsibilities, whether it’s training of staff, interview rooms, office space to meet with persons we’re responsible for, programing space where we can run cognitive behavioral groups and other interventions for those we work with, locker rooms for staff. Key pieces to our public safety responsibility. There’s an armory, there’s an evidence room. There’s a safety equipment room. All modern, safe, secure.”

The new building is located essentially next door to the old Probation Department building that dates back to the 1940’s.

According to the County, the old site was woefully antiquated and severely lacking in the size, space and scope needed for the department to meet its needs.

“It’s a very old building and in fact is due to be torn down afterwards,” said Milder. “The County could no longer even put money into that building. It wasn’t worth it. We needed this new space and in lieu of repurposing something else that wasn’t going to maximize the efficiencies and the public safety contributions we have as a department, the County chose to invest in this, and we are extremely grateful for that.”

With the new building now finished, the County said the $40 million facility will enhance public safety, as well as support its rehabilitative mission.

“It’s really is more than a building,” said Matt Pontes, San Luis Obispo County Chief Executive Officer. “This is an investment in efficiency. It’s an investment in our staff. It’s an investment safety for the community that we do business with. It’s an opportunity for staff to be more efficient. We’re consolidating three separate operations into one facility. We hope that it facilitates more communication and better serves the public. We’ve got it kind of set up here to be a safe facility and we’re really excited about it.”

Another key component to the new building is that it keeps the Probation Department within the same location, close to many other nearby related services along the Johnson Avenue area.

“This facility really is kind of our jewel of the campus now,” said Pontes. “This campus is put together and it was designed from the time which the county started investing it with the old hospital, in really trying to have our services close to each other and close to the public that we serve. I think one of the important things is really locating this new modern facility within the campus of other health like operations that we have. We have the Public Health Department here on campus. We have Welcome Home Village coming online soon. We have the sobering center. We have. some of the Public Health, Environmental Health and really trying to create a campus where our community can go get the services they need in an efficient manner.”

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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police arrested two people on Friday and another on Saturday for various crimes.

SMPD officers arrested the first person after a report of someone armed with a knife who threatened a victim at the Azure Apartment complex just after 5:00 p.m. Friday.

The suspect left the building, and SMPD detectives found them two hours later, before they tried violently resisting and fighting officers.

SMPD officers used a taser to take them into custody with a restraint. One SMPD officer suffered injuries during the struggle and was released from Marian Hospital after evaluation.

The suspect’s recent violent criminal activity led to a bail increase request and approval.

The second arrest happened just before 9:30 p.m. Friday at the 400 block West Taylor Street due to a residential burglary.

A landlord called for a tenant who’d left for work, and had money stolen from him inside the home by a family member, according to the SMPD.

The SMPD then found the suspect in Santa Maria and arrested the 28-year-old for the residential burglary charge.

The third SMPD arrest came just before 7:00 p.m. Saturday where officers arrested someone armed that stole a dog.

The suspect tried to flee on foot and shouted that he had a handgun before SMPD officers eventually took him into custody without incident.

SMPD officers found no weapon in the search and noone was injured from the incident.

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Caleb Nguyen

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – An inmate died at the San Luis Obispo County Jail just before 9:00 p.m. during medication dispersal Saturday night, according to the SLO County Sheriff’s Office.

Custody and nursing staff tried to revive Trenidad Castilleja, 48 from San Luis Obispo, using CPR until paramedics arrived, according to the SLOCSO.

Castilleja remained unresponsive and paramedics pronounced him dead around 9:00 p.m. after identification, according to the SLOCSO.

Castilleja has received more than 24 bookings into the SLO County Jail since 1998, the most recent on Dec. 18, 2024, according to SLOCSO.

Castilleja awaited sentencing on a third case after his previous two resolved cases involved bookings into custody.

A cause of death is unknown at this time until an autopsy can be performed, though no foul play is suspected, according to the SLOCSO.

Next of kin has been notified and no further information is available at this time, according to the SLOCSO.

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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A 20-year-old driver crashed their car into a parked car at the 400 block of South Broadway, then into a building due to wide tires just after 7:00 p.m. Friday, according to Santa Maria Police.

The crash caused no injuries due to the empty building at the time of the incident, and alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash, according to Santa Maria Police.

SMPD officers note that changes to the car and driver inexperience led to the crash.

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Tracy Lehr

ISLA VISTA, Calif. (KEYT) Volunteers distributed Narcan to students this week.

Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps joined more than 50 volunteers who fanned out in Isla Vista on Wednesday.

Spring Break starts next week and and Deltopia will follow

Students with Narcan could save a life if they see someone who may have overdosed or passed out.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

NCAA Baseball:

UC Davis 5, UCSB 4: Freshman Elijah McNeal belted a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Aggies over the Gauchos. UCSB had won a program-tying 13-game win streak. Rowan Kelly homered for UCSB who is now 4-1 in the Big West and 14-3 overall.

Cal Poly 6, CS Bakersfield 2: The Mustangs took over sole possession of first place in the Big West at 5-0. Casey Murray Jr. and Nate Castellon each had 3 hits for Cal Poly who extend their win streak to 7 games to improve to 11-7 on the season.

NCAA Softball:

UCSB 4, Cal Poly 1: Game 1: Sophia Clark pitched a complete game, allowing one run and 3 hits.

UCSB 8, Cal Poly 0: Game 2: Emily Carr smacked a grand slam in the first inning and delivered a 2-run single in the fourth inning to lead the Gauchos to a run-rule victory in a game shortened to 5 innings. She finished with 3 hits and 6 RBI as UCSB moved to 5-0 in the Big West and 14-15 overall.

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