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Tracy Lehr

GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) The latest AAA Fuel Prices report shows diesel fuel hitting a record high of $6.23 a gallon nationwide.

It is much more in California where stations have neon signs showing diesel above $8.

That is a record, too.

In addition to global conflicts, California fuel costs are impacted by higher state environmental standard, and higher taxes paid at the pump.

About 70 percent of all diesel is used for transportation.

Many drivers filling up with diesel are shocked.

“When I bought this van in 2020, diesel was cheaper than regular gas and I can remember going on road trips to Idaho and paying $1.99 for diesel, so paying almost $8 a gallon now and paying almost $160-175 to fill up is insane,” said Forrest Cook.

One tanker truck driver from Fontana broke down at a popular diesel station in Goleta.

While a mechanic was making repairs, he said he sometimes delivers diesel to local stations.

An Amtrak bus driver ffilled up with diesel on what appeared to be a pre-paid card.

Workers on another truck paid almost $500 to fill up and then had to put fuel in a second, smaller, vehicle carried on the back of the truck.

An agricultural driver said he fills up at the yard. He appeared relieved that it wasn’t his own dime.

Lane Farms owner John Lane said he is not planning to raises prices but he can understand if competitors do.

“We are going to try to keep them close to the same as we have had in the past couple of years being that we have our own pumpkins and we are just going to kind of eat the diesel price, we don’t really have any big diesel trucks hauling in all the time, we are hauling with our own trucks which are diesel. but we are just going to absorb the price right now and see how it works out,” said Lane.

Lane Farms pumpkins sales begin on Sept. 26 off Walnut Land in Goleta Valley.

It’s next to a Shell station where diesel is $8.05 a gallon.

Your News Channel will have more reaction to diesel prices tonight on the news.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – It was a busy luncheon at Harry’s as four Athlete of the Week awards were handed out by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table. There was no luncheon last week due to Labor Day so there were double the honors this week.

The two girls awards went to San Marcos High School flag football freshman Bella Bazylewicz and Santa Barbara High School volleyball senior Paylin Marcillac.

The boys awards were captured by Laguna Blanca High School junior wide receiver Jaden Yanez and Dos Pueblos High School water polo senior Lucas Neushul.

(Bella Bazylewicz totaled 4 touchdowns, 2 receiving td’s and 2 punt return scores, in a 4-game stretch).

(Jaden Yanez caught 5 touchdown passes in the Owls lopsided win over Cuyama Valley).

(Paylin Marcillac totaled 44 digs and 8 aces in the Dons wins against Dos Pueblos and Ventura).

(Lucas Neushul tallied a game-high 9 goals including all 4 of his team’s goals in overtime in a 17-16 championship game win against Laguna Beach at the Santa Barbara Invitational).

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Jarrod Zinn

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Maria Fire Marshal says the ‘Santa Maria Supply’ building is a total loss after a fire over the weekend.

Emergency crews were called out to the fire at the corner of Blosser Road and Boone Street around 3:30 Saturday morning.

The fire was burning through Santa Maria Supply, a family owned and operated hardware store.

Fire marshal Jim Austin says one firefighter was hurt, treated overnight at Marian Medical Center, and is home recovering.

It appears the fire was an accident.

“The initial investigation has confirmed that it’s most likely accidental,” says Santa Maria’s fire marshal Jim Austin. “And very early indications are that it’s electrical in nature. We’re still gathering information, including video from surrounding businesses and additional records from PGE and the utilities.”

Officials say the blaze heavily damaged the storage area.

Debris remains on site, but it’s not hazardous to the public.

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Dave Alley

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – A new homeless shelter has opened in San Luis Obispo that is specifically intended to help address homelessness in the Bob Jones Trail area.

Welcome Home Village, located at the corner of Johnson Avenue and Bishop Street on what was formally part of the Bishop Medical Plaza parking lot, recently opened its doors to its first dozen residents.

It’s going great,” said Shawn Cosgrove, Welcome Home Village Program Manager. “We we are stabilizing, and people are finding their homes and a safe place to be, and things are moving along for us all.”

The shelter has been created through a collaboration of San Luis Obispo County, the City of San Luis Obispo, Good Samaritan Shelter, DignityMoves and Azure Printed Homes.

Welcome Home Village includes 54 housing units that have been created using 3D technology, which has helped to reduce costs and accelerate delivery.

Gardena-based Azure Printed Homes said each home has been built through recycling approximately 150,000 recycled plastic bottles.

“It is actually paying off,” said Cosgrove. “The reason why is because everything is compartmentalized. It’s clean and and it’s well made. Everyone that comes in here is very impressed with the village that has been created.”

According to the County, Welcome Home Village is part of the larger Bob Jones Bike Trail Encampment Resolution Project, and has been made possible through a $13.4 million Encampment Resolution Fund grant awarded to County of San Luis Obispo County.

“This is what progress on homelessness looks like, giving people a real opportunity to move indoors and begin rebuilding their lives,” said San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Chair Jimmy Paulding. “Welcome Home Village represents years of work, significant investment and strong partnerships. Most importantly, it is another example of how we are putting our Five-Year Plan to Address Homelessness into action, pairing housing with the services and accountability people need to move toward lasting stability.”

Even with the recent opening of Welcome Home Village, shelter partners said outreach and encampment-resolution work along the Bob Jones Trail area will continue on. 

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Andie Lopez Bornet

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Happy Monday! It is expected to be a great week ahead with temperatures below average for this time of year, only by about 5-10 degrees.

Coastal clouds are expected every morning, with the most dense marine layer expected on Tuesday.

Thanks to a trough of low pressure sitting near the PNW and increased onshore flow, temperatures will steadily drop the next couple of days until Thursday. North West winds over Santa Barbara will decrease over two days which will allow marine layer to expand.

Temperatures on Monday will be in the 70s and 80s for the coasts and valleys, while the inland areas will be in the high 80s and 90s.

Enjoy the next couple of days of relief from the heat, because by Friday temperatures will start to warm right up again! The weekend will be a toasty one. Enjoy!

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Sea glass is shining everywhere at the Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara

“They’ve already preplanned their booth and how it s going to look. They’ve probably set up in their living room or their driveway like us and now they’re just getting it ready and executing it in their space,” said director Kim Clark of the festival.

“This is a little driftwood person. I call him the greeter and he wants to hug you. I work with driftwood a lot,” said artist Alan Clark of the festival.

For those unfamiliar, you may be wondering what’s so special about sea glass?

“ It’s a form of something being recycled and something being natural that has been the sea and reformed,” said volunteer Mary Dame of the festival.

A total of 50 artists from across the nation are participating in this year’s festival.

Visitors will find handmade pieces ranging from jewelry to framed art.

And after months — or even years — of collecting, these artists are ready to let their work make waves.

The festival has encouraged sea glass artists, visitors and shoppers from all over the world to come to Southern California.

This year’s Santa Barbara Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival kicks off on Saturday, Sept. 12 and continues through Sunday, Sept. 11 at the Earl Warren Showgrounds.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Two-time Jeopardy! Masters champion Yogesh Raut selected Direct Relief to receive a 100-thousand-dollar charitable award.

The Santa Barbara organization provides medical aid during disasters and health emergencies around the world.

The money will help support that work.

Raut earned the opportunity to choose a charity through his success on Jeopardy! Masters.

Direct Relief will receive the full $100,000 award.

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Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) The 26th Pooch Parade brought dog lovers together.

The Canine Adoption and Rescue League known as CARL hosts the event each year.

This year CARL is celebrating its 30th year and organizers decided to move the event from the Ventura Harbor to olołkoy Beach Park, formerly known as Oxnard Beach Park.

In addition to a costume parade and contests, the Santa Paula Police Departments K9 unit put on a demonstration.

K9 Raider also posed for pictures.

The Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center, known as S.P.A.R.C, and other rescue groups brought dogs available for adoption.

“Sadie is the perfect German Shepard,” said Development Director Nicky Gore-Jones, “she deserves to find her own home and this event is wonderful exposure for all the dog rescues, it is something that we really need to do.”

Dog walking services and pet supply and costume companies were also on hand.

Participants received Pooch Parade swag bags to take home.

For more information visit https://carldogs.org or https://santapaulaarc.org

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Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations got underway over the weekend before Sept. 16; the day marking the country’s call to arms against Spain in 1810.

Families lined C Street in downtown Oxnard to watch the parade.

Musicians, including Mariachi Gallos De Oro, performed.

Some horses appeared to dance or trot in place.

Young riders rode with their parents leading the way.

Classic cars carried some outstanding young women, including Hazel Garcia, who went to Hueneme High.

“The fact that a lot of people don’t have the opportunity of a voice and really show our true colors and like their culture, which is this, so, it feels good to be part of the generation that will hopefully find a way and have the courage, a voice to be able to yell and say I am Mexican, I am Latina and I’m happy about it and I’m proud of it,” said Garcia.

Vida’s Pete Placencia took photos for the popular bilingual newspaper.

“This parade is the only one in the area that celebrates Mexican Independence, we are the biggest city in the area,'” said Placencia, ” The people that are here are proud of their roots, their culture, their language and all the traditions that are with it.”

Oxnard Mayor Luis A. McArthur walked the parade route and said he was proud to be part of the celebration.

People cheered for members of group carrying a large “ICE out of Oxnard” sign.

Oxnard College students also took part in the celebration and held it’s own celebration on campus.

DJ Salvador Vaca of 103.7 helped emcee Fiesta Patrias.

Vaca invited people to stick around for the live entertainment that followed in Plaza Park.

And at Oxnard college

Nat music

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Caleb Nguyen

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – The Oxnard Police Department is investigating a shooting after two men arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds around 6:00 p.m. Saturday.

OPD officers received calls about a person with a gun and tried to stop a fleeing vehicle from the area of Edison Drive and McWane Boulevard.

OPD officers arrested two people after a vehicle pursuit and took one gun from the scene. Both people arrested did not appear to be directly involved in the shooting.

The OPD Violent Crimes Unit took over the investigation and it appears both shooting victims were involved in an altercation where they exchanged gunfire.

Both shooting victims remain hospitalized and are in stable condition. The investigation remains ongoing and those with more information on the incident are asked to contact the OPD.

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