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Tracy Lehr

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) The 76th annual Warren miller movie made a stop in Santa Barbara.

Skiers and snowboarders packed the Lobero Theatre to see “Sno-Ciety.”

They are getting psyched up for the season.

This year’s film takes fans from slopes to the beaches for skiing and surfing,

The late Warren Miller did both.

Warren Miller brand ambassadors say they only show the movie in select locations.

“We are all over, going to So-Cal, it is going to be so much fun, come down, we are going to be showing some surfing in the movie, we are going to have Chris Miller, Warren Miller’s daughter, coming to a bunch of the shows. She is going to bring some of Warren Miller’s old surfboards and we will have a bunch of pictures of him, too, when he was surfing in his prime, it is going to be awesome,” said Max Perkins.

Rain didn’t keep people away.

Members of the Santa Barbara Ski Club were also on hand to tell people about an upcoming trips to Mammoth, Aspen/Snowmass and Crested Butte, Colorado.

For more information visit https://warrenmiller.com and https://wwwsbski.org

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara’s Out of the Box Theatre Company is casting its first deaf actor for a new musical.

The company celebrates its 15th season with Jagged Little Pill.

ASL advocate Joseph Saraceni takes a major role—the first Deaf actor in company history.

American Sign Language will be woven into the performance.

A special ASL-interpreted show is supported by Pro Bono ASL.

“I know I do inspire people but it’s kind of a crazy concept to achieve so it’s been fun I want to inspire other deaf actors and deaf actors have inspired me as well,” said actor Joe Saraceni.

The musical kicks off on Friday, Nov. 14 and continues through the weekend at Center Stage in Santa Barbara.

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Patricia Martellotti

CAMARILLO, Calif. (KEYT) – Crews are stacking sandbags around empty lots in Camarillo’s Mountain Fire burn zones ahead of tonight’s storm.

They are prioritizing vacant lots to curb runoff and mudflow during the downpour.

Neighbors are hunkering down indoors to ride out the heavy rain.

Some families are weighing whether to evacuate.

“I’m happy that they’re keeping an eye on it. I don’t wanna have a sense of false safety because a couple people have chosen to leave … evacuation warnings makes me think … should I do that,” said resident Shawn Simon of Camarillo.

The rainstorm is expected to hit Southern California for the next several days.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Since Thursday afternoon impressive rainfall totals have soaked Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast.

The Friday morning totals during the first break in a steady – and at times, very strong rain system – showed Refugio Pass with 5.36 of rain and San Marcos Pass above Goleta with 4.23 inches of rain.    Santa Barbara had 2.64 inches and Carpinteria was at  1.85. In the northern region, Los Alamos had 2.53 inches and Cachuma Lake had a measurement of 3.3 inches.

This falls in line with forecasts of up to six inches of rain by the end of the weekend in some areas and with the preliminary numbers showing high levels already, the final totals will likely exceed predictions.

Several incidents stopped traffic on Highway 101 in the morning commute. They included a rollover in Summerland in the southbound lanes around Evans Ave. Northbound at Turnpike a crash into the center divider snarled traffic on the very busy drive as well going the other direction.

Several city streets were waterlogged making driving challenging on Gutierrez St near Olive St., Yanonali St. in the Funk Zone and Cabrillo Boulevard where palm trees were coming apart.

Mission creek which has been backed up with sand for months, blew out and the flow was strong from the mountains to the ocean.  It has also put mounds of debris along the coast.

Some visitors who did not expect the rain were strolling with umbrellas but wearing shorts. Some just had on t-shirts. Many came out during a mid-morning weather break to go up and down Stearns Wharf to see the impacts of the waves, the ocean surge and the frolicking birds in their new ponds.

The area was a new stop off for a large flock of pelicans.

One couple from Los Angeles strolled Stearns Wharf under an umbrella during a drizzle. Cherrie Laris was wearing a long coat and said, “I come out here a lot, so I like it. I wish it was sunny just because he’s visiting, so I wanted him to see sunny California, but that’s okay. We’re still enjoying.”

Caitlin Carabello said her drive up from the south was slow and they made sure to get to Santa Barbara safely. With light rain came a change. “Let’s walk around. Be cozy. That’s what this type of weather is for.”

Even seeing clouds over head, Tarek Hassoun said, ” I expected a sunny day. Unfortunately, we didn’t get what we expected. It’s fine for a walk.”

On the beach with his service dog Kylo, Rueben Montijo said they slept in his vehicle last night. Even with the pounding rain he was able to deal with it. “It was pretty good, it was pretty loud.  We ended up going to sleep after awhile.” The unsheltered resident said, it helped to have his dog with him.

Mission Creek was dry for months but not anymore. It was moving and blew out the sand barrier at the waterfront. As it emptied, so did some accumulated trash that was strewn across the area by the currents.

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Jarrod Zinn

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) – Day one of the three-day Surfing For Hope competition had to be cancelled due to high surf at Pismo Beach today.

Surfing For Hope is a non-profit dedicated to easing the difficulty of cancer, using benefits yielded from surfing and ocean life.

A rain storm passed through the central coast last night.

It’s expected to return in force later tonight and stick around for the weekend.

Surfing For Hope competition organizers say the resulting high surf at Pismo Beach fully consumed the sand of the beach in the early hours this morning.

A few early surfers had significant difficulty navigating the waves, and when a couple broken boards washed up on the shore, they knew they had to cancel the day.

 Surfing For Hope will be back as planned Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine.

“This is the third year in a row we’ve been we’ve had to cancel one of the three days because of large surf, and we’re going to be able to cram it into two days,” says Andy Mckay, Surfing For Hope’s associate director. “It’s not ideal, but we’re going to do our best to pull it off. We have a lot of rain coming tomorrow, but the surfers don’t care. They’re already wet. As long as it’s not lightning, we’re going to run through Saturday and hopefully Sunday.”

In Santa Maria, the storm is putting a damper on weekend activities.

The Santa Barbara Humane Society’s Santa Maria car show has been cancelled due to the rain in the weekend’s forecast.

But it’s not all doom and gloom.

Since the sun is shining warmly for the day, locals and tourists have been out enjoying the beach air before the storm returns.

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Mina Wahab

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) —Locals are filling up sandbags in preparation for upcoming storms. “We’re just going to sandbag the front door. And I don’t think that the rains going to the water are going to get there, but who knows? If it rains that hard, it might,” said Barry O’Donnell, who lives in Camarillo.

Beyond sandbags the Ventura County Fire Department wants people to build an emergency kit. “Having a spare pair of glasses or knowing where your glasses are to put in that kit. Things like extra medications and spare batteries, a flashlight, maybe even water and food for a day or two,” said Ventura County Fire Spokesman Andrew Dowd.

Dowd says the rainfall estimates range between 1 and 6 inches, and he wants to make sure residents stay informed and have a plan. “With my family, we have a plan. Preset of two different locations that we will meet. If our phones don’t work and there’s an evacuation order given and one of us is home or one of us is not,” said Dowd. The fire department is increasing its staff with 40 additional members, they have also up-staffed their Type 6 fire engines. These are smaller more agile fire engines that can more easily get to flooding or debris flow emergencies. “If there are significant winds and downed trees, we can use that bolt cutters if we need to get through and force entry. We have shovels that we can use if we need to burn up areas or help move debris out of the way or clear out a drainage areas.” The fire department is encouraging people to fill up sandbags at stations throughout the county. 

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT). –

CIF-State Girls Volleyball Championships Round II

Division 2: Liberty 3, Arroyo Grande 0; La Canada 3, Ventura 2

Division 4: Nipomo 3, Grant 1 (Nipomo hosts Capistrano Valley on Saturday in Regional Semifinal).

Division 5: Morro Bay 3, South El Monte 0 (Morro Bay hosts Nogales on Saturday in Regional Semifinal).

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Freshman Gabi Martinez had 19 kills including the match-winner on a finesse shot down the line that gave UCSB a five-set victory over Cal Poly in a match-up of two of the top teams in Big West women’s volleyball.

(Gabi Martinez catches fire in the second set and had 13 kills by the end of set two. Entenza Design).

The marathon match took over two and half hours to play with UCSB gaining a regular season split with Cal Poly winning (26-28, 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13).

The loss snaps the Mustangs 10-game win streak and leaves them 12-3 and in second place in league behind UC Davis. The Gauchos are in third at 11-4.

UCSB sophomore Eva Travis also had 19 kills to share team-high honors with Martinez.

Michelle Zhao and Ayva Ostovar both had career-best performances with 34 and 31 assists respectively.

Emma Frederick had a match-high 21 kills for the Mustangs.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Calls are coming in from Montecito residents wondering why they couldn’t find sandbags at Lower Manning Park.

The Montecito Fire Department says construction at the site is preventing a sandbag station from opening there until Friday afternoon.

Self-serve sandbag stations are open today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at several locations in Santa Barbara.

Residents can pick up free sandbags at the City Annex Yard on East Yanonali Street and at Fire Station 7 on Stanwood Drive.

People are reminded to bring gloves and shovels and fill bags only halfway, with a limit of 20 bags per household.

In Montecito, sandbags are available at the Fire Protection District Headquarters on San Ysidro Road.

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Alissa Orozco

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Anyone can be a victim of a financial scam, but the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has made scammers even smarter, and victims even more vulnerable. The ability to create convincing videos and photos – and even mimicing voices is exactly what makes AI scams hard to catch.

Santa Barbara County DA Chief Investigator, Kristina Perkins, sat down with your News Channel to discuss how one can be on the lookout for scams and how to protect yourself from becoming the victim of a fraud.

Perkins says scams using artificial intelligence are on the rise, with scammers using fake videos and/or videos to convince you to send them money. Scammers can intimidate celebrities, family members, members of law enforcement, and even political figures as part of the hoax – creating a story so good, it’s hard to detect what’s real or not.

“So scams have been around for a very, very long time. And whenever there’s a new technology that emerges, the scammers will always try and find a way to take advantage of that. But with AI, what is different is that AI allows the scammers to reach a lot more people and it’s a lot more difficult to detect,” Perkins says.

Everyone is at risk, but Perkins says the elderly and those not so familiar with the latest technology are especially vulnerable. Known as the “Grandparent Scam,” scammers will target the elderly by posing a grandchild, spouse, or another family member in need of help – use computer-generated phone calls to steal thousands of dollars out of victims. Scammers get that information from social media accounts.

So how does one avoid this? Perkins says to always be cautious, and always be skeptical.

“If someone’s asking you for money, verify that information. And if it doesn’t feel right, just bounce it off a friend or family member and ask them for advice.”

Perkins says while catching scammers on a local level can be difficult, there is a federal task force dedicated to stopping fraudsters all around the world.

If you suspect you or someone you know may the be victim of a scam, or for more information contact the Santa Barbara County’s Scam Hotline at (805) 568- 2442.

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