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John Palminteri

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – An aging oil facility is coming down in Carpinteria and some residents nearby are hearing all about it.

The demolition going on behind city hall has a booming sound when the metal tank is worked on.

The oil tank dates back several decades when it was part of the oil processing taking place on the Carpinteria coastline.The work underway now is to decommission the facilities.

It’s a site once owned by Venoco but taken back by Chevron during Venoco’s bankruptcy. Chevron is removing the entire oil and gas plant.

It is still to be determined how the ocean front land will be used by the city going forward.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – It was a good day to be a Royal.

San Marcos High School student-athletes Lucy Dessert and Andy Keenan received Athlete of the Week honors at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon at Harry’s.

Dessert pitched two complete-games as the junior led the Royals softball team to two Channel League wins over Ventura.

In 14 innings Dessert only allowed 3 earned runs, striking out 13 batters and did not issue any walks.

Keenan led San Marcos boys golf to wins over Buena and Valencia as he fired back-to-back rounds of four-under- par.

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Mike Klan

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Cal Poly’s 10-game winning streak featuring a pair of three-game Big West series sweeps, an 8-0 start to conference play, a .352 team batting average, 85 runs and 129 hits (including 51 for extra bases) came to an end Monday in an 8-2 loss to UC Davis at Baggett Stadium.

The loss dropped Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs to 14-8 for the season and 8-1 in the Big West, still ahead of UC San Diego (5-1) and four teams, including UC Davis, tied for third place at 5-4. Cal Poly still won the series against the Aggies, two games to one.

Nine of Cal Poly’s 14 wins so far this season have been in come-from-behind fashion. On Monday, however, there were no answers as the Mustang bats were held to just two runs and five hits while UC Davis shattered a 2-2 tie with back-to-back three-run rallies in the seventh and eighth frames.

UC Davis, just 3-29 in games against Cal Poly at Baggett Stadium entering Monday’s game, earned its first win over the Mustangs in San Luis Obispo since the 2018 season, snapping an eight-game losing streak. Aggie head coach Tommy Nicholson notched his first win over Cal Poly in nine tries at Baggett Stadium and is 3-12 overall versus the Mustangs.

The Aggie victory featured a 13-hit offensive attack and five pitchers who combined on the five-hitter. Peter Storjohann (2-0) secured two outs, both strikeouts, and was the pitcher of record when UC Davis erupted for three runs in the seventh on a safety squeeze bunt laid down by Zach Story and a two-run triple by Tyler Howard.

The Aggies (10-11) pulled away with three more runs in the eighth on Story’s second safety squeeze bunt and a two-run double by Korey Williams.

Mustang starter Carson Turnquist did not allow a hit in 4 2/3 scoreless innings before giving up the first UC Davis hit and single runs in both the fifth and sixth frames. Lefty Josh Morano (3-1) suffered the loss as he allowed the tiebreaking run in the seventh.

Cal Poly scored first on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Ryan Tayman in the opening frame. After UC Davis scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, the Mustangs knotted the score at 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth on Dante Vachini’s sacrifice fly, also with the bases loaded.

Both Casey Murray Jr. and Cam Hoiland extended their hitting streaks in the sixth. Murray singled to stretch his streak to 12 games while Hoiland doubled to increase his streak to 10 contests.

For the series, second baseman Alejandro Garza was 8-for-12 at the plate with four RBIs while Hoiland was 6-for-12, Murray 5-for-12 with four RBIs and third baseman Gavin Spiridonoff 5-for-13.

Center fielder and Santa Barbara High School alum Kai Mault led the Aggies at the plate with a single, double and triple. Right fielder Tyler Howard contributed a double and triple for two RBIs while Story and Williams both had two hits and a pair of RBIs as well.

Cal Poly ended a seven-game home stand with the loss and will hit the road for its next five contests. The Mustangs visit Loyola Marymount on Wednesday night and play a three-game Big West series Friday through Sunday at UC Riverside.

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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews tackled a house fire just before 7:00 p.m. in Santa Barbara on Monday at the 1600 block of Overlook Lane.

Your News Channel arrived at the home and noticed heavy smoke coming from inside before fire crews arrived.

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department mentioned no injuries from the fire and received help from several ambulances and a utlility truck in the response.

More information on the house fire will be provided as it becomes available to Your News Channel.

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Caleb Nguyen

LOS ALAMOS, Calif. (KEYT) – A man identified by authorities Tuesday as Derrick Silvano Wright died after a car hit him near Alisos Canyon just after 2:00 a.m. Saturday, just outside of Los Alamos on the 101 freeway, according to the Santa Maria CHP.

CHP officers found the 37-year-old man originally from Huey Town, Alabama, and living in Santa Maria as a pedestrian in the crash and pronounced him dead at the scene.

Preliminary investigation indicates that Wright walked in the northbound lanes of the freeway when hit by the car. The circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation, according to the CHP.

Anyone who saw the crash who wasn’t already contacted by CHP are asked to call the CHP Santa Maria office with further details at the following number.

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Caleb Nguyen

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a package explosion at the Carpinteria UPS store just after 2:30 p.m. Monday.

SBCSO deputies evacuated all nearby businesses and advised citizens to avoid the area from Taco Grande to the Goodwill.

The SBCSO later confirmed the explosion as a fire extinguisher inside a package before 5:00 p.m. and reported no injuries from the incident.

“The call came as an explosion inside the UPS store where there was powder emitting from a package, so we approached it with caution, we had our bomb squad come out and they were able to confirm what the package was, said Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Raquel Zick,” It was a fire extinguisher.”

About four employees and seven customers were inside the UPS store when the explosion happened.

Employees returned to work after 5 p.m. but told customers to come back in the morning.

One said they train every six months on how to handle hazardous materials and that training came in handy on Monday.

Your News Channel will have reaction to what happened at Casitas Plaza in Carpinteria tonight on the news

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Dave Alley

LOPEZ LAKE, Calif. (KEYT) – The body of the person who went missing late Sunday afternoon in the water at Lopez Lake was found early Monday afternoon.

Around noon, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office Underwater Search and Recovery (Dive Team) located the victim in the area where the Arroyo Grande Arm of the lake connects with the Wittenburg Arm.

The Sheriff’s Office has identified as the victim as 25-year-old Sergio MendiolaGarcia of Santa Maria.

According to Sheriff’s Office, MendiolaGarcia was swimming in the lake when he became distressed and appeared to be drowning before he went underwater.

Family members tried to locate him in the water, but were unsuccessful and soon called 911.

The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department responded and was joined by other local emergency responders, who mobilized an extensive search of the water and land utilization boats, jet skis, drones, paddle boards and rescue swimmers.

The search resumed earlier today and concluded just before noon when the body of MendiolaGarcia was found by underwater by the Sheriff’s dive team.

While the search was ongoing, San Luis Obispo County Parks, which operates the lake and entire recreational area, closed off the water to boating.

All other activities at the lake, such as camping, onshore fishing and other day uses remained open.

With the search now complete, the lake is once again open to all visitors for full use.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – With a stronghold on Mexico and the Southwest, U.S. agave growers are coming to the Santa Barbara County coast.

At an annual symposium they talked about increasing farm lands that could result in thousands of new plants.

The California Agave Council President Stuart Woolfe said at the all day event, “we have a little bit of everything. We’re trying to create a tent that we can all, operate under.” The symposium was at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort.

Many vendors were on site too.

Already, there’s agricultural land changes taking place on properties in Santa Barbara and Montecito.

At one ranch above San Roque, one farmer Mark Hannah said, “we planted a thousand there. They’ve been doing well. They’re loving the climate.”

Carpinteria is expected to be part of this trend too as it looks at alternatives from the traditional crops there including avocados or the most recent phase with cannabis..

All day seminars will include information about the plants growth in popularity, distilling, marketing and land uses.

“This is a crop that represents something new and different. And it it’s a climate resilient crop in California ,” said Woolfe.

Andrew Caspary is the owner of Ventura Spirits. He said, “quality is going to be very important.

And this isn’t just about pumping out a commodity. Be protective over the reputation of this industry and these products as we grow them. ” He also believes the demand in the U.S is strong and growing. “It’s going to be a dance where we figure out, which products, at which price points and you know, which brands represent. I think the growers and everybody participating is trying to convey that.”

Some of the growers toured local properties Sunday prior to the sessions and enjoyed tequila tastings.

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Caleb Nguyen

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Emergency crews are searching for a person involved in a water rescue at Lopez Lake, according to CAL FIRE SLO.

The victim fell into the water before 4:30 p.m. and witnesses called emergency crews to search for the submerged person, according to CAL FIRE SLO.

CAL FIRE SLO crews handed the case over to the SLO County Sheriff’s Office after an update, just before 8:30 p.m Sunday, that the victim was not found.

CAL FIRE SLO crews are working alongside a helicopter, San Luis Ambulance, SLO County Parks, Pismo Beach Lifeguards, and the SLO County Sheriff’s Dive Team.

CAL FIRE SLO advised avoiding the area for a safe operation involving boats, skis, drones, paddle boards and rescue swimmers.

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Mike Klan

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Alejandro Garza smashed a two-run seventh-inning home run 382 feet over the left-field wall to give Cal Poly its first lead and Nick Bonn earned his seventh save as the Mustangs rallied from behind for the ninth time this season in a 5-4 victory over UC Davis on Sunday inside Baggett Stadium.

Trailing 4-2, Coach Larry Lee’s Mustangs scored three times in the seventh on an RBI double off the bat of pinch-hitter Xander McLauren and Garza’s eighth career home run as a Mustang on an 0-1 pitch from Noel Valdez to overtake the upstart Aggies.

Bonn, who pitched 1 2/3 innings the day before, throwing 44 pitches, allowed a one-out hit to Trevor Howard in the ninth but nothing else for a one-inning save, thanks in part to a pair of dazzling defensive plays by the Mustangs to close the game.

With its 10th straight victory, Cal Poly clinched its third straight Big West series and improved to 8-0 in conference play and 14-7 overall by producing double-digit hits for the sixth straight game and ninth in its last 11 contests.

UC Davis fell to 9-11 (4-4 Big West).

The visiting Aggies jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second inning as Joey Wright doubled to right-center field, driving in two, and Zach Story singled down the right-field line for the third tally.

Cal Poly closed the gap to 3-2 with single runs in the second and third frames. Gavin Spiridonoff’s triple to the gap in left-center field in the second frame and Cam Hoiland’s single to left in the third made it a one-run game.

Tyler Howard homered leading off the fifth inning, his second of the year for a 4-2 UC Davis advantage, setting the stage for the heroics of McLaurin and Garza in the seventh.

Mustang starting pitcher Corden Pettey went six innings on the mound in his third career start, allowing four runs and eight hits with one walk and six strikeouts. His Whitney High School (Rocklin, Calif.) teammate, Brady Estes (2-0), earned the victory with two scoreless innings of one-hit baseball and Bonn closed it out in the ninth, giving him two saves in each of Cal Poly’s three Big West series so far this season.

In the ninth, Howard beat the throw from shortstop for an infield hit with one out before Elijah McNeal’s blooper into shallow right field was fielded on a hop by Cam Hoiland. Hoiland alertly threw the ball to second base to force Howard for the second out. Kai Mault then hit a grounder up the middle which was flagged down by Nate Castellon behind second base and he flipped the ball backward to Garza covering the bag for the final out of the game.

The loss went to Valdez (1-3), who was facing Cal Poly for a third time as a starter for UC Davis. After going 3.0 and 4.2 innings the last two years against the Mustangs, suffering losses in both games, Valdez pitched into the seventh inning Sunday and scattered a dozen hits while giving up all five Cal Poly runs.

Garza, who had four hits in Saturday’s 12-11 Mustang victory, added three more hits Sunday and is 7-for-8 with a walk in the series so far. Hoiland also finished with three hits, his hitting streak going to nine games, while Casey Murray Jr. extended his hitting streak to 11 games with two singles. Spiridonoff added a single and triple.

During the winning streak, Murray is hitting .465, Hoiland .432, Spiridonoff .429, Ryan Tayman .378, Dante Vachini .367, Nate Castellon .364, Braxton Thomas .333 and Garza .319. In conference games only, Murray sports a .514 mark, Hoiland .429, Spiridonoff .406 and Castellon .400.

As a team, Cal Poly is hitting .352 in its winning streak and .356 in Big West contests.

UC Davis was led at the plate by Howard with a home run and two singles.

Cal Poly’s 10-game winning streak, the longest for the Mustangs since the 2022 squad won 13 in a row in the final month of the season, is the third-longest active winning streak in the nation. UCLA (15) and Southeast Missouri (13) both won Sunday while Auburn saw its 12-game streak come to an end against Texas.

At 8-0, the Mustangs lead UC San Diego (5-1) by two games in the Big West standings. UC Santa Barbara, CSUN and Cal State Fullerton all sport 5-4 conference marks, tied for third place, while UC Davis (4-4) is sixth.

Final game of the series will be played Monday at 1 o’clock. Cal Poly will send junior right-hander Carson Turnquist (2-0, 1.40 ERA) to the mound against UC Davis freshman southpaw Jack Pezzolo (0-0, 0.00 ERA).

Over the last two weekends, Turnquist has pitched five or more innings in relief for victories against Hawai’i and Cal State Bakersfield. Pezzolo has pitched four scoreless innings against Texas, two scoreless frames versus UC Riverside and 2 2/3 innings without giving up a run against UC Santa Barbara, all as a starter.

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)

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