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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria Police officers arrested three teens just after 10:00 p.m. Saturday on weapons charges after their car failed to stop at a stop sign.

SMPD’s Gang Suppression Team conducted a patrol in the Miller Street and Chapel Street area before starting a traffic stop in the area when the teens’ car failed to stop.

SMPD officers then arrested three males: the 19-year-old driver, another 19-year-old passenger and a 17-year-old also in the car.

SMPD officers then also found two loaded guns where the passengers were seated and arrested all three in the car for weapons violations.

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Caleb Nguyen

LOMPOC, Calif (KEYT) – Santa Barbara County Animal Services is seeking public aid in an animal cruelty case from Feb. 17 in Lompoc.

The suspect wore a red beanie, a blue T-Shirt and jeans and is approximately 20 to 50 years of age, last seen heading north on the 200 block of North E Street in Lompoc around 3:20 p.m., according to the SBCAS.

The man had a tan, pug-type dog in his possession that has not been located and its welfare is a priority, according to the SBCAS.

The man is sought as a person of interest, though no formal charges have been filed. Investigators are trying to speak with the individual as part of the ongoing investigation, according to the SBCAS.

Those who recognize the man in the SBCAS released photo, or those who have information on the dog’s location are asked to contact the SBCAS or Animal Control Officer Hart.

Anonymous tips are also available at the SBCAS website.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

NCAA Men’s Basketball:

UC Irvine 64, UCSB 60: Colin Smith had 16 points and six rebounds to pace the Gauchos (18-12, 11-8). Zion Sensley added 14 points and Aidan Mahaney scored 12.

UC San Diego 80, Cal Poly 64: Hamad Mousa scored 19 points for Cal Poly (13-17, 9-9) who had their 4-game win streak snapped.

Point Loma 76, Westmont 66: Westmont (17-11, 14-8 PacWest) fell in its regular season finale. The Warriors will now turn their attention to the PacWest Tournament, which for the Warriors, will begin on Friday in the conference semifinals, since the club earned the two-seed and a bye to move them past the tournament quarterfinals.

NCAA Women’s Basketball:

UCSB 70, UC Irvine 62: Gauchos celebrated Senior Day by knocking off the top team in the Big West. Five Gauchos (20-8, 12-7) scored in double-figures led by Zoe Borter who tallied 18 points.

UC San Diego 85, Cal Poly 61: The Mustangs drop their 14th straight game to fall to 3-25 on the year.

Point Loma 67, Westmont 58: Westmont (20-8, 16-6 PacWest) falls out of a three-way tie for second place and will be the fourth seed in next week’s PacWest Tournament. The Warriors will take on fifth-seeded Dominican (21-7, 15-7) in the quarterfinals at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.

NCAA Baseball:

UCSB 7, Utah 1: Gauchos (7-2) win their sixth straight game behind another strong pitching performance. Nathan Aceves pitched 6 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball while striking out 10. Cade Goldstein and William Vasseur each knocked in two runs for the Gauchos who will go for the 3-game sweep on Sunday.

USC 16, Cal Poly 2: Mustangs (4-6) dropped their 4th straight game after allowing 3 home runs.

Westmont 7, Biola 2 (Game 1): Westmont starter Joey Rico (2-1), earned the win after throwing six and two-thirds innings of one-run ball. Rico, who at one point retired 18 in a row, surrendered only three hits and one earned run while striking out seven on the day.

Biola 9, Westmont 7 (Game 2): 7-run sixth inning by the Eagles prevents sweep.

NCAA Softball:

UCSB 7, Iowa State 5: Gauchos (9-13) make it five straight wins. Dani Rauscher knocked in 3 runs in the win.

San Diego 6, Cal Poly 1: 5-run third inning dooms the Mustangs at the Reggie Smith Invite.

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Mike Klan

FRESNO, Calif. (KEYT) – The St. Joseph Knights get the repeat with an exclamation point.

Malcom Price drilled five 3-pointers and poured in a game-high 32 points as the Knights routed Buchanan 62-34 to make it back-to-back CIF-Central Section Division 1 championships.

Stanford-bound Julius Price, Malcom’s older brother, added 13 points while Williams Sacre pulled down 11 rebounds.

The Knights led 34-16 at the half and 54-24 after three quarters.

St. Joseph now turns their attention to the CIF-State Open Division playoffs that begin next week.

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Mike Klan

FRESNO, Calif. (KEYT) – For the second straight season Santa Ynez girls basketball falls in the CIF title game.

Rosamond edges the Pirates 43-41 to capture the CIF-CS D5 title.

Santa Ynez’ Rylan Agin was named the Pirates Fighting Spirit Player of the Game.

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Mike Klan

FRESNO, Calif. (KEYT) – Tucker Corona sank a free throw with .2 left on the clock to give Coalinga a 63-62 win over Santa Maria in the CIF-Central Section Division 5 championship game.

It was a gut-wrenching ending for a Santa Maria team looking for their first CIF crown in 60 years.

The Saints led by as many at 15 points in this game.

Tied at 62 Santa Maria had the ball but they lost the ball and Corona was fouled going for a layup.

He missed the first free throw before sinking the second one to set off a wild celebration.

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Mike Klan

AZUSA, Calif. (KEYT) – Eden Wynne made a floater with just six seconds to play to lift Bishop Diego to a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 championship, 42-41 over Burroughs of Burbank.

Down 42-40 Burroughs had a chance to tie at the free throw line but made just 1 of 2 and the Cardinals celebrate their first CIF-SS crown since 2015.

Wynne led the Cardinals with 16 points while Luz Castro added 9 points and Jaymi Coronado tallied 8 points.

The 27-4 Cardinals now get ready for the State playoffs.

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Tracy Lehr

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) The Monster Mall attracts all kind of characters and entrepreneurs.

The weekend event is taking place at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

Participants enjoyed spooky and pop culture vendors on Saturday.

Stephanie Campa’s company sold plenty of specialty drinks made with dry ice that give off a visible vapor.

“We are a mobile bartending company, we have a team of 8 right now, we specialize in really pretty photo worthy drinks,” said Campa.

She said they like to serve as many smiles as they can and they added a beach theme since the fairground are near the surf.

“We do mocktails, cocktails, we do private events, popups like this Monster Mall,” said Campa.

Visitors can find the Barmaid Beauties near the entrance to the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

The Monster Mall continues on Sunday from Noon to 6 p.m.

People of all ages are welcome.

For more information visit https:venturacountyfairgrounds.org

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Mike Klan

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) – Tears quickly turned into smiles as the San Marcos High School girls water polo team posed for a picture with the CIF-SoCal Division 1 runner-up plaque.

The Royals had a fantastic season even though it ended in a 11-7 loss to Mater Dei in the regional finals.

It was a season to remember for head coach Brian “Chuckie” Roth who is stepping down from the program after more than 20 years in which he built the Royals into a Southern California power.

“This was a phenomenal season to be honest with you,” began Roth. “If you would have asked me if we would be here right now back in November I would have said that would be a big stretch. These kids bought in, we figured some things that worked for everybody and yeah this is a season that I will never forget.”

Two of the biggest reasons for the Royals success was the offensive brilliance of USC-bound Charlotte Raisin and the play in goal by Harvard-bound senior Bethany King.

Raisin scored a team-high 4 goals in this championship game while King kept the high-powered Monarchs offense under control with 10 blocks.

King is a field player turned goalie out of necessity for her team and she developed into a real asset in the cage for San Marcos.

“Probably one of the most amazing athletes I have ever coached,” said Roth of King. “People say we don’t have a goalie and I think they are mistaken, we do have a goalie, she is very good, she just happens to be a very good field player too.”

The Royals never led in this game but it was close throughout with Mater Dei leading 3-2 after one quarter and 5-3 at halftime.

Raisin scored two third quarter goals but the Royals still trailed 8-5 heading into the fourth quarter.

Sophomore Ella Grube cut the deficit to 8-6 with 4:15 to play but San Marcos would get no closer as Delaney Cook scored consecutive goals for Mater Dei to push the lead to four goals.

Mater Dei ends the year 30-3 and got outstanding play from goalie Sienna Sorensen who set the tone early by stopping two first quarter penalty shots by San Marcos.

The Royals finish 28-8 and along the way they won a Channel League championship, had a top four finish in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division and now runner-up in the CIF-SoCal Regional Division 1 Championship.

“We improved so much and had so many milestone wins along the way, my heart is full, I am content and proud of the kids,” said Chuckie Roth who will still coach swimming at San Marcos, assist with the boys water polo team and teach PE.

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Tracy Lehr

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) Members of “Singing Resistance” sang outside Home Depot in Oxnard on Saturday afternoon.

They sang, “No one is getting left behind this time,” by Joshua Blaine, and other tunes.

Some cars driving by the group near the entrance to the Home Depot at the Esplanade Shopping Center.

The singers also delivered a letter to the store.

They called it a National Day of Action.

Rev. Emily Ebert of Holy Trinity Lutheran church in Thousand Oaks and others said the corporation has been complying with ICE.

“We are here with the singing resistance movement there are protests like this across the country and we are here to bring healing through singing but also to show that we are not going to stand for our neighbors being hurt we want to bring safety we care for out community and  we want to make sure that word gets out that we are not going to stand for violence in our community,” said Ebert.

They hope to show they are in solidarity with workers, including day laborers, known to find work in parking lot area.

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