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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Gauchos ace pitcher Jackson Flora allowed just one run in five innings of work and reliever Chase Hoover dominated in a four-inning save as UCSB won their home opener 4-1 over Portland.

Flora gave up a solo home run to the Cole Katayama-Stall to lead off the third inning but he was able to work around trouble in the second and third innings.

The junior struck out six batters to improve to 2-0 on the year.

San Marcos High School alum Chasee Hoover pitched 4 scoreless innings out of the bullpen allowing just 2 hits while striking out 5 batters to earn his second save on the young season.

As for the offense Rowan Kelley had two hits, knocked in a run and scored a run.

Ball State graduate transfer Nick Husovosky hit his third home run on the year, a solo shot to left to give the Gauchos a 4-1 lead.

UCSB is 2-2 on the season and will host the Pilots on Saturday at 3:05 p.m. and on Sunday at 12:05 p.m.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

CIF-Central Section Girls Basketball Semifinal:

Division 3: Shafter 52, Morro Bay 34

Division 4: Tulare Union 43, Atascadero 26

Division 5: Santa Ynez 62, Coalinga 55

CIF-Central Section Boys Soccer Semifinal:

Division 2: Liberty 2, Righetti 1

Division 5: Nipomo 4, Orosi 0 (Titans host Dos Palos in championship match on Wednesday, February 25)

Dos Palos 5, St. Joseph 1

CIF-Central Section Girls Soccer Semifinal:

Division 4: Sierra Pacific 2, Templeton 1

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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Police helped an injured biker to Cottage Hospital after a truck hit them just before 2:45 p.m. on Castillo Street.

Santa Barbara Police received help from firefighters and paramedics and shut down Castillo Street for an investigation on the crash.

The truck driver was not impaired during the crash and stayed cooperative in the investigation after first responders gave the biker medical attention, according to the SBPD.

Community members were asked to use a different route until Castillo Street reopened just after 6:00 p.m., according to the SBPD.

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Caleb Nguyen

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – Ida Veronica Hernandez, 45, received a four-year, four-month state prison sentence for embezzling over $550,000 from her former employers at a Thousand Oaks medical practice, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

Hernandez pled guilty to seven felony counts of grand theft, a felony count of filing a false or forged document and admitted the special allegation of losses exceeding $100,000, according to the VCDAO.

Hernandez had access to company bank accounts and financial records from her role as office manager and bookkeeper in 2020 and 2021, which she used to transfer to her own and her family’s bank accounts, according to the VCDAO.

Hernandez used multiple aliases and falsely implicated a coworker in her attempt to deflect attention from herself after stealing at least $556,000 from the medical business, according to the VCDAO.

Hernandez also directed the payroll company to pay her family and friends before abruptly quitting once financial irregularities showed themselves, according to the VCDAO.

Hernandez fled once an investigation started and committed similar thefts in Orange County and Plano, Texas before authorities tracked her down travelling across the county, according to the VCDAO.

Hernandez had orders to pay restitution to the victim that totalled $560,000 after receiving her prison sentence, according to the VCDAO.

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Jarrod Zinn

LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – A new speaking series from Vandenberg Space Force Base launched in Lompoc this evening.

Launches won’t be slowing down, but the base is taking the issue of impacts very seriously.

The branding of this new free speaker series designated ‘Mission Update’ is different from previous public forums.

“This is just simply reaching out to our community as a responsible community partner and helping them understand the importance of what we’re doing on base,” says Col. James T. Horne Iii, Space Launch Delta 30 Commander.

Residents of the Central Coast as near to the base as Lompoc, as well as communities as far away as Ventura and Oxnard, have been raising concerns as Vandenberg ramps up the amount and frequency of their rocket launches.

“This is the most incredibly exciting time I’ve ever seen in my 25 years in uniform,” says Col. Horne. “As I mentioned, this is the second space race.”

Vandenberg has begun working with universities to conduct research on all impacts of rocket launches, as well as mitigation strategies.

“You know, when we started making, measurements of the ascent sonic boom, you know, in the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, we really didn’t know what was happening at first,” says Kent Gee, professor at Brigham Young University.

The new series ‘Mission Update’ features Col. Horne and the lead researcher for the ECOBOOM study at Brigham Young University’s Physics Department, Kent Gee.

“We got in and really just said, well, let’s go deploy things in parts as fast as we can to start getting an understanding,” says Gee. “But we understand so much more than we did 18 months ago.”

The series provides insights into the base’s ongoing efforts at impact mitigation, in addition to the critical role the base plays in national security.

“I think we’re in for an exciting future,” says Col. Horne. “But with that comes growing pains. And as responsible actors in this environment, we just want to make sure that we’re doing our best to take care of our people in our community while protecting our nation.”

Upcoming sessions are planned in cities across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, and details will be provided for those events when they become available.

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Dave Alley

GUADALUPE, Calif. (KEYT) – The City of Guadalupe has experienced a recent wave of significant accomplishments over the past several months, including just being awarded an important state grant.

This week, Guadalupe learned it was the only city in either Santa Barbara County or San Luis Obispo that will take part this year in County Community Cleanup & Employment Pathway (CCEP) Grant Program, that is administered by Caltrans as part of the statewide Clean California Initiative.

Guadalupe is set to receive just over $280,000, which the city reports will go towards a number of projects, including litter reduction and improve community appearance improvements.

“Our main focus is going to be kind of a phased approach to target litter and graffiti, weed abatement, along the incoming corridors into the town, said David Trujillo, Guadalupe Interim City Administrator. “So Highway 166 westbound, Highway 1 southbound from the Santa Maria Bridge, and then Highway 1 northbound coming from Orcutt. What our goal is, we want to make the community inviting to people that are coming through, so the people that are passing through, just taking Highway 1 south, we want to make it to where it’s inviting enough to make people want to stop to they want to check it out.”

The grant will also help with the creation of new local jobs through employment pathway opportunities, providing workforce training for individuals facing employment barriers.

“We want to be able to give them as as much quality training and guidance as we can, whether it be just general public works stuff or if it’s landscaping, variable building maintenance, we want to try to give them more of an on the job training versus focusing on hiring somebody that has a skill set already,” said Trujillo. “We want to target people new into the workforce, people who are struggling to keep, or even get jobs, bring them on board, provide them with mentorship, maybe skills that they haven’t even realized that they have and give them a way to move forward, and progress their careers as they move on.”

The grant continues a good run for Guadalupe, which has seen a lot of positive changes taking place within the past year.

Other notable additions or improvements that have taken place or in progress or coming to the city includes the opening of two new schools, the kickoff of long-planned renovations to the historic Royal Theater, the start of construction of Las Mujeres Park, which will include a skateboarding facility, upcoming upgrades to the Guadalupe Senior Center, as well as improvements to the Amtrak train station.

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Andie Lopez Bornet

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – One person is dead after a shooting near Bohnett Park on the westside of Santa Barbara.

The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday morning. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man suffering from a gunshot would and another uninjured victim.

Officers gave CPR to the injured man, but he passed away later at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

An early investigation shows that the suspect or suspects may have fled the area in an unknown vehicle.

It is believed to be an isolated incident and police say there is no remaining threat to the public.

The name of the deceased is being withheld.

UPDATE: A witness who lives in the area said she heard multiple gunshots at the time of this incident.

Police have been going door-to-door looking for video at the time of the shooting. There were cameras mounted on buildings in the area.

At least 15 evidence markers have been placed at the scene.

A Department of Justice crime scene truck with investigative equipment has been within the area cordoned off by yellow tape. Special photographic equipment and a drone are in use.

Some articles of clothing are on the sidewalk near an evidence marker just outside of the park. The scene on San Pascual St. is close to Victoria St. on a sidewalk across from apartment buildings.

Many friends of the victim and nearby community members have come to the scene with candles and flowers.

This is a developing story, and Your Newschannel will provide updates as it comes into the newsroom.

Senior Reporter John Palminteri contributed to this story from the scene.

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Mike Klan

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (KEYT) – Zoe Borter scored a game-high 20 points on the strength of four 3-pointers to lead the Gauchos to a 74-58 road win against Cal State Northridge.

UCSB improves to 10-6 in the Big West and 18-7 overall.

Chauncey Andersen added 11 points and Olivia Bradley tallied 10 points who led 36-26 at half.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

CIF-Central Section Division 1 Semifinal: St. Joseph 67, Bakersfield Christian 57: #1 seed Knights will play #2 Buchanan in title game on Saturday, February 28 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.

Division 2: Atascadero 69, Hoover 52: #1 seed Greyhounds will meet #2 Clovis in title game on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.

Division 5: Santa Maria 103, California City 76: #1 seed Saints will play #2 Coalinga in championship game on Saturday, February 28 at noon in Fresno.

Division 6: Orosi 54, Orcutt Academy 43:

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Mike Klan

HONOLULU, Hawai’i (KEYT) – Add another Big West front runner to the Mustangs hit list.

Hamad Mousa scored a game-high 24 points as Cal Poly knocked Hawaii out of a first place tie in the Big West with an 86-75 road win.

The Rainbow Warriors are now a 1/2 game out of first place in league behind UC Irvine who is 11-4 in conference. Cal Poly beat Irvine last week as well as rival UCSB and is now riding a three-game win streak.

Besides his scoring, Mousa also collected nine rebounds for the Mustangs (12-16, 8-8 Big West Conference). Cayden Ward added 19 points and notching six rebounds. Peter Bandelj finished with 12 points while Troy Plumtree had 10 points and three steals.

The Mustangs had a two-point lead with 6:30 remaining, but went on a 15-5 run to create a buffer for the win.

Dre Bullock led the Rainbow Warriors (18-7, 10-5) in scoring, finishing with 22 points and nine rebounds. Hawaii also got 18 points and eight rebounds from Isaac Johnson. Hunter Erickson finished with nine points and eight rebounds.

(The Associated Press assisted with this story).

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