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Caleb Nguyen

ATASCADERO, Calif. (KEYT) – First responders, including the Atascadero Police Department, helped in a multi-car crash where a woman died at 3:00 p.m. Thursday at the 9000 block of El Camino Real.

One person needed extrication after being trapped from initial reports, and the APD noticed an overturned sedan on its roof, plus a pickup truck positioned in an embankment.

First responders helped the sedan driver from the car and got them to a hospital for major injuries and the woman died at the scene, according to the APD.

The southbound lanes of El Camino Real closed for several hours for an investigation and reopened just before 10:30 p.m. after taking photos, measurements and evidence collection, according to the APD.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation and it is unknown whether or not alcohol or drugs were factors in the incident, according to the APD.

Witnesses of the crash are encouraged to contact the APD if they have more information.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Division 3: Channel Islands 4, Murrieta Valley 1

Littlerock 1, Oxnard 1 (2OT) (Littlerock advances on PK’s 4-3)

Claremont 1, Calabasas 0

Division 4: Santa Paula 1, Montebello 0

Pacifica 3, Baldwin Park 1

Division 5: San Marcos 4, Golden Valley 0

Westlake 3, Bellflower 0

Camarillo 3, Ventura 0

Division 6: Viewpoint 3, Cate 1

Division 7: Poly/Pasadena 2, Laguna Blanca 1

Division 8: Bishop Diego 2, Le Lycee 1

Fairmont Prep 2, Foothill Tech 0

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Mike Klan

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi (KEYT) -It was aces high at Pete Taylor Park on Friday, where the UC Santa Barbara Baseball team played their trump card, Jackson Flora, to hand No. 20 Southern Miss their first loss on opening day since 2014, 5-1. Flora lived up to his Preseason All-American billing with five strikeouts and just three hits against him over six shutout innings, and San Marcos High School alum Chase Hoover marked his return to the Gaucho bullpen with a near-perfect, six-out save. Newcomer Noah Karliner made himself Flora’s new best friend, driving in the game-winning runs in his first game for Santa Barbara, and Rowan Kelly smacked his first career home run to seal the result.

HOW IT HAPPENEDFlora’s first inning was a statement of intent. After allowing a leadoff double, he took care of the next two Golden Eagles, then punctuated the inning with a pinpoint-accurate, 100-mile-per-hour fastball on the outside edge of the zone for his first strikeout of the day. He allowed just one base runner again in the second (who had the misfortune of wearing one of Flora’s pitches), then set the Golden Eagles down in order in the third and fourth, doing it all himself in the latter of those frames with a pair of strikeouts and a well-snagged chopper that he ran to the bag himself.

The offense made a statement in the opening frame too. Kelly led off the game with a double, Cade Goldstein was welcomed to college baseball with a plunking on the fourth pitch he faced, and Cole Kosciusko’s hard-hit single loaded the bases. Nick Husovsky guided a sacrifice fly into left field for his first RBI in the Blue and Gold, and the first run that Southern Miss has surrendered in the first inning of the season since 2017. A pickoff and a strikeout kept the Gauchos from getting any more, though, and the promise of a pitcher’s duel was still alive.

It took until the fourth inning for Santa Barbara to figure out Southern Miss starter Colby Allen — a Preseason All-American like Flora — again, doing so with a two-out rally. After Jonathan Mendez’s single up the middle was in danger of being for naught, Xavier Esquer snuck a double inside the third-base line and Karliner deposited a two-strike pitch into right center to score the two infielders.

Flora had to work through some trouble in the fifth and sixth, escaping a bases-loaded, two-out spot with a popout to Esquer in the fifth, then getting out of a really tough spot in the sixth. After hitting the first two Golden Eagles of the inning, Flora got back on top with his fifth punchout of the day, induced a foul-out to Husovsky at first, then combined with Goldstein on a clutch play to get out of the inning. A chopper got past Flora on the mound but not Goldstein at second, the freshman using his glove to flip the ball to the covering Flora at first. It took all six feet and five inches of Flora’s frame to stretch and complete the out before the Southern Miss runner could hit the bag, but he managed it just in time.

That was ultimately Flora’s last act of a stellar opening day performance, as Raymond Olivas picked up right where he had left off in the seventh, punctuating the one-two-three frame with a strikeout of his own. A solo home run and a single to lead off the eighth put an end to Santa Barbara’s shutout bid and Olivas’ night, with Hoover asked to save the game. He induced a double play for a strong start, then ended the eighth with a punchout.

The veteran lefty got some help from the young lefty, Kelly, in the top of the ninth, as Santa Barbara’s centerfielder connected on his first career home run, driving home Esquer after his leadoff single to make the score 5-1.

Not that Hoover needed any more breathing room. He finished his save with a comfortable ninth inning, a two-out single the only blot on his ledger for the evening.

UP NEXTThe Gauchos return to Pete Taylor Park in Hattiesburg with a chance to secure the series win on Saturday, Feb. 14 in a daytime matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific Time, with Santa Barbara’s Nathan Aceves set to oppose Southern Miss’ Grayden Harris. The game will be live on ESPN+ with an audio-only broadcast and live stats available at ucsbgauchos.com.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) –

Division 2: Rancho Verde 84, San Marcos 69 Full story: https://keyt.com/news/top-stories/2026/02/14/san-marcos-knocked-out-of-cif-d2-playoffs-by-hot-shooting-rancho-verde/

Canyon(Anaheim) 70, Oxnard 67 (OT): Mikey Duran-Morales scored 19 points for the Yellowjackets who finish the year 21-9.

Mater Dei 85, Westlake 59: Zack Kalinski scored 15 points for the Warriors who finish 19-11.

Division 4: North Vista 71, Moorpark 69: Logan Stotts scored 23 points for the Musketeers who end the season 21-9.

Division 5: Verbum Dei 42, Rio Mesa 35

Division 6: St. Bonaventure 54, Highland 43: Seraphs used a 19-0 run in the third quarter to advance to the quarterfinals where they play at Valencia of Placentia. Zac Broberg made five 3-points and scored 19 points while Adam Ayla recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Division 8: Dunn 64, San Gabriel 56

Division 9: VCA Santa Maria 76, First Baptist/LB 56

Providence/SB 49, Santa Ana Valley 48

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Visiting Rancho Verde put on a shooting clinic at the Thunderhut.

The Mustangs went 15-of-22 from the three-point line as San Marcos was eliminated in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoffs 84-69.

Guards Charles Knight and Ivan Don-Willies each made six 3-pointers as Rancho Verde advances to the CIF-SS quarterfinals where they will host Hesperia.

The Royals led 35-31 at halftime as junior Aidan Conlan scored 16 of his team-high 25 points before the break.

But the Mustangs scored the first 15 points of the second half to lead 46-35 midway through the third quarter.

Knight, who finished with a game-high 28 points, outscored the Royals in the third quarter himself 15-14 as Rancho Verde led 64-49 and never were threatened.

Samaj Carter added 21 points and Don-Willies tallied 20 for the winning Mustangs.

San Marcos seniors Koji Hefner and Brody Green scored 21 and 16 points respectively in the final high school basketball games of their outstanding careers.

(Green (above) and Hefner helped lead the Royals to a 22-7 record this year. Entenza Design).

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – There was no panic with Santa Barbara High School girls water polo, not with the best player in the pool on their side.

Super-sophomore Jules Horton scored back-to-back highlight-reel goals late in the third quarter to give the Dons an 11-10 lead and they never trailed again.

Santa Barbara edges Temple City 13-12 in a home CIF-Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal game.

The Dons will host Murrieta Valley in a semifinal on Tuesday.

The visiting Rams jumped out to a 5-2 lead late in the first quarter but the Dons only trailed 6-5 at half after freshman Violette Bailey scored with just seconds remaining before the break.

Another talented Dons freshman Luna Morancey got rolling in the second half.

Her second goal of the third quarter tied the game at 9.

After the Rams went back in front 10-9 Horton displayed her skill.

She turned her defender and then turned another defender who came over to help and got off a point blank shot in front of the cage that she buried in the back of the net to tie the game at 10.

Moments later Horton turned her defender again and then unleashed a rocket that skipped past the keeper for an 11-10 lead.

Horton finished with 4 goals.

Luna Morancey also had 4 goals, scoring two more in the fourth quarter.

Her final goal put the Dons up 13-11 with 1:53 to play.

Temple City responded with an outside goal with 1:30 remaining.

The Rams had the ball in the closing seconds but they never got off a shot as Rose Nelley poked away an entry pass to the set and Morancey swam over and grabbed the ball.

The Dons celebrated the win that puts them into the final four of Division 2.

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Beth Farnsworth

SANTA BARBARA, Calif (KEYT) – The Franciscan Friars of California has agreed to pay a $20 million dollar settlement to dozens of survivors of clergy child sex abuse, with some cases dating back to the 1940’s. 

Tim Hale, a Santa Barbara attorney with Nye, Stirling, Hale, Miller & Sweet, currently represents nine of the survivors.

“It’s a very positive step in the right direction toward solving this bankruptcy and the claims of the 95 survivors who found the courage to come forward but, it’s nowhere near a final resolution,” said Hale.

He said cases involving clergy abuse span parishes and churches throughout the county, from Santa Maria to Carpinteria. Most of the accused friars have died. Hale says more than half of the claims “arose in Santa Barbara.”

He did not know the exact number of local perpetrators.

“We’ve identified over 30 who were assigned in residence at the Mission and St. Anthony’s in the 60’s and the 90’s. There are 95 survivors who are part of this. This part of the settlement is $20 million dollars and it’s being paid for by entities that the Franciscans claim are separate from the Franciscan organization such as the Old Mission Santa Barbara, the Serra Retreat in Malibu.”

Hale said his team has “connected the dots” and found the entities are not separate. He linked this latest move by the Franciscans to a previous 2006 settlement with survivors, a 2023 bankruptcy filing and, the transfer of assets from the main organization.

“$20 million to compensate 95 people who’ve been through such horrors would just be grossly insufficient,” said Hale. “There’s still a lot of work to be done with regards to determining the actual assets of the Franciscans.”

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Caleb Nguyen

MONTECITO, Calif. (KEYT) – Montecito Fire crews helped take a man to the hospital after a train hit him near the City Sanitation District on the south side of the tracks.

The man did not survive after an Amtrak train hit him just before 6:00 p.m., according to the Montecito Fire Department.

Santa Barbara Police, among others, tried to use CPR on the man before they took him to Cottage Hospital where he unfortunately passed away.

The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin, according to the SBPD.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The recent rain with a strong ocean swell and sent two boats up on the shores around East Beach in Santa Barbara.

One of them was crushed and removed by Marborg Industries as part of a contracted clean up project Thursday.

This prevents the vessel from getting tossed against the rocks and coming apart.

That could create a debris field and a maritime hazard in the ocean with pieces going down the coast.

The work was done at low tide to get the heavy equipment to the site below the cemetery.

There was still one other boat up on the sand near the same location this week.

It had been there a few days. Marborg was alerted and contacted for that job Friday afternoon about 3:30 p.m.

Sunday night, the waves will get rough again with at least two weather systems hitting our area.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. (KEYT) – A hovering helicopter in the Santa Barbara foothills was part of an Edison improvement project Friday.

For most of the day, the chopper was flying in and out to an area above the Santa Barbara Eastside along the Riviera.

Five new power poles were brought in.

It was a very precise project that required some residents to evacuate, and others were without power all day.

Nearby vehicles were stopped on Alameda Padre Serra (APS) along the lower Riviera until there was an all – clear sign given and the helicopter was gone.

Edison also had ground crews to complete the installation.

This work improves the reliability of the power grid in the area.

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