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Mike Klan

ORLANDO, Fla. (KEYT) – The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club captured the 2026 AAU Boys 17 Premier National Championship with a perfect 12-0 record in four day event.

SBVC 17-1 defeated Vegas United in the championship match on Friday.

The tournament featured more than 350 teams in the 17s age group, including more than 90 teams in the 17 Premier Division.

San Marcos High School rising-senior Mateo Burdick, a UCSB-commit, was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

Burdick and his teammates Keanu Nguyen and Soren Alldredge earned All-Tournament Team honors.

Burdick provided a steady offensive presence throughout the tournament, while Hayes Costner and Nathan Biron gave SBVC consistent production from the left side and applied constant pressure from the service line.

Keanu Nguyen anchored the team’s passing and defensive systems, allowing the offense to stay in rhythm throughout the tournament.

Setters Maddox Denver and Tyler Walker orchestrated a fast paced offense that created pressure from every area of the court. Denver also emerged as one of SBVC’s most effective servers during the championship run.Middle blockers Soren Alldredge and Moses Schlobohm elevated their play on days three and four, stringing together key runs with blocks and kills that opened the court for SBVC’s pin hitters.

“Winning a national championship is an incredible accomplishment, but we’re just as proud of the way these young men represented Santa Barbara,” said SBVC Club Director Nick Vogel. “Head coach Randy DeWeese did an outstanding job preparing these team and demonstrated stellar poise and preparation as he chose lineups, prepared scouting reports, and exploited weaknesses. The team competed for one another every match, embraced every role, and earned this championship together.”

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – UCSB right-handed pitcher Jackson Flora was selected by the San Francisco Giants with the fourth overall pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft.

This past season the 6’5 junior Flora was 12-0 with a 1.06 earned run average. The 12 wins and his microscopic ERA both led the nation.

Flora features an electric 100-mph fastball and he set the Gauchos single-season strikeout record this season with 133.

He was a first team All-America selection in all six nationally recognized award organizations including D1 Baseball and Baseball America.

It’s the second straight summer that UCSB has had the first pitcher taken in the Major League Baseball Draft as last year Tyler Bremner was selected #2 overall by the Los Angeles Angels.

The first four rounds of the MLB draft are on Saturday with rounds 5-20 taking place on Sunday.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Barbara Foresters blew a 3-run lead in the top of the ninth inning but did score a run in the bottom of the ninth to salvage a 9-9 tie with the Conejo Oaks before they ran out of light.

The Foresters were in control for most of the game leading 3-0 after three innings, and 8-3 through six innings.

But the Oaks battled back to score two runs in the seventh and four more in the 9th to take their first lead of the game at 9-8.

The Foresters avoided a total collapse as Carter Rutenbar doubled in Brady Janusek in the bottom of the ninth to settle for a tie.

Nick Salmon homered for the Foresters who are now 20-5-1 on the season.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – If you have a creative design you would like to see on a piano display, your deadline is coming up.

In the fall, the Pianos on State art exhibit will be back featuring several pianos downtown in open air locations. They will all be painted by artists who are submitting ideas for judging.

The winners will get a $700 dollar stipend.

The pianos will be out September 29th through October 19th for the public to see and play.

They will be up and down State Street, on the steps of the Lobero Theatre, and on Stearns Wharf. If you have a design go to Pianos on State.

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Dave Alley

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – While hundreds of local agriculture students show off their animal projects at the Santa Barbara County Fair, agriculture mechanics students0 are also putting their talents on display at the industrial arts exhibit.

Located in the Convention Center, this year’s Agricultural Mechanics show and auction features 172 impressive student-made projects.

“These student projects, they take a lot of time,” said Carolina Hileman, Industrial Arts Superintendent. “They take preparation. The creativity of these projects are far beyond what I can expect, and I love to see all the new projects and things that you don’t typically see.”

Just like agriculture students, these industrial arts students must also enrolled in a qualified 4-H, FFA, Grange or Independent program.

“They’re learning hard work, dedication, the trade,” said Hileman. “I feel like this kind of trade is a lost art, and I love to see the kids learning it again.”

Also similar to the livestock show and auction, the industrial arts projects are also judged and later auctioned off to the highest bidder.

“What I really love is the ingenuity of these projects that these kids come up with,” said Hileman. “Some of them are sculptures, some of them are things that you don’t think of, but then you look at it and you’re like, ‘I have to have that.'”

Some of the projects may only take a few days to complete, while others may take much longer, lasting weeks or even months to finish.

“A lot of these projects you have to be very precise and handy with tools because you can miss cut miss measure crack boards when trying to like put them together all that, so it’s very hard,” said Arroyo Grande High School FFA student Brady Robertson. “They can take a lot of time.”

Four of the larger-sized projects will be auctioned off during a live auction on Saturday, while the rest are available for bid through a silent auction that ends on Sunday at 5 p.m.

The Santa Barbara County Fair will run through Sunday, July 12th.

Gates open at noon during the weekends and at 2 p.m. on weekdays and close each night at 10 p.m.

For more information about the Santa Barbara County Fair, click here to visit the official website.

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Below is a press release from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office regarding a public alert about recent phone scams.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – The Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam that has recently resurfaced in our area.

In these scams, callers falsely claim to be from a law enforcement agency and tell victims they have an outstanding arrest warrant. They then demand immediate payment to clear the warrant or avoid arrest. Scammers often ask for payment through apps such as Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, Apple Cash, or other money transfer services.

To make the calls appear legitimate, scammers may “spoof” their phone number so it displays as a law enforcement agency or government office.

Remember: The Sheriff’s Office will never call and demand payment over the phone to resolve a warrant or criminal matter.

If you receive one of these calls:-Hang up immediately.-Do not send money or provide financial or personal information.-Do not trust caller ID alone, it can be spoofed.-If you’re unsure whether a call is legitimate, contact the agency directly using a publicly listed phone number.

If you believe you have been the victim of this scam, report it to your local law enforcement agency.

The Sheriff’s Office encourages residents to share this warning with family, friends, and neighbors to help prevent others from becoming victims.

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John Palminteri

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The first of seven Friday nights of outside movies begins this evening at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens.

It is a summer cinema series through UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures. This year’s theme is ‘Mixtapes and Misfits.’

It will take place July 10th through the end of August except for the week of Fiesta (August 7th).

The screenings begin at 8:30 p.m. with some hours of DJ entertainment prior to the start of the films.

The event is free.

Those attending who want the best viewing areas, come down before noon with their blankets and chairs, but the rules require the movie fans to wait at their spot and not open their blankets until exactly noon. It can be a challenging and involve timing, luck and maybe help from friends.

Mike Rojas with UCSB Arts & Lectures said, “at noon you are welcomed to place your stuff and leave it, before that anything left unattended we put it in what we lovingly call the ‘pile of shame.’ That’s when they gather up items that are either out too early or not allowed and leave them in a designated area.”

Chris Buck is a movie fan who was front and center, arriving in the 9 a.m. hour. “I just came early an hour early and brought my coffee with me and my chair.” He opened his blanket in the center spot right at noon.

Michelle Sotello knows there is a high back chair limit so viewing is not blocked. She has one and sets it against the stone wall to be able to use it and not have it rejected. She also arrived early. “There is a strategy depending on how in to it you want to get but yeah I got here at 9:30, but one year I got here at 8:30 and realized nobody was here!”

To spend her time, “sometimes I would work from home here if I bring an umbrella and my laptop and I am allowed to work remotely so that works.”

Joining her is Amber Rhodes who likes to get the spot set early and then leave, so they can return later with a dinner plan. “Sometimes I like to bring snacks from home, sometimes I’m like ‘let’s go over here buy some food’ and like bring some food for us to all have. “

Some restaurants in the area are offering movie night to-go food deals.

Being up close isn’t exactly right for some people. A whole group that comes to the second level closer to Anapamu street, sets up where they can see the screen perfectly and with a second set of speakers they can hear some clear audio.

Katie Zimmerman said, from her upper spot, “I actually have chosen this area before, this upper area I think it is pretty epic this spot.”

The crowds fill the lawn on the lower area and the upper east side first with the upper center going to the west the last area to fill up due to some blockage from landscaping.

The first movie is just as dusk is arriving and the remaining films will be under darker skies.

Rules and guidelines are posted on the courthouse property and staff is on site along with security personnel to assist the crowd of 2-3000.

There is also a location for memorable photos.

For some movies, the audience members, at times, dress up as characters.

For more information go to UCSB Arts & Lectures Summer Cinema

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Below is a press release from CalTrans regarding a construction project that will cause lane reductions and ramp closures in the city of Santa Maria.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Construction crews will begin a pavement preservation project along Highway 101 through Santa Maria beginning overnight Sunday, July 12.

Travelers on Highway 101 through Santa Maria will encounter lane reductions and ramp closures heading both northbound and southbound from just north of the Betteravia Road Overcrossing to the Santa Maria River Bridge.

Work will take place overnight Sunday from 9pm to 6am and Monday through Thursday from 7 pm to 6 am in areas near Stowell Road, Main Street, Donovan Road, and the Highway 135/Broadway interchange.

Message and directional signs will alert drivers of any closures. Travelers are advised to plan accordingly and anticipate possible delays of up to 10 minutes.

The purpose of the project is to preserve the existing pavement surface, improve lane delineation/visibility, improve signage, and provide a refreshed roadway surface for the traveling public.

This project is expected to be completed by end of September 2026. The contractor for this approximately $1.6 million project is Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. of Watsonville, CA.

Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram/Threads at: @Caltrans_D5.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Students across Santa Barbara are gaining easier access to books, digital resources and academic support through a new library program.

The Santa Barbara Public Library has introduced Student Success Cards, automatically enrolling local students so they can immediately use library services without applying for a traditional card.

The program provides free access to books, eBooks, online learning tools, homework assistance and other educational resources. Library leaders hope removing barriers to enrollment will make it easier for students to keep learning both in the classroom and at home.

The Student Success Cards are designed to help more young people take advantage of the library’s services throughout the school year.

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Patricia Martellotti

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Emergency relief is now reaching communities across Venezuela as recovery efforts continue after last month’s powerful earthquake.

ShelterBox has transitioned from assessing damage to delivering aid, placing response teams on the ground to coordinate emergency assistance in the hardest-hit areas.

Emergency shelter materials and essential supplies are being shipped from pre-positioned warehouses in Panama and Barbados, working alongside local partners to reach families affected by the disaster.

As recovery moves forward, the humanitarian organization is focused on helping thousands of people secure safe shelter and begin rebuilding their lives.

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