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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Police officers took a man into custody after a domestic disturbance and subsequent vehicle pursuit around noon Saturday.

It happened at the 100 block of North Salinas St. when officers received information about a domestic disturbance between a man and woman, according to the SBPD.

The man left the home before SBPD officers arrived and later returned, driving recklessly and threatening officers.

SBPD officers tried a traffic stop on the car but the man fled driving recklessly, starting a quick pursuit.

California Highway Patrol officers helped find the man’s car near downtown Santa Barbara and after another failed traffic stop, took off on another car chase, according to the SBPD.

The man’s car crashed at the northbound La Cumbre Road exit and SBPD officers took him into custody without further incident.

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Alissa Orozco

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) –While many here on the Central Coast typically avoid the beach during the gray, gloomy season, for members of Channel Islands Divers, anytime is a great time to dive.

This morning at Carpinteria State Beach, the group hosted their second Underwater EGGstravganza, celebrating the Easter holiday scuba-style. Members decorated real hard-boiled eggs and scattered them along the South County shoreline for a one-of-a-kind hunt.

Channel Islands Divers President, Delbert Stewart, says it’s unusual but its their way.

“It’s a perfect excuse to come out to the beach, to be with friends. You get to enjoy this wonderful ocean we have,” says Stewart. “Just thinking about ways to make diving fun, and trying to get people engage to do more outdoor activities. My inspiration is seeing people happy.”

The club is based out of Ventura County, but venture well-beyond the county lines. With regular meetings, shore and boat dives, and speaking events, newbies are able to join in at anytime. For many of the divers Saturday morning, it was their first time exploring Carpinteria State Beach – making the hunt all the more exciting.

The group found more than just eggs… (Photo: Tony Frabasilio | Channel Islands Divers)

The group found more than just eggs… (Photo: Tony Frabasilio | Channel Islands Divers)

After gearing up on shore, divers of all ages made their way down to the beach and into water.

Working in groups, they searched the ocean floor for eggs and marine life, determined not return empty-handed.

While water and sand conditions created visibility issues, everyone agreed it was an EGG-cellent morning.

“The sand I think covered everything up this time. But, I think we had like, uh, I went out to like 30… feet deep. It was 64 degrees in the water, it was beautiful temperature,” said diver Tony Frabasilio.

This morning’s egg hunt wrapped up with a BBQ and awards for the lucky hunters. Concluding just one of the unique events the group hosts throughout the year. Be on the lookout for an underwater pumpkin carving dive later this year.

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Caleb Nguyen

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Barbara Police arrested a 50-year-old Montecito man after a DUI crash he caused injured someone before 10:00 p.m. Friday.

The crash happened at a red light near Cota and State Street, sending one person to Cottage Hospital for minor injuries, according to the SBPD.

Another person complained of pain and the scene and the pickup driver responsible for the crash later fled on foot, according to the SBPD.

A bystander tracked the 50-year-old down and detained him at Ortega Street until the SBPD arrived.

SBPD officers then conducted a DUI and hit-and-run investigation, which led to the Montecito man’s arrest.

SBPD officers then booked him on felony DUI and hit-and-run causing injury charges.

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Caleb Nguyen

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KEYT) – Fire crews are fighting a five-acre vegetation fire in Paso Robles that first started around 9:00 a.m. Saturday near High Meadow Way & Running Deer Road.

The fire is in an area of steep terrain and thick fuels, causing some issues for fire crews cutting lines to gain access to the flames, according to CAL FIRE SLO.

Fire crews controlled the fire to just over an acre around 2:15 p.m. and worked to extinguish the flames just before 6:00 p.m.

CAL FIRE SLO advises citizens to avoid the area and to watch for emergency crews and equipment.

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Mike Klan

UC SANTA BARARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The big hit never came and UCSB lost game one of this 3-game home series against #20 Oregon 4-0.

Gauchos ace Jackson Flora pitched five innings of 2-hit shutout ball, striking out five. He did walk three batters and had two wild pitches but he was able to escape a few jams.

(Flora lowered his ERA to 0.83 after 5 scoreless innings against Ducks. Entenza Design).

UCSB had plenty of chances as they walked 6 times but they could not buy a timely hit and ended up with 13 runners left on base.

Oregon broke snapped a scoreless tie on a Jack Brooks solo home run in the seventh inning off reliever Raymond Olivas.

The Ducks added 3 more runs in the ninth inning to improve to 22-4 on the year.

UCSB is 15-8 but they have dropped 6 of their last 7 games.

Saturday’s game starts at 3:05 p.m. and Sunday is 1:05 p.m.

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Mike Klan

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – After leaving five runners on base in the first two innings, the Royals were one out away of stranding three more runners in the third.

But David Burkholder roped a two out, 2-run single to center and that opened up the flood gates to a 6-run frame as San Marcos swept rival Dos Pueblos 6-3.

The two wins this week over the Chargers moved San Marcos on top of the Channel League standings at 6-2 with DP and Pacifica tied for second at 5-3.

Following a bases-loaded walk, senior Levi Monson delivered what proved to be the knockout blow, a 3-run double to left field to put the Royals up 6-0.

The run support was plenty for senior pitcher Mason Crang who went the distance for a complete game victory.

(The Fordham-commit Crang helped the Royals head into spring break with a first-place bounce in their step. Entenza Design).

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Mike Klan

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KEYT) – In a game featuring a lost glove, a 41-pitch first inning, seven home runs and the most runs and hits compiled by a Mustang team in 16 years, Cal Poly breezed to a 22-4 victory over UC Riverside in the opener of a Big West series Friday afternoon.

The Mustangs scored crooked numbers in six of the nine innings at the Riverside Sports Complex, including eight in the fifth and six more in the eighth, and Jake Downing and Alejandro Garza produced four-hit games as Cal Poly improved to 15-9 for the season and 9-1 in conference games.

UC Riverside fell to 7-18 (2-5 Big West).

Cal Poly’s 22 runs and 25 hits are the most since a 25-run, 32-hit outburst in the final game of the 2010 season against Cal State Bakersfield. The five Mustang home runs are the most since Cal Poly slugged six in a win at Fresno State two years ago.

Griffin Naess (4-1) rebounded from two sub-par outings on the mound (allowing nine runs and 16 hits over eight innings against Cal State Bakersfield and UC Davis). The junior right-hander did not give up a run or a hit over the first three innings Friday and finished with three runs and four hits allowed in six innings for his fourth win of the year, striking out four.

Brady Estes, Arlo Pendleton and Luke Kalfsbeek each tossed an inning in relief to seal the victory for the Mustangs. Kalfsbeek was struck on the shoulder with a line drive in the ninth but remained on the mound to wrap up the victory.

Southpaw Jack Becker (0-1), the first of seven Highlander pitchers used in the game, surrendered four runs and six hits over two frames in absorbing the loss.

Downing’s first career four-hit game as a Mustang included two singles, a double and a triple, all in his first four trips to the plate, and he knocked in three runs. A .150 hitter at the start of the game, Cal Poly’s hitter in the ninth spot in the batting order lifted his average to .197 and had two more chances to hit for the cycle, but struck out and grounded out.

Garza garnered his fourth career four-hit game and second of 2026 with three singles and a three-run home run in the fifth inning. Hitting .269 after the Hawai’i series, Cal Poly’s junior second baseman now sports a .343 average after going 19-for-41 (.463) over his last nine contests.

Right fielder Cam Hoiland and catcher Ryan Tayman both smashed two-run home runs in the second and fifth innings, respectively. Right fielder Dylan Kordic added a solo blast in the eighth and backup infielder Antonio Castro closed Cal Poly’s scoring in the eighth with a full-count grand slam to right field, his first home run as a Mustang.

Two Mustangs extended their double-digit hitting streaks. Center fielder Casey Murray Jr. singled up the middle in the first inning to drive in a run and increase his streak to 14 games while Hoiland’s two-run home run in the second advanced his streak to 12 games.

Hoiland also suffered some embarrassment in the eighth inning when he leaped against the right-field wall to try to catch Jarren Sanderson’s long fly ball. Both Hoiland’s glove and the ball landed over the fence and the game was delayed a bit to retrieve Hoiland’s glove.

Becker threw 41 pitches in the top of the first inning when Cal Poly scored the first two runs of the game and never looked back.

Naess made a nice back-handed stab to field a comebacker and end the bottom of the second inning.

Cal Poly has produced double-digit hits in 11 of its last 14 games.

In addition to the four-hit games by Garza and Downing, Tayman finished with three hits while Murray, shortstop Nate Castellon, left fielder Xander McLaurin and designated hitter Owen Meli all added a pair of hits for Cal Poly.

Second game of the series will be played Saturday at 1:05 p.m. with Cal Poly freshman right-hander Corden Pettey (2-1, 4.55 ERA) to face UC Riverside senior southpaw Matthew O’Brien (1-3, 5.45 ERA), a transfer from Hawai’i-Hilo prior to the 2025 season.

Sunday’s series finale also starts at 1:05 p.m.

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Caleb Nguyen

OCEANO, Calif. (KEYT) – One person died after an attempted surf rescue at the Oceano Dunes, according to CAL FIRE SLO.

The incident happened just after 2:30 p.m. Friday, and CPR efforts were not successful, according to CAL FIRE SLO.

The SLO County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the fatality just after 4:00 p.m. Friday and CAL FIRE SLO reminds beachgoers to use caution near shorelines and pay attention to changing ocean conditions.

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Caleb Nguyen

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Health officials in San Luis Obispo County found a dead sea lion that tested positive for bird flu at Morro Strand State Beach, according to the County Public Health Department.

This marks the first confirmed case in a marine mammal in SLO County.

The SLOCPHD, State Department of Fish and Wildlife, alongside the Central California Marine Animal Response Team, urged community members to avoid approaching marine mammals and seabirds, especially those sick, injured or dead.

Officials ask the public not to touch or help wildlife and instead call the NOAA West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding hotline or the CDFW for bird assistance.

Community members can reach the SLO County Public Health Department for related incidents and for more information on bird flu visit the State Department of Public Health webpage.

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Patricia Martellotti

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Students are trading beach time for build time this spring break in Ventura County.

College engineering students are spending their spring break repairing homes for seniors in Ventura County.

Habitat for Humanity is teaming up with Theta Tau volunteers at a Newbury Park mobile home park.

Crews are completing critical repairs to improve safety and living conditions.

SOT: “It feels good to use our skills to help people who really need it.”

The effort helps seniors stay in their homes while giving students real-world experience.

FINAL: The work continues throughout the week as more student volunteers join the effort.

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