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With a sold-out crowd and cheering fans, the 82nd Cal Poly Royal Rodeo kicked off on Friday evening. The rodeo means a lot to bareback rider Wyatt Wood. A crowd full of people that want to be there and support you and it means a lot without a bunch of fans there probably wouldnt be a rodeo, Wood said. Wood said those moments in the ring go by quickly. It goes by fast and the next thing you know youre on the thing and nodding your head and you’re in the arena for eight seconds and then hop off and wave to the crowd, Wood said. The Cal Poly Royal Rodeo is a student-run event and every year there is a theme for each night of the rodeo. On Friday night is green and gold night. We are highlighting and helping raise funds and awareness for Jack’s Helping Hand. They are one of our key partners with Cal Poly Rodeo and tomorrow is patriot night, Anna-Grace Durham, Media Coordinator for Cal Poly Rodeo, said. However, this year with anticipated rains, the rodeo has several safety

Local non-profit Lumina Alliance is shining a light on its fundraising efforts with two nights of dancing. The non-profit hosted its first “Lumina Nights” fundraising event on Friday night at Thousand Hills Ranch in Pismo Beach. According to Lumina Alliance’s website, the non-profit’s mission is to empower those who have been impacted by sexual and intimate partner violence through its healing and prevention programs. The non-profit says the event is to help raise money for the critical services that are facing government funding cuts in the coming year. In December of 2023, KSBY News reported that grant funding for the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) is expected to be cut by $700 million nationwide. Friday night’s event featured performances from Lumina Alliance’s “Dancing with Our Stars” showcase that pairs local celebrities and community leaders with choreographers for a friendly competition and a chance to raise money. KSBY News stopped by the event on Friday evening and spoke to Lumina Alliance CEO Jennifer Adams about the competition. “As of just a couple hours ago we raised almost $60,000 already just through our dancers, and then people

Parents of a Glendale student are outraged after a teacher allegedly assaulted their son during class.  The assault reportedly happened on April 10 at Woodrow Wilson Middle School, according to Edit Novshadyan, the student’s mother. She claimed school officials tried to cover up the incident following their complaint. “How could this happen in this day and age?” Novshadyan said in disbelief. She said their son was assaulted by his 7th-grade math teacher in an unprovoked attack. “I get a text message from him saying, ‘Mom, my teacher hit me,’ and I wrote to him, ‘What? Are you kidding me? Are you serious? Are you messing with me?’ And he’s like, ‘No, Mom. My teacher hit me.’” Novshadyan said her son’s teacher initially asked him to stop eating in class. When he turned around to speak with another classmate about a math problem, that’s when the teacher allegedly came up from behind him and suddenly slapped him. A 7th grade student shows his injured arm after a teacher allegedly assaulted him in class. (Edit Novshadyan) Roland Bagdasaryan and Edit Novshadyan are upset and outraged after a

Caitlin Clark and Zach Edey accepted their second consecutive Wooden Awards as college basketball’s most outstanding women’s and men’s players Friday evening at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Clark led NCAA Division I players in scoring, averaging 31.6 points, and assists, 8.9 per game, the first player to finish first in both categories in back-to-back seasons, leading Iowa to the championship game for the second consecutive season. The 6-foot tall guard completed her career as the greatest scorer in NCAA Division I history, male or female, with 3,951 points in 139 games over four seasons, topping the previous record of 3,667 points in 83 games from 1967-70 by the late Pete Maravich of LSU, before the adoption of the 3-point shot. Clark is the seventh back-to-back winner of the Wooden Award and first since then-Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu won in 2019 and 2020. The award has been presented annually since 2004. Voting took place from March 19-26, before the start of the Sweet 16, by a national collection of voters who cover the sport and past winners. The winner was announced Tuesday on a broadcast

A 22-year-old woman killed in a two-vehicle collision in South Los Angeles that also critically injured a 20-year-old man was identified Friday. Firefighters responded at 9:30 p.m. Thursday to 5720 S. Figueroa St., near 58th Street, where they used hydraulic tools to free two trapped victims, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. Maria Jarmaillo-Silva was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Prange and the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. A 5-year-old boy suffered moderate injuries and was also hospitalized, Prange said. Fox11 reported that the woman was the boy’s mother and the man is his father.

Shohei Ohtani pulled even with a boyhood idol with a milestone home run in the first inning and added doubles in the fifth and seventh innings on Friday night, but the Dodgers’ hottest hitter was left holding the bat in the on-deck circle during the final out of an 8-7, 11-inning loss to the San Diego Padres in at Dodger Stadium. Ohtani sparked an early assault on Padres starter Michael King with a first-inning solo home run to left-center field that gave him 175 career homers, tying former New York Yankees and Angels slugger Hideki Matsui for the most homers by a Japanese-born major leaguer. “I’m happy personally,” Ohtani said in Japanese through interpreter Will Ireton. “He’s known as a power hitter, a left-handed hitter like me. It’s an honor to be associated with somebody like that. Obviously, it’s a big deal in the Japanese baseball industry, so I’m going to look forward to the next one.” The Dodgers followed Ohtani’s cue by adding three more homers — a Max Muncy solo shot, a Mookie Betts three-run bomb and a Teoscar Hernández two-run shot, which

The Clippers’ first-round playoff matchup was set before tipoff Friday night. With the Dallas Mavericks losing to the Detroit Pistons, the Clippers already knew before their 110-109 loss to the Utah Jazz that they had clinched the fourth seed in the Western Conference and will play the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. “Getting the fourth seed in a tough conference, the Western Conference … it means a lot,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “Having home-court advantage in the first round, winning (51) games, winning our division for the first time in 10 years, so it says a lot about just staying with it, sticking with it even through tough times. So, I give guys credit — our players as well as our coaching staff.” The next order of business for the Clippers is to have a healthy roster, something they haven’t had in a while. Their top player, Kawhi Leonard, didn’t play against the Jazz because of right knee inflammation. It was the seventh straight game Leonard sat out because of a knee issue. Leonard had been relatively healthy this season, sitting

A woman recalls the terrifying moment she was nearly beaten to death by an attacker while walking along the canals of Venice, California. On April 6, the victim, Mary Klein, 54, was walking near her home at around 10:30 p.m. when a man suddenly ambushed her from behind. “All of a sudden, I just get knocked out,” Mary told KTLA’s Chris Wolfe as she recovered in a hospital bed. “My teeth got knocked out. My jaw is wired shut. He bashed my face in.” Mary said the brunt force knocked her into an instant daze. She only remembers falling to the ground and being bludgeoned as the suspect repeatedly punched her in the head and face. “I think he was trying to kill me,” she said. “It was like being hit by a truck.” The brutal attack left Mary with severe injuries including fractures to her jaw, broken teeth, a large gash on the back of her head and multiple contusions. Her face and chest are severely bruised and swollen and she faces a long road to recovery ahead. Mary Klein, seen with severe injuries

The Clippers’ first-round playoff matchup was set before tip-off Friday night. With Dallas losing to Detroit, the Clippers already knew before their 110-109 loss to the Utah Jazz that they had clinched the fourth seed in the Western Conference and will play the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. “It means a lot. You have a chance to play on your home floor,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said before the game. “We have great fans who are very supportive and just being comfortable at home; sleeping in your own bed and having a normal routine. So it’s good to have home-court advantage whenever you play.” The next order of business for the Clippers is to become completely healthy, something they haven’t been in a while. Their top player, Kawhi Leonard, didn’t play against the Jazz because of right knee inflammation. It was the seventh straight game Leonard missed because of a knee issue. Leonard had been relatively healthy this season, missing just six games before his latest injury. The Clippers haven’t said if Leonard will play against Houston in the regular-season finale Sunday.

Oh, Goofy, what have you done now? Katrina Amian Redfern Griffin was bent over, tying her daughter’s shoes during a trip to Disneyland in April 2022, when a park employee dressed as Goofy — the klutzy but lovable cartoon canine — barreled straight into her, according to a lawsuit she filed in Orange County Superior Court. Then, she claims, he fell on top of her with all of his weight, driving her into the “hard cement floor.” Griffin suffered “severe, traumatic, debilitating, and permanent” physical injuries from the collision, along with emotional pain and suffering, she said. Now, Griffin is suing Disneyland, the unnamed employee inside the Goofy costume, and Goofy’s “handler,” another employee who was supposed to guide the big, silly character around the park to make sure he didn’t bump into anything, according to the lawsuit. Representatives for Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday evening. Personal injury lawsuits might not be the most pressing issue for Disney lawyers right now. The entertainment empire is embroiled in a number of high-profile legal battles that have placed it on the

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  On one end, you had the Lakers fumbling their way through the game like someone waking up in a strange, dark room with no idea how to flip on the lights. And on the other end, you had the team the Lakers battled in the first round of the playoffs — all in their street clothes watching a collection of young players, others on 10-day contracts and G Leaguers threaten any shot the Lakers have to move up from 10th place in the Western Conference standings. In all the combinations and permutations that would decide the Lakers’ play-in future, Friday night in Memphis was the gimme. The Grizzlies had lost their last three games by a total of 47 points, their regulars either injured or shut down for the season. Thirteen different players were inactive. No one who played for Memphis on Friday touched the court last year for the Grizzlies in the playoffs. Yet the Lakers got caught, their hands down at their waists, the Grizzlies’ repeated jabs to the chin staggering the team with everything to play for. The Lakers eventually