Good morning, Santa Barbara.

Rally4Kids raised record funds for United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County with a scenic rally that began Oct.

9 in Carpinteria and ended with a gala at Santa Barbara City College on Oct. 10 — the funds will support youth programs across the county.

Santa Barbara County Animal Services impounded 21 dogs and over 300 birds in Santa Maria during an investigation into an animal hoarding case and now urges residents to foster these animals.

Officials said local shelters provide full support and supplies for temporary care.

Indras Govender, who rose from an entry-level job to owning the family-run Giovanni’s Pizza, opened a new location in April at Hollister near popular shops while preserving the classic pizza recipe that customers love.

He plans to expand his pizza empire further.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is bringing free screenings of all five Toy Story films to the McHurley Film Center downtown starting today at 10 a.m. The series runs on consecutive Saturdays through Nov.

14 and offers complimentary popcorn and refreshments.

Santa Barbara High School partners with HappySad Theatre Company to present Animal Farm — an adaptation of Orwell’s novella by Ian Wooldridge — which runs from Oct.

23 to Nov. 1. The production uses student-made puppetry and dramatic performances to explore themes of power, propaganda, and inequality.

Austrian cellist Sol Daniel Kim and Korean gayageum virtuoso Dayoung Yoon will perform as CelloGayageum on Thursday, Oct.

29 at 7 p.m. at the Music Academy of the West Hahn Hall. The duo blends classical and traditional sounds in a unique crossover musical set.

Camp Firework’s final summer session recently hosted over 85 local tweens at sleep-away camps in North and South Santa Barbara County where participants enjoyed music, dance, hiking, and archery, and co-founders Katy Perry and Angela Lerche plan to expand programs with a permanent home in Gratitude Canyon in Goleta Valley.

The Santa Barbara County Education Office will host the 74th annual Breakfast with the Authors at 4400 Cathedral Oaks Road on Saturday, Nov.

14, from 8:45 a.m. to noon. Attendees—writers, educators and literature enthusiasts—can meet local authors and get a book with their $15 ticket, register by Friday, Nov. 6.

The state approved two new MPAs, a nine-acre Mishopshno off Carpinteria (co-led by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians) and a 9.18-mi zone near Vandenberg Space Force Base, both banning extractive uses while allowing recreational fishing and tribal take as final rules will be set in upcoming hearings.

UCSB mechanical engineer Elliot Hawkes and UCSD collaborators are designing a soft robotics system for cardiovascular thrombectomy that mimics climbing vines.

The project—funded by an ARPA-H grant—includes a two-year milestone check and a capstone demonstration at the end of the fifth year to move it to clinical trials.

Local high schools Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, and Santa Barbara High will start their CIF-SS postseason on Tuesday (Oct.

20) as Dos Pueblos competes in the Open Division after a league championship, San Marcos plays Redondo Union at 5 p.m., and Santa Barbara High hosts Villa Park at 5 p.m.