CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) – There's only a few more days to see the festival of trees in Carpinteria, and possibly win a haul of gifts.

The 16th annual Festival of Trees is open at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center at 865 Linden
Avenue now through Dec. 14th.

A group of 25 trees are decorated with a variety of gifts ranging from power tools, to gift certificates, to businesses throughout the city along with collectibles, wine and toys.

Each tree has a box for one or more of your raffle tickets being sold by the Carpinteria Lions for $1-dollar each. All proceeds from the funds will benefit eight local non-profits.

This year proceeds will be benefiting: Carpinteria Beautiful, CWA, Carpinteria Senior Citizens, the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, Carpinteria Historical Society, Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning, Carpinteria Skate Foundation and Carpinteria Children’s Project.

Last year the event raised $40,000 dollars.

The drawing will take place Sunday at 12:30 p.m. A good time to stop in will be before or after the Carpinteria holiday parade set for 3 p.m. tomorrow downtown.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Tonight's the night to get a great deal at the Unity Shoppe in Santa Barbara.

If you stop by the Unity Shoppe store at 1209 State Street between 5 and 7 p.m. during our live broadcast you will get 25 percent off any purchase.

Bring an unwrapped toy with you, to double that and get 50 percent off on your purchase.

All of the proceeds from the store go directly to the Unity Shoppe programs providing food, clothing and other necessities to those in need in our community.

The store is currently stocked with men and women's clothing, collectibles, fashion accessories and many holiday decorations.

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SANTA BABARA COUNTY, Calif. - Temperatures cool to near normal Saturday with dense fog along the coast.

A dense fog advisory is in effect until 10am Saturday for all coastlines with a quarter mile or less of visibility expected.

A new high pressure system starts to arrive from the west on Sunday.

Temperatures will warm up into the high 70s and 80s again on Monday with gusty north winds.

Warm weather will linger through next Friday with a slow cooling trend into next weekend.

There is a chance for rain to arrive into our area Christmas week.

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