BY AMY ASMAN
Northern Santa Barbara County residents, grab your hiking boots and pack a picnic lunch: You now have access to Los Flores Ranch Park, an almost 2,000-acre open space are...
BY NICHOLAS WALTER
Santa Barbara County residents will have an easier time harnessing the power of the sun thanks to new initiatives from the county Board of Supervisors.
The board recently v...
BY AMY ASMAN
On June 29, Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The launch was an operational test to verify the weapo...
BY AMY ASMAN
Need help paying your bills? On July 16 and 30, the Community Action Commission’s Santa Maria office will hold a special event for qualified low-income families living i...
BY ED CONNOLLY
Don’t think what you read is your own private business, because it’s not: The FBI, without any judicial review, can take your library records and gag librarians fr...
BY AMY ASMAN
In a surprise win, Marian Medical Center was recently named an Exceeding Patient Expectations Award winner by Avatar International Inc., a leading healthcare research and cons...
BY AMY ASMAN
Mirroring a parable straight out of the Good Book, the Santa Barbara Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to Santa Maria’s Good Samaritan Services Inc.
The mon...
BY HELEN ANN THOMAS
The Women’s Fund of Northern Santa Barbara County, a collaborative female philanthropy group, held its second annual Presentation Reception from 3 to 5 p.m. on June...
TUESDAY, JULY 7
• The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Bar...
• In an effort to improve children’s access to quality primary health services, Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-California), along with Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capi...
BY ARIEL WATERMAN
The Fourth of July has special significance at my house. That’s because I am married to an English gentleman who, although he arrived in the United States in the 19...
BY THE BLEACHER BUM
Summer is officially here—the beaches are packed with tourists and college kids on break, the weather is heating up like a secret Argentinean tryst, and the Boys of...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
Some athletes strive for glory. Others perform for the pride. Ginger does it all for the doggie biscuits.
The 12-year-old silky terrier, also known as “Sparkie,&...
BY AMY ASMAN
The Santa Maria chapter of California Women for Agriculture celebrated agriculture in education on June 24 during its annual scholarship banquet. This year, the chapter a...
BY AMY ASMAN
Want to go to college but can’t make it to campus? This fall, Allan Hancock College will offer 178 distance learning classes, all taught over the Internet, or using vide...
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Well, it happened again. None of my entries into the annual 55 Fiction contest were selected as winners. I’d take it incredibly personally, but I entered under about a d...
Should Neverland be made into a museum like Graceland?
BY SHELLY CONE
A walk through the C Gallery in Los Alamos these days is a journey through twisted metal and glass. It’s a study of sharp edges, steely reflections, and cold, hard ...
BY SHELLY CONE
His music has given gravity to daytime dramas, triumph to Olympic athletes, and joy to Miss Universe pageant contestants. On July 10, Chris Spheeris’ music will giv...
BY SHELLY CONE
Santa Maria Civic Theatre will soon be holding auditions for the first play of its 2009-2010 season: the wild farce Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., written by Billy Van Zandt and J...
BY SHELLY CONE
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre’s 2009 Summer Fairy Tales productions are The Wizard of Oz and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, directed by Johannes S. Beals. The performa...
BY SHELLY CONE
The Town Center Gallery has announced its grand opening reception, set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on July 17 at the gallery’s new location, 321 Town Center West B-6. Regular ...
It’s the sequel to the movie based on a cartoon based on a toy line! For the uninitiated, Transformers are living alien robots who hide in plain sight on Earth in the fo...
BY K. REKA BADGER
Every year, we celebrate our nation’s birthday with hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecued tri-tip, and potatoes prepared a half-dozen different ways. This Fourth of July,...
The artists featured in the Santa Maria Public Library’s current exhibit, The World of Aquamedia and 3-D Art, are all locals who have the gift for creativity. John Card,...
The Santa Maria Valley Republican Club and the Lincoln Club of Santa Maria join forces to bring a down-home American celebration to Pioneer Park in Orcutt. The festivities wil...
Angela Lloyd is the much-hailed singer and storyteller whose wild stories and wonderfully fun songs have earned her a comparison with Maria Von Trapp, Mary Poppins, and Tinker...
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