BY KRISTINA SEWELL
On May 8, members of the board of trustees of the Peralta Community College District announced current Allan Hancock College President Jose M. Ortiz will be the newly appointe...
BY AMY ASMAN
Doctors, nurses, and other staff members are preparing for the grand opening of the new-and-improved Marian Regional Medical Center on May 22.
Hospital President Chuck Cov...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
It’s been nearly four months since the shooting death of Santa Maria police officer Albert Covarrubias, Jr., but people awaiting answers from investigations into the inc...
BY AMY ASMAN
On May 8, Santa Maria Assistant City Attorney Phil Sinco sent the Sun a follow-up letter to its public records requests regarding the death of local resident Jerry Berns.
Ber...
BY AMY ASMAN
Narcotics detectives with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested a Santa Maria man on suspicion of growing and selling marijuana out of an offic...
BY JEREMY THOMAS
Yes, it’s green. No, you can’t smoke it.
California’s first home made from industrial hemp materials could be coming to Santa Barbara County, if the owner o...
BY AMY ASMAN
More than 70 people crowded into Shepard Hall in the Santa Maria Public Library on May 8 to hear a local group’s proposal to recall a member of the Santa Maria-Bonita Sc...
BY KRISTINA SEWELL
Spring is coming to an end and summer is around the corner. As the temperatures start to rise, so does the number of orphaned kittens arriving at Santa Barbara County Animal S...
BY HELEN ANN THOMAS
The vivacious, slender blonde has been one busy lady for quite some time. But not to worry. Donna France had an army of volunteers eager to help her get it together for the 32...
BY JASON BANANIA
If you’re looking for the biggest bang for your buck, you should head down Telephone Road in Santa Maria with some shotguns and a couple of pistols.
The Santa Maria ...
Dan A. Lopez
As a 50-year resident of Santa Maria, and as a retired businessman, I care deeply about this community and its future. That’s why I am voting yes on Measure U on June 5....
Maggie Pucillo
Santa Maria firefighters help in my neighborhood at least once a week. I live here in Casa del Rio on Suey Crossing Road, across the street from the new Station 5.
Santa Mari...
Debby Jordan
Santa Maria is my home, and I work with many people in this community through nonprofits. I have seen firsthand that Santa Maria has a huge need for more police officers and f...
Alan Sutterfield
I don’t like taxes any more than the next person, but I am voting for Measure U on June 5, and here’s why:
It will save me $320 a year when it contributes to the ...
Otis Page
There are a number of legal cases winding their way toward federal courts that address the issue of whether the equal protection clause of the Constitution guarantees gay men ...
BY JASON BANANIA
Imagine a clown.
Most people picture someone with a foam nose juggling tennis balls or balancing on a unicycle. Some think of the clown who twists squeaking balloons i...
BY JASON BANANIA
Besides using her passion for softball to fuel the drive she needs to advance her game, Athlete of the Week Caitlin Voss has a motto to help keep her on track: Handle it.
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BY AMY ASMAN
The Crestview Cougars have something to really roar about: The California Department of Education presented the elementary school’s educators with a California Distingui...
The Santa Barbara County Teachers Network will recognize the county’s outstanding educators at its 28th annual gala celebration May 17 at Santa Ynez Valley Marriott in B...
Community Action Partnership is now recruiting children ages 3 to 5 years old for the Head Start program, as well as pregnant mothers and children younger than 3 for the Early...
Specially designed “green” classrooms have been installed at the future site of Central Coast New Tech High School, a technology-focused school in the Lucia Mar Sc...
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I usually try to be an optimistic bird, a Pollyanna with slightly cracked rose-colored glasses, but let me tell you, it’s getting harder and harder to keep those glasses...
What’s your favorite part of the rodeo?
BY SHELLY CONE
Art comes in all shapes and forms. Sometimes it’s already artful, like a sunset splashed with orange, pinks, and gold. Other times it’s art waiting to become reali...
BY SHELLY CONE
Sally Donaldson, owner of Nana Bandanas Leatherworks, grew up around her grandparents’ ranch. She loved the smell of leather. Sally had even taken a high school leatherw...
Artist Michael Corob will present a dye sublimation printing demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Gold Coast Art n’ Frames, 613 East Main St.
In dy...
WonHeart will be presenting an extended version of “5 Ways to Complete Health” for women, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at Shepard Hall at the Santa Maria ...
Luis Ramirez and Jessica Lah will present their two-person show, A Sense of Place, through May 25 at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery on the Allan Hancock College Santa Maria campus....
BY SHELLY CONE
On a recent weekend, we took a short trip to experience a change of scenery and enjoy a break from our normal routine. Unfortunately, our “normal routine” followed...
BY JOE PAYNE
Jazz music lends itself to an almost infinite combination of instruments and uses of style. From a solo jazz guitar to a piano, bass, and drum trio, the elasticity of the genr...
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The late-’60s to early-’70s maudlin gothic soap opera Dark Shadows gets the Tim Burton treatment in this comedy-fantasy revolving around an imprisoned vampire name...
BY WENDY THIES SELL
Less than a year after Orcutt’s culinary icon, Chef Rick Manson, closed his revered restaurant after two decades in business, there is a new chef in town: Chef Steve.
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The Lompoc Valley Master Chorale, directed by Kathleen Abrams Hacker, presents its annual spring concert, “America Voices,” featuring selections from an all-star c...
Local artist Michael Corob is eager to share with you an art-styling process you might not have heard of. Sublimation printing involves some science, simple tools, and an arti...
The shimmer of gold can excite the senses, but so does the smell of the green! The National Coin Collectors Association welcomes all gold and silver items, whether they are co...
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