The latest buzz in pot-related news on the Central Coast is that a local business owner is trying to open a medical marijuana dispensary. Tammy Murray moved to the area about a year ago from Goshen in the Central Valley, where she owned and operated a club called Compassionate Cannabis Information Center, Inc. Murray said […]
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They draw the lines
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors tackles redistricting
As expected, an ongoing redistricting process has created some tension on the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. On July 12, the board voted 3-2, with North County supervisors Joni Gray and Steve Lavagnino dissenting, to conceptually approve a new district map for the county. The vote came after months of public outreach and workshops […]
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State approves Los Alamos-Orcutt school district merger
Starting this August, students, parents, teachers, and other employees at Olga Reed School in Los Alamos will be represented by a new school district. The State Board of Education approved the merger of Los Alamos and Orcutt school districts on July 14. The decision will condense the typically 12- to 18-month timeline of the merger, […]
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Santa Barbara County Fair reports record-breaking attendance and livestock sales
The fair was apparently the place to be this summer in Northern Santa Barbara County. According to officials at the Santa Maria Fairpark, the Santa Barbara County Fair, which ran from July 13 to 17, drew its largest recorded crowd in history. A grand total of 147,363 people attended the four-day family extravaganza this year. […]
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Inappropriate Facebook comments stir controversy
Editor’s Note: This story came to the paper from a Sun employee. Rene Rodriguez, Sr., is an account executive with the Sun. The editors discussed the issue and agreed that we would have reported on it no matter who brought it to us. Also, please note that there is very strong profanity throughout several of […]
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Hollister family donates its last remaining property to local marine institute
Heirs of the locally renowned Hollister family—one of the region’s first ranching families—have donated their sole remaining property to the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute. In May, the family recorded a gift deed for the historic Vista Del Mar Union School property on U.S. Highway 101 between Goleta and Santa Barbara. The Channel Islands […]
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Attention all Bulldogs: orientation is required
All students attending Allan Hancock College for the first time this fall are required to attend an orientation, the college recently announced in a press release. Fall 2011 Mega Orientations will be held July 25 and 26 at the Santa Maria campus and July 28 at the Lompoc Valley Center. The orientations will provide important […]
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In transition
Locals express frustration with recent changes to Santa Maria’s busing system
It’s a blazing hot day in early July. It’s one of those midsummer days when almost everyone would have the air conditioning in their houses or cars blasting ice-cold air into their faces. But for the people who ride public transportation, staying cool can be a challenge. At the Santa Maria Transit Center on Miller […]
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Man of action
The Santa Barbara County Red Cross recognizes one of its own for outstanding leadership and service
The Santa Maria-based warehouse for the Santa Barbara County Red Cross is impeccably organized, clean, and well-stocked. Large steel-frame shelving reaches more than a dozen feet to the ceiling, holding all the supplies necessary to respond in a moment’s notice to a disaster. Stored in countless bins and boxes are stacks of green cots, fuzzy […]
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Orcutt Academy employees to join district union
Teachers working for Orcutt Academy Charter School will now become members of the district’s teachers’ union. After a year of legal back-and-forth between the Orcutt Union School District and the Orcutt Educators Association, the school board decided at its June 23 meeting it would no longer challenge the association’s petition to represent charter school teachers. […]
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More classes open at Allan Hancock College
Got a speeding ticket you need to make disappear? There’s still space for students who need to attend the eight-hour traffic school offered by Allan Hancock College Community Education. Classes are available in English and Spanish, and the course fee is $32. Hancock’s traffic school is a California Department of Motor Vehicles-approved course that focuses […]
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Pass the broccoli, please!
A new gardening program partnership between Allan Hancock College and the local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Service Center will help provide more fresh vegetables to local nonprofits, food banks, and the college’s culinary program. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has established a sustainable vegetable garden on Hancock’s Santa Maria campus, the college announced […]
