I have to admit I was a little skeptical about whether or not Sylvia would be any good. The Drama Desk Award-winning play puts an unusual twist on the ever-popular plot device of a love triangle between a man and the two women competing for his heart; this time, one of the women is a […]
Talk of California’s budget problems and educational cuts was put on hold June 17 so elected officials could join Comcast representatives in recognizing winners of the company’s Leaders and Achievers Scholarship on the steps of the California Capitol. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell spoke about the importance of education and helped Comcast distribute […]
You’d have to have been living under a rock—or without a television, computer, or some other news-gathering apparatus—over the past year to have missed the hailstorm of political rhetoric regarding the costs of illegal immigration to California’s and the nation’s economies. For those of you hermit types, here’s just a snippet of the news bites […]
Recently paroled prison inmates flocking back to Santa Barbara County upon release will soon have a designated reporting place. The county’s two reporting centers are scheduled to open on July 1. To prepare the public for the occasion, the Sheriff’s Department is holding an informational meeting on June 22 at 6 p.m. in the Santa […]
Building crews are nearing completion on the first two phases of construction on the Union Valley Parkway intersection project, which sits at the border of Orcutt and Santa Maria near the Foxenwood area. The first phase, which was contracted out by the city of Santa Maria to G. Sosa Construction, connects Blosser Road to Broadway […]
Things seem to just keep getting worse for Santa Barbara County Chief Trial Deputy Josh Lynn. On June 8, he lost the District Attorney election to Senior Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley after a yearlong mudslinging fest. Now he’s been placed on extended paid administrative leave. According to Lynn, on June 11, he received a […]
About 750 students, parents, friends, and educators crowded into Allan Hancock College’s Joe White Memorial Gymnasium on June 3 to attend the 41st annual Allan Hancock College Foundation scholarship awards banquet. According to college officials, the foundation awarded more than $235,000 in scholarships to 201 students. The theme for the evening was “Community Supporting Community,” […]
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors spent much of the week of June 7 mulling over ways to close the county’s more than $40 million budget shortfall. The 2010-11 budget proposals presented by county employees included some drastically bleak money-saving measures, including a $14.8 million reduction in staff positions and benefits; using $29.5 million […]
Imagine you’re 5 years old, and one day your dad doesn’t come home from work. You ask your mom what’s going on and she says, “Daddy’s going to be gone for a while.” You wonder: Is he OK? What happened? Why did he leave me? This is a daily reality for thousands of California children […]
On May 25, Allan Hancock College employees honored more than 20 of their peers who are set to retire this year at a special reception on the Santa Maria campus. According to college officials, this year’s retirees have contributed a total of 541 years of service to the college. The most senior retirees are electronics […]
Disney’s YES program teaches local students how to work—and play—hard It’s a kid’s dream come true: Students from Orcutt Junior High and Pacific Christian schools recently got to make Disneyland their classroom. In April, middle-schoolers from Ernest Salinas’ journalism class and Rachael Frederick’s science class traveled to “The Happiest Place on Earth” to participate in […]
To better understand the candidates in the district attorney race and their campaigns, the Sun contacted Senior Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley and Chief Trial Deputy Josh Lynn and asked them each to answer a handful of questions. Find the first set of questions and answers archived at santamariasun.com. The first question-and-answer set appeared in […]
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