Everybody wins at Santa Maria-Bonita School District’s 15th annual bowl-a-thon Groups of middle-schoolers stood in clusters around ball returns at Rancho Bowl in Santa Maria on Oct. 28 at the 15th annual Dick Wicks’ Memorial Strike a Partnership Bowl-A-Thon, waiting for their turn to knock down some pins. After each student bowled, people […]
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Another Republican enters the race for California’s 33rd District Assembly seat
The candidate roster for the Republican nomination for the 33rd District Assembly seat has been bumped back up to four. On Oct. 21, longtime San Luis Obispo resident Matt Kokkonen filed papers to run for the position, which is being vacated in 2010 by Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) due to term limits. Locals […]
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Strong makes a case for new leadership
Paso Robles City Councilman Fred Strong is in the race for the Assembly’s 33rd District seat
If Republican candidate Fred Strong gets elected to the 33rd District Assembly seat, it won’t be his first time representing Central Coast citizens at the state level. The Paso Robles mayor pro tem has spent several decades in Sacramento, first as a lobbyist and then as a member of two League of California Cities […]
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Anti-gang effort sweeps north Santa Maria
A group of approximately 40 law enforcement officials recently conducted a gang sweep in response to reports of increased criminal activity in the northern Santa Maria area. On Oct. 23, officers from a handful of city, county, and state agencies worked together to target 49 suspected West Park gang members. According to a press release […]
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Santa Barbara supervisors approve Union Valley Parkway project
After decades of deliberating and planning, the Union Valley Parkway project—a freeway interchange and extension running through Orcutt and Santa Maria—is finally becoming a reality. The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved at its Oct. 27 meeting the portion of the project under county jurisdiction, giving the OK for phase one of development […]
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Army compound dedicated in honor of fallen Vandenberg engineer
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers compound on Camp Victory, Iraq, has a new name. On Oct. 22, the compound was officially designated Camp Wolfe in honor of Navy Cmdr. Duane Wolfe. An activated Navy reservist and civilian employee with Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wolfe was killed on May 25 when an improvised explosive device […]
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Program provides Stepping Stones to a good education
Need licensed childcare for your preschooler? YMCA Stepping Stones Childcare, located in the Betteravia Government Center, and the YMCA Young Children’s Preschool, located at 3400 Skyway Drive in Santa Maria, are now enrolling children ages 2 to 5 years old. The prerequisite is potty training. The Stepping Stones center is a licensed and fully […]
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It’s transfer time
Students interested in transferring to a four-year university—and their parents—are invited to attend Allan Hancock College’s University Transfer Day on Nov. 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Santa Maria campus student center (building G). Attendees will get a chance to talk to representatives from approximately 40 colleges and universities in California […]
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Take a future business leader to lunch
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for business people to sponsor students at its Future Business Leaders of America luncheon on Nov. 10 at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center in Santa Maria. For a $30 donation, sponsors can “take a future business leader to lunch,” and have the opportunity to […]
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And then there were four
Former Santa Maria City Council member Marty Mariscal retracts his bid for 33rd District Assembly seat
The race for California’s 33rd District Assembly seat has suffered its first campaign casualty. On Oct. 15, Marty Mariscal—former Santa Maria City Council member—told the Sun he’s no longer running for the seat, which is being vacated by current Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee in 2010. “It’s the campaign that could and should have been,” Mariscal […]
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Dick DeWees memorial highway is on its way to the California Legislature
On Oct. 15, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments unanimously approved a resolution to name the section of Highway 246 between Lompoc and Buellton the Mayor Dick DeWees Memorial Highway. Proposed by SBCAG chair and Guadalupe Mayor Lupe Alvarez, the designation will honor the late Lompoc mayor for his commitment to his hometown and […]
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Contractors, officials break ground on Santa Maria River Levee repair project
“This is the beginning—everything else was just the prologue.” Those were the words uttered by U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) in her keynote speech at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Santa Maria River Levee improvement project on Oct. 19. Capps, along with a handful of Santa Maria, Guadalupe, Santa Barbara County, and U.S. Army […]
