The Santa Maria Police Activities League (PAL) has been quite a friend for young people in the area. By offering programs directed toward youth, PAL has been helping in the fight to keep kids out of gangs and, for the most part, fitting gloves on their hands. The boxing part of PAL began in 2004 […]
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Polar Express chugsinto the mall
The Santa Maria Town Center mall is getting into the Christmas spirit as part of its regular “Movies at the Mall” series, showing the animated children’s favorite The Polar Express on Dec. 11. The movie will show for free near the Red Robin restaurant, with seating beginning at 4 p.m. and the showing starting […]
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Glad tidings at chamber luncheon
The Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce is kicking off the holidays with festive music, a visit from Santa Claus, and more at its annual Christmas Luncheon, scheduled for Dec. 8 at the Santa Maria Elks Lodge, beginning at noon. The 81-student choir of Orcutt Academy’s K-8 campus will be returning for an encore […]
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Angels come to Orcutt
Angels Foster Care, a private, nonprofit foster family agency serving infants and toddlers entering foster care for the first time, recently opened a new office in Orcutt. The Angels’ mission is to match each foster child with a local selected family who agrees to keep the child as long as he or she is […]
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Hancock’s holiday baseball clinic is back
Baseball players ages 6 through 18 are invited to sharpen their diamond skills at the annual Allan Hancock College Holiday Baseball Clinic, held Dec. 20 to 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s instructors include the entire Allan Hancock College coaching staff; former major league pitcher Bryn Smith; Scott Nickason, head coach of […]
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Bulldog volleyball takes year-end awards
Despite his struggling through a 9-14 season, Western State Conference coaches chose Allan Hancock College volleyball coach Julio Molina as the conference’s volleyball coach of the year. Though the award typically goes to the coach with the most wins, coaches recognized the progress Molina made with the program, Hancock athletic director Kim Ensing said in […]
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Turkey time!
The Santa Barbara County Foodbank’s Thanksgiving turkey drive ended Nov. 23, but the organization still needs donations for the upcoming holiday season. According to Foodbank officials, 62 percent of households served in Santa Barbara County are living below the poverty level and 29 percent have an annual income of less than $10,000. And many parents […]
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Start here, go anywhere?
Community colleges are under fire for low completion rates, but Hancock officials remain hopeful
Despite a recent study giving California community colleges failing grades for completion and transfer rates, Allan Hancock College educators are optimistic their students are on the right track. The study, released in October by Sacramento State’s Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy (IHELP), analyzed nearly 250,000 degree-seeking students in the California Community College system, […]
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Santa Maria to install ‘Enforcers’ to help police catch red light violators
One year after a contractor put a stop to its controversial camera program, the city of Santa Maria is calling on Little Brother to combat red light runners. Promoted as a cheaper and easier-to-install way of reducing violations, tiny red light detection sensors called “Enforcers” will soon appear atop traffic signals throughout the city. The […]
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It’s autumn: Mix in Solvang
The Santa Ynez Valley Visitors Association (SYVVA), a nonprofit organization promoting sustainable tourism, will hold its annual Autumn Mixer and Silent Auction from 4 to 6 p.m. on Nov. 30 at Fresco Valley Café. Admission is free and open to the public. Complimentary refreshments and wine tasting will be provided. Guests can also participate in […]
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WIB holds workforce training classes
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and the Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board are offering free “Train the Trainer” courses in Guadalupe and Santa Maria. The hands-on training sessions aim to provide local organizations and agencies working with youths aged 14 to 24 the tools to build workforce readiness in their clients and […]
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Santa Claus is coming to town
He’s making a list and checking it twice, and parking his D.A.R.E. Hummer (yes, Hummer) at the Santa Maria Town Center for the mall’s annual meet and greet with Santa Claus from Nov. 26 until Christmas Eve. Santa will arrive in style and will be available for photos most days beginning at 11 a.m. or […]
