At almost any hour of the day, seven days a week, Santa Maria’s Infinite Boxing Gym is awash with the hiss of pounding gloves, throbbing workout music, and the syncopated whip-cracking of jump ropes. The gym’s owner, Julio Avila, always knew the city he grew up in was a hotbed for boxing, but the extent […]
Braving the elements, cable technicians labored to restore television service to customers in Santa Maria.
Cleanup crews worked feverishly at Waller Park on Jan. 19 to dispose of a massive pine tree, felled as a result of a vicious winter storm that tore through the Central Coast. The storm ushered in high winds and torrential rain and caused widespread power outages lasting for up to nine hours in some areas. […]
Santa Maria retirement community Merrill Gardens is hosting an all-you-can-eat crab feed on Feb. 12 to raise money for foster and high-needs children served by the Family Care Network. Tickets cost $40 and include pasta, salad, iced tea, all-you-can-eat crab, and one raffle entry. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for $2 apiece or three […]
Tourists to the Santa Ynez Valley can find out what to do, see, and taste in the new edition of the area’s visitors guide, published by the Solvang Conference and Visitors Bureau and the Santa Ynez Valley Visitors Association. The Solvang and the Santa Ynez Valley 2010 Visitors Guide is filled with full-color photographs featuring […]
Beginning later this month, local Subway stores will take part in a trial run of a program that will allow customers to order sandwiches via text message. Santa Maria shops will be among more than 30 Subways in Southern California to participate in the four-month trial. The stores will be using Zingle, a messaging service […]
The Santa Maria Valley YMCA is now registering for its Rookie Dance program, an informal class designed to provide kids with an introduction to rhythm and dance by focusing on creative movements. The registration deadline for children ages 3 to 5 years old ends Jan. 25. Cost is $48 for members and $63 for participants. […]
The Orcutt Community Building organization is inviting the public to participate in a Feast and Festival fundraising barbecue for the Orcutt Aquacenter on Feb. 20. No-host cocktails will be served beginning at noon, followed by a barbecue feast at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $100 and include lunch for two, a reverse drawing, a raffle, and […]
Playing as a tight end and linebacker for Lompoc High School’s football team, Steven Morehart was enjoying a terrific junior season in 2007. Then, in a contest against Paso Robles, lightning struck. “From what the trainer told me, I took a short kickoff and tried to run it back through the wedge,” Morehart said. “They […]
In an effort to counteract revenue losses, the Orcutt Union School District is moving forward with plans to lease district-owned land for the development of about 250 senior housing units in Old Town Orcutt. The plan would require the rezoning of nearly 10 acres of land, located between Soares Avenue and Rice Ranch Road, purchased […]
The Santa Barbara County Action Network announced the appointment of Joyce Howerton as the group’s director of advocacy and outreach. Howerton is a founding member of SB CAN and has served as the organization’s north county vice president. As a three-term mayor of Lompoc, Howerton secured pay equity for women, created a regional landfill project, […]
Throughout human history, man has sought to predict future events. The practice of IFA, with a long history of use as a divination tool in Africa and modified in the United States as Santeria, intends to bring seekers in alignment with their highest destiny. IFA priest Mario Gasca has brought his knowledge of the practice […]
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