The city of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is looking for original artists to beautify five traffic signal control boxes in Santa Maria. Local artists from Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County are encouraged to apply. A stipend of $500, and up to $250 reimbursement for material costs is available for the […]
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Hancock’s plan for fine arts complex moves forward
Allan Hancock College’s planned Fine Arts Complex project was one of 15 capital outlay projects for community colleges included in the 2017-18 California state budget recently signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Hancock will receive about half of the cost for the $48 million facility from the state through Proposition 51, which California voters passed last […]
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Fundraisers seek to help Noah Scott’s family with medical costs
A fundraiser for the family of Noah Scott drew big crowds to a local business on July 14, and another planned for Aug. 4 is actively seeking participants and donations. Scott, a Lompoc high schooler and police explorer who died on June 30 after a long battle with leukemia, inspired support from local communities during […]
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Dave Dascomb seeks the perfectly grown grape for Dascomb Cellars wine
Walk into Dascomb Cellars’ tasting room in Solvang and you might be lucky enough to get a warm welcome from Sparky. Sparky, a beagle who belongs to winery owner David Dascomb, sits atop a wine barrel scoping out customers and accepting their generous pets. While Sparky and his dog sister Pippa greet and amuse guests, […]
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Gallery Los Olivos showcases the artwork of three women
The women featured in Women at Work: Three Artistic Visions each brings a lifetime of creativity to the exhibit showing at Gallery Los Olivos in July. Julie Fish spent most of her life living all over the world. Her father worked for the U.S. State Department and his work brought the family to places like […]
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Los Alamos gallery welcomes painter featured on ‘Mad Men’
For most painters, one of the greatest career thrills is seeing their work hanging on the walls of a prestigious gallery. But artist Lisa Gizara got to see hers prominently featured in one of the biggest hit television shows of all time. Gizara, a Santa Monica-based photographer and painter whose work is coveted by the […]
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Tickets now available for Lompoc Youth Theater production
Tickets are now on sale for the 2017 Lompoc Youth Theater summer production of Legally Blonde Jr—the Musical, based on the hit movie Legally Blonde starring Reese Witherspoon. Performances are scheduled for July 21, July 22, July 28, and Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. There will also be a special matinee performance at 2 p.m. […]
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Makerspace at the Santa Maria Public Library
In collaboration with Allan Hancock College, the Santa Maria Public Library will host free maker activities in July and August on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Funding is provided through a grant from the California Community College Chancellor’s office. Library and college staff in the Edwin and Jeanne Woods Learning Center will lead […]
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Dunes Center receives funding for educational and archeological programs
Guadalupe’s Dunes Center will receive a $25,000 grant from Phillips 66 to fund nature and science education programs. The grant money will go toward educational opportunities to underserved students in programs such as science, technology, engineering, and math. Education programs that will benefit from funding include guided student field trips to Oso Flaco Lake, classroom […]
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Body of missing Pasadena boy found near Cachuma Lake
The body of a Los Angeles boy missing since April was found near Lake Cachuma on June 30. According to a press release issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the body was discovered after a search “based on additional leads developed in the Andressian case.” The boy’s father, Aramazd Andressian Sr., was arrested […]
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Noah Scott dies after battle with leukemia
Noah Scott, a Lompoc teenager diagnosed with leukemia, died June 30 after days battling both the cancer and a fungal infection. On that day, Noah’s father and Lompoc police officer Charles Scott posted a message on the Team Noah Facebook page. “It’s with great sadness that Kristin and I say goodbye to our Noah,” Charles […]
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Whiskey Bent BBQ of Buellton can’t stop winning prizes for their food
When Matt Dockstader and his friends Raymond Williams and BJ Anadon entered their first official barbecue contest at the Santa Maria Elks lodge, things didn’t really go as planned. “We lost miserably,” Dockstader said, laughing over the phone. “We went down in a big ball of flames. It definitely made us go back to the […]