Eating right, getting fit, and staying healthy doesn’t happen in a day. It can’t. Such life-affirming (and preserving) activities are choices, made to incorporate into individual and family lifestyles. Starting in January 2013, locals looking to walk the path of health will find help at Marian Regional Medical Center, where, thanks to a more than […]
RYAN MILLER
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Everything old is new again
Childhood heroes can’t stay the same forever
So Clark Kent became a blogger. Yes, Superman’s mild-mannered alter-ego left the Daily Planet in late October to hunch himself in front of a glowing screen and peck out stories for the Internet. When he’s not punching other aliens, of course. As a print journalist, when I learned of the move made by the world’s […]
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Some strings attached
Puppets steal the show–and audience’s hearts–in PCPA’s Wizard of Oz
It’s not alive. You know it’s not alive. There is no way some glued-together wood frame and old, shredded sweaters will ever be alive. And yet there it is, that almost random assemblage, hopping and wiggling around, just like a real, panting, lovable dog would. I mean, there’s clearly a guy holding it, and it’s […]
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Santa Maria’s chief hopefuls are in
Santa Maria needs someone to help its police officers recover stolen property. Arrest offenders. Regulate traffic. Investigate complaints. Those duties and more fall under the stated responsibilities for the city’s chief of police, who has to direct the department’s personnel and equipment in their combined efforts to preserve law and order. The Santa Maria Police […]
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We want your needs
Nonprofits are invited to submit their wish lists to the Sun
The whole “stores decorate so early for the holidays” shtick is a bit tired at this point. We’ve all heard the jokes about Christmas tree displays edging out Halloween spider webs and haunted houses in early October. Fake snow seems to start falling while late-summer heat waves are just blazing to life. But come Thanksgiving, […]
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Scheduled Minuteman launch prompts protest
The battle continues: Vandenberg Air Force Base announces the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, and protesters announce their efforts to end such events. An unarmed Minuteman III is scheduled to launch in the early hours of Nov. 14, between 1:44 and 7:44 a.m. Its flight from North Vandenberg will, according to a press release […]
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Capps holds her seat, but in a new district
Minutes before midnight on Nov. 6, former state senator and lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado released a statement summing up the election results in his race to represent the state’s new 24th Congressional District: “A short while ago, I spoke with Rep. Lois Capps, and offered her my congratulations on her victory tonight,” he wrote. “For […]
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Santa Maria River Bridge drivers move to the middle
Late-night drivers navigating the border between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties may have noticed something odd at the Santa Maria River Bridge the night of Oct. 24. Construction crews were scheduled to detour southbound vehicles off of and back onto Highway 101 via the Highway 166 off-ramp between 9 p.m. and midnight […]
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Food for thought–and rigorous debate
Proposition 37, which would require labeling foods that contain genetically modified organisms, prompts Californians to seriously think about their next meal
Supporters say they have a right to know what they’re putting into their bodies. Opponents say our food supply shouldn’t be tied up in more red tape and regulations than it already is. The camps are divided over Proposition 37, an initiative statute that would, in a presumably organic nutshell, require that food “made from […]
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Fire considered to be suspicious
The Santa Maria Fire Department is investigating a fire that caused $15,000 in damages to a house on Sept. 17. At just before 8:30 that morning, three engines and a ladder truck responded to a blaze at a vacant house on Oakley Street. Neighbors had called in to report the fire. Within 11 minutes, crews […]
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Marian moves away from nursing assistants
Marian Regional Medical Center recently announced that it’s moving toward an all registered nurse staff supported by certified nursing assistants with specific capabilities—i.e. functioning as monitor observers and unit clerks. A job posting at peoplemenders.com, though expired as of the time of this writing, listed a variety of duties for the assistant position, from observing […]
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Locals get the opposite of trashed
At first, it sounds like the remnants of a Vegas wedding after-party: High-heeled boots. Bras. Men’s briefs. A gavel. Fake fingernails. A barbecue. Then, it starts to get a little weird: A Barbie doll. A ski jacket. A cat scratcher? It makes a bit more sense, however, in the proper context. Volunteers gathered almost 2,000 […]