BINGEABLE: THE THING ABOUT PAM (2022) Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? TV-14 Get ready to get angry when you settle in to watch The Thing About Pam. Renee Zellweger dons a bunch of prosthetics to play Pam Hupp, and while she is not unrecognizable, she certainly looks much closer to the real Pam […]
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Political Watch: May 5, 2022
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) issued an April 29 statement responding to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s comments to the Los Angeles Times about the possibility of delaying the closure of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, which generated 6 percent of the state’s power in 2021. PG&E plans to begin decommissioning the local nuclear plant in […]
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Strawberry Festival 2022
April 29 – May 1, 2022 4/29 – Seniors’ Day 4/30 – Pepsi Kids’ Day 5/1 – Fiesta Day Purchase tickets online at santamariafairpark.com
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Political Watch: April 28, 2022
• Gov. Gavin Newsom recently visited Lake Oroville to highlight efforts to advance long-term water resilience and bolster the state’s drought response. Though storms returned to Northern California, the small amounts of rain and snowfall will not make a significant dent in the water deficit the state faces, according to the governor’s office. “With the […]
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Local governments pursue temporary housing as first step to getting people off the streets
Editor’s note: This is the second story in a two-part series on solutions to homelessness. The first, “Shelter, services, support: Local governments along the Pacific Coast innovate to address the growing issue of homelessness,” ran on April 14. When the COVID-19 shelter-at-home mandate went into place in March 2020, 5 Cities Homeless Coalition (5CHC) Executive […]
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Political Watch: April 21, 2022
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and a group of 40 members of Congress pushed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for updated and explicit guidance on illegal machine gun conversion devices—also known as auto sears—to reduce gun violence and protect communities, according to an April 12 statement. “These devices, which […]
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Political Watch: April 14, 2022
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) led a group of 13 U.S. House lawmakers to write a letter urging House and Senate leadership to reach a final bipartisan agreement on additional COVID-19 relief. The representatives called for the deal to include funding that would replenish the Biden administration’s ability to purchase and distribute vaccines, […]
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Local governments along the Pacific Coast innovate to address the growing issue of homelessness
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-part series on solutions to homelessness. What’s the solution to homelessness? “It is apparent that there is not panacea to solve this complex problem, as it is diverse and nuanced,” Katie Grainger wrote in a letter to the SLO County Board of Supervisors as the chair/facilitator […]
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Political Watch: April 7, 2022
• U.S. Rep Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) voted to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month for those on Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance, the Congressman announced on March 31. The legislation advanced by the U.S. House of Representatives ensures vital and affordable access to medication for more than 37 million people […]
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Political Watch: March 31, 2022
• Registered vehicle owners in California could get at least $400 per vehicle as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $11 billion relief package for Californians facing high gas prices, the governor’s office announced on March 23. “We’re taking immediate action to get money directly into the pockets of Californians who are facing higher gas […]
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Political Watch: March 24, 2022
• U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) announced on March 11 that he secured more than $20 million in federal funding for 11 projects across the Central Coast. These projects were included in the bipartisan fiscal year 2022 appropriations package that the Senate passed on March 10, and the bill is expected to be signed into […]
