Guadalupe students are in for a year of virtual excitement. Each student will be receiving a technology tool��”iPads for kindergarteners to second graders and laptops for third through eighth graders��”as part of the Guadalupe Union School District’s One-to-One Technology Initiative. The initiative, its title meaning one piece of technology for every one student, is part […]
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Local family agencies merge to offer services countywide
The Santa Maria Valley Youth and Family Center and the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County (FSA) recently merged to form a single countywide organization that will provide mental health counseling, basic needs assistance, and case management services to more than 28,000 residents a year. Services are now more readily available countywide, according to […]
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Lompoc elementary students receive free bikes and helmets
The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition gave refurbished bicycles and new helmets to 30 elementary students from La Canada and La Honda elementary schools as part of the first Open Streets Lompoc, an event that provided a mile of motor-vehicle-free space in downtown Lompoc for play and exercise. Open Streets Lompoc ran from 4 to 8 […]
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Allan Hancock College to relocate Solvang Center to Santa Ynez
Allan Hancock College recently announced plans to relocate its Solvang Center from Alisal Road in the Solvang Village Center to Santa Ynez Valley Union High School in an effort to increase its presence and offer more classes and services to residents in the Santa Ynez Valley. The relocated and thusly retitled Santa Ynez Valley Center […]
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Four Marian Regional Medical Center volunteers awarded ‘Volunteen’ scholarship
The Volunteen Scholarship Award recently gave $7,000 in scholarships to four local college-bound teens who volunteer at Marian Regional Medical Center. The four locals served many hours at Marian Regional Medical Center with the Volunteen program. Scholarship winner Alyssa Scannelli accumulated a total of 759 hours in the program—the most hours of any “volunteen” in […]
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Two Cuyama High School graduates land energy internships
Cuyama graduates Jazmin Ojedas and Karen Mancilla were selected to participate in this year’s summer internship program provided by energy producers. Ojedas will be interning with E&B Natural Resources while Mancilla will spend her internship with Macpherson Oil Company. E&B Natural Resources, California Resources Corporation, and Macpherson Oil Company collaborated with the California Independent Petroleum […]
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Partners in Education welcomes new board members
Partners in Education welcomed Santa Barbara City College President Anthony E. Beebe as its new board president, County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido as board secretary, and Terrain Consulting Principal Brian Robinson as the Computers for Families Committee chair. Formed in 1977 by local businesses and education leaders, Partners in Education helps meet the needs […]
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Hancock offers Saturday classes at Vandenberg AFB
Allan Hancock College will offer two six-week business classes taught at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Education Center for fall semester. The two classes, one for business organization and management and the other on customer service, will meet on Saturdays in the fall and count for college credit. The classes take place on base, but […]
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Summer camps evacuated, canceled due to Whittier Fire
The Whittier Fire sent scores of campers home from three summer camps that were evacuated July 8 after the fire blazed across acres of dry, forested mountainside near Cachuma Lake. The fire began right around the gates of Camp Whittier, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover. The Sheriff’s Office […]
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Hancock forms committee to review possible solutions for Campus Police Department
Allan Hancock College formed a committee consisting of six members to review options for the Allan Hancock College Campus Police Department after Hancock College Police Chief Paul Grohowski found six areas in need of immediate attention. Grohowski conducted multiple assessment reports of the police department and found inadequacies in staffing, officer backup, outdated procedures and […]
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Lompoc youth graduate Junior Police Camp
Lompoc’s Junior Police Camp saw 23 7- to 10-year-olds graduate from the program’s 2017 session. The graduates received a certificate of completion from Lompoc Police Chief Patrick Walsh and were treated to a barbecue meal at the end of the camp. The camp consisted of three training days in which the children learned about local […]
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Boys and Girls Club holds art classes with artist Henry Asencio
The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Maria Valley held a special event on June 23 featuring artist Henry Asencio delivering an hour of art instruction for members with an interest in fine art. Asencio was born in Los Angeles, but was raised in the Santa Maria Valley. Art lovers seek out his portraiture works […]
