April is National Kite Month, and the Discovery Museum is so excited to present the third annual Free Family Kite Festival on April 22. We look forward to our entire community enjoying the beautiful kites, being dazzled by the amazing kite fliers at the festival, and having fun flying their own kites and participating in […]
Kite month is around the corner!
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A full-filling 30 years
Even the Occupy movement would have to agree that not all banks are evil. The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County gathered some of its current and former board members, together with top contributors, at the Santa Barbara Club last week, in honor of its 30th anniversary. Part of the event was spent looking back at […]
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Spotlight on: La Fogata
Guadalupe’s La Fogata re-opened its doors for business in February and is serving delicious, traditional Mexican food, enhanced by the creativity of new owner and chef Israel Gonzales. He and wife/co-owner Melisa have both worked in restaurants for many years, and they share a life-long passion for good food. Opening a restaurant of their own […]
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If you build it …
Santa Maria Joint Unified High School District officials recently released findings of an environmental test done on the proposed site for a new continuation high school—and there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that testing revealed the presence of elevated concentrations of hazardous substances in one soil sample. The good news is […]
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Planning Commission postpones SA Recycling application–for now
Local grassroots organization Friends of Fesler achieved a small victory at the Santa Maria Planning Commission meeting on March 20 when the commissioners decided to postpone a decision—yet again—on development of a new SA Recycling facility. SA Recycling originally brought its application to the Planning Commission on Jan. 18, but the decision was postponed until […]
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Goodbye, Gallegly
Republican Elton Gallegly announced earlier this year that he will be retiring at the end of this term, after serving 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. With that in mind, the Sun decided to talk to Gallegly about his time in Congress and the impact his decisions have had on local, national, and […]
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SLO County votes in favor of Nipomo water project
San Luis Obispo County has cast its vote in favor of a controversial supplemental water project for Nipomo. On March 27, SLO County supervisors, acting in their side role as the SLO County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, cast a ballot in favor of the Nipomo Supplemental Water Project. The Nipomo Community Services District […]
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Pesticide manufacturer pulls strawberry fumigant from U.S. markets
After years of pressure from environmental groups, Tokyo-based pesticide manufacturer Arysta LifeScience agreed on March 20 to yank a controversial strawberry pesticide containing methyl iodide out of the American market. “This is a tremendous victory, where scientific integrity has outweighed pesticide industry pull when it comes to food and farming,” Paul Towers, spokesman for the […]
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Allan Hancock College will launch its first international student program this fall
Beginning in the fall, Danish students will travel to Solvang to learn about American hospitality, thanks to an agreement between Allan Hancock College and Copenhagen Hospitality College. The college’s leaders signed a contract on March 15 that will allow Danish students ages 18 to 25 to study culinary arts and tourism services stateside. Copenhagen Hospitality […]
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The American warlords are guilty
It is very difficult living on the streets; I know this firsthand. It is also difficult being a soldier; I know this firsthand. Soldiers are treated like second-class citizens. Unfortunately, they are deemed disposable. More than 6,000 of our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, have recently been sent to their graves prematurely because […]
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I will be proud and ashamed
In our world of triumphs, who have we left behind? Let’s not reenact our disgraceful home coming of our Vietnam vets. Just as in the past, we put our selfish interests ahead of what’s really right. We have large parades for winning sport teams, closing entire cities down, but fail to recognize the men and […]
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An open letter to Ron Paul
After reading this letter, I hope you have already considered my suggestions to you. First of all, I think you should run as a “third party” candidate in November. Secondly, I think you should choose Bill Richardson as your running mate. He is a Democrat, thereby allowing the left as well as the right to […]