On March 27 at Allan Hancock College, the Kiwanis Club held the 21st annual Central Coast All-Star Basketball Spectacular, featuring some of the best high school talent in the area. Despite the north’s clear height advantage (that’s San Luis Obispo County) over the south (Santa Barbara County), the game went down to the wire. Players […]
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Help the EPA do its job
“To waste, to destroy, our natural resources … will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them.” So said Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in his seventh message to Congress on Dec. 3, 1907. Propelled by funds doled out by billionaire owners of […]
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Sports Schedule
Thursday, March 31 Boys’ Volleyball Arroyo Grande @ St. Joseph 5:30 p.m. Paso Robles @ Righetti 5:30 p.m. Pioneer Valley @ San Luis Obispo 5:30 p.m. Boys’ Tennis Righetti @ Paso Robles 3 p.m. Pioneer Valley @ San Luis Obispo 3 p.m. Santa Ynez @ Morro Bay 3:30 […]
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Local girls earn CIF honors
Area high schools were well represented when the CIF Southern Section released its 2010-11 All-CIF basketball teams on March 23. Coaches named St. Joseph junior Aly Beebe as the section’s Player of the Year for Division 3-AA. The center led the Lady Knights with 20.7 points, 12.2 rebounds, and three blocked shots per game, and […]
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SM Youth Football takes signups
The Santa Maria Valley Youth Football League will be accepting registrations for football and cheer beginning April 3. Football fees are $200, plus players must sell five cash calendars. A $100 deposit is due at the time of signup. Scholarships won’t be accepted, but payment plans are available. Fees include a jersey, photos, insurance, a […]
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Y holds Healthy Kids Day
For parents, instilling healthy eating habits can be a challenge. The Santa Maria YMCA can help at Healthy Kids Day on April 16. Healthy Kids Day is the nation’s largest health day of its kind for kids and families. The event is free and features activities for families to have fun, be active, and learn […]
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The hunt is on!
What’s Easter without a classic Easter egg hunt? Parents and their children are invited to take part in the holiday tradition at the eighth annual Spring Eggstravaganza on April 17. The day’s festivities are geared toward children ages 3 to 12, and include bounce houses, carnival games, and more. The event is free and takes […]
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Drivers, start your engines
April 2 is the date local racing fans and drivers have been waiting for all winter: the start of the 2011 racing season at Santa Maria Speedway. The one-third-mile, clay oval track has held races continuously since Doug Fort built it in 1964, and after recent heavy rains flooded the parking lot, track officials are […]
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Let’s make music together
Having lived in the Santa Maria Valley my whole life, and grown up as a musician, I’ve come to notice a stereotype about the area’s music scene. I am referring to the generally stated: “Santa Maria doesn’t have a music scene!” People who believe that are wrong. This misconception, in my humble opinion, comes from […]
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Karma–or was it carma?
When I was a senior in high school, my parents had a very inviting little automobile that I wasn’t allowed to play with sitting in our driveway. It was a vintage British convertible sports car, an MGB, and nope, I was not supposed to drive it. I was told back then by my parents that […]
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True dreamer
Some songs burn a specific moment in time deep into the psyche, only to trigger a flood of emotion and memory when they’re heard again. “I want to do that,” said local musician Caesar “C-Bone” Hernandez. “I want to create songs that do that for people.” Listeners may one day say that about his music. […]
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Get wild in the backcountry
The Wildling Art Museum is offering a free slide show and panel discussion about the natural areas to visit in the Santa Barbara Backcountry on April 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. This latest offering in the Wildling’s “Get Inspired!” series of programs is an opportunity to learn more about local trails from a panel […]