THE LOMPOC MUSEUM is raffling off a custom vintage style quilt in benefit of the museum’s Stone Pine Hall Building Fund with tickets on sale through April 16 and the raffle April 18 time TBA, Lompoc Museum, 200 South H St., Lompoc., $1 per ticket. More info: 736-3888, lompocmuseum@verizon.net.
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Digital dating
\ Two weeks ago, at precisely 7:41 p.m., my son suddenly hit the age where he has one thing and one thing only on his mind: girls. The day before, it was video games. Now it’s girls, girls, girls. Of course, he doesn’t exactly understand these girls yet (not that any man really ever does). […]
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Size matters
The Santa Maria Valley has no shortage of fine musicians and musical groups. And while bigger is often better, there’s a lot to be said for smaller ensembles. At least members of the Santa Maria Chamber Music Concert think so. Musicians in three smaller performing groups hope to show audiences how beautiful a concert can […]
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Internet noir
Santa Maria resident and film industry veteran Tony Piazza has done Anything Short of Murder. That’s the title of his new detective novel, recently published by Dog Ear Press. Inspired by pulp novels and film noir classics, the story follows a former LAPD cop as he investigates a murder against the backdrop of the Golden […]
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The road ahead is riddled with potholes
The operation was, by all accounts, industrious. It boasted cooperation from the Santa Barbara regional Narcotic Task Force, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, SLOPD, Santa Maria PD, and the California Highway Patrol. Their combined effort focused on people providing medical cannabis in San Luis Obispo County, an […]
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CafeFX takes its final bow
Somewhere in the universe, Hellboy—the muscled, red devil comic-book hero who inspired his own movie franchise—is crying. He’s shedding tears because, after 17 years in business, CafeFX/ComputerCafe, the Santa Maria-based visual effects design company that worked on the Hellboy films and many other films, has closed its doors. “The current economic climate and global marketplace […]
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Hobnobbing With Helen
What a joy this night will be,” exclaimed George Majoue, executive director of the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society, as he presided over the organization’s 10th anniversary celebration. Entertainment-wise and food-wise, George was right on target. Accomplished pianist Lynne Garret accompanied accomplished violinist Brynn Albanese for the musical program that followed an excellent dinner: filet mignon, […]
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Serious business
Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) will be holding free one-hour orientations in the coming weeks for its spring business training programs. WEV’s core 14-week Self-Employment Training courses will begin in February for those looking to start or improve their own business. The program’s target is women, but it serves men as well. “At a personal and […]
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Senseless acts, sensible prevention
On the afternoon of June 11, 2008, paramedics responded to a 911 call at the Santa Maria apartment of Sylvia Dominguez, her boyfriend Gabriel Peralta, and the couple’s three children. Dominguez’s 3-year-old foster son Gilbert, her sister’s biological child, wasn’t breathing—the apparent victim of a drowning. Gilbert Dominguez never regained consciousness. Visible cuts and bruises […]
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Political Watch – 1.27
On Jan. 20, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to more than 100 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. The remaining funds came from various state and federal transportation accounts. Locally, the CTC allocated $37.7 million to widen the Santa Maria River […]
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Community Notebook – 1.27
TUESDAY, FEB. 1 • The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Agendas are available at santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx#current. • The Vandenberg Village Community Services District has its regular board meeting at 7 p.m. in the District […]
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The state debates who pays cities after fender benders
If getting into a car accident weren’t enough of a headache already, cities all over California have been adding fuel to the fire by adopting a “crash tax,” legislation that requires the at-fault driver’s insurance to pay for any clean-up fees. “Over 70 cities in California have adopted [the ‘crash tax’],” State Sen. Tony Strickland […]