Sure, I played my fair share of video games as a child (R2, R2, L1, R2, left, down, right, up, two times, and it accesses all of the weapons in Grand Theft Auto III). Despite my love for video games, though, I always had fun playing a game of horseshoes. It all began during a […]
An excuse to horse around
Posted inOpinion
Create a path to local jobs
As a mayor and a businessman who cares deeply about his city and county, I am concerned about our economic situation. On a state and national level it is bad, but on the local level, where we can really feel and see it, it is even worse. I gauge my opinion on the fact that […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Buy from the farmers
As the summer season ripens, so do the fruits and vegetables that thrive in Central Coast soil. Growers work year round to put fresh food on our tables, and now’s the perfect time to take advantage of the region’s many farmers markets. With alfresco markets held in Nipomo, Santa Maria, Orcutt, and Lompoc, shoppers can […]
Posted inNews
Portrait of a picker
Strolling through citrus groves, his feet treading the soil where he’s made his living for almost 20 years, Domingo Atilano contemplates his circuitous path from a young child in Mexico to the shade of a Nipomo lemon tree. Since 1991, Atilano has been a fruit picker and supervisor on a local rancho, a plot of […]
Posted inOpinion
What are your plans for the 4th of July?
Pat Sparrow minister “I am going to a local picnic and fireworks.” Alice McGonmigal Arroyo Grande Symphony and Santa Maria Philharmonic musician “I am a musician and will be participating in a musical ensemble playing marches and other songs for the flag.” Patti Bracamonte accounts payable “Going to Pismo Beach.” Nathan Lipscomb retired “We stay […]
Posted inNews
Political Watch 07.01
Get out the American flags and tea bags, Santa Maria Valley Republicans, Inc., and the Santa Barbara County Republican Central Committee are hosting a 4th of July Tea Party celebrating “One Nation Under God,” the organizations announced in a press release earlier this month. The party will be held on July 3 from noon to […]
Posted inNews
Community Notebook 07.01
TUESDAY, JULY 6 • 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 […]
Posted inNews
Hobnobbing with Helen
Wow! I have never seen as many wine and beer vendors at one fundraiser as I did on Saturday afternoon, June 19, at St. Joseph’s seventh annual Knights, Wines, and Roses event. More than 30 wineries and breweries were on hand to pour their libations. I’m guessing that everyone had his or her choice of […]
Posted inNews
Local hospital talent offers ease of mind
With the recent addition of a new doctor for an Intensive Center and Critical Care Unit, and a nurse who has passed the Certified Breast Care Nurse examination, Central Coast hospitals are proving themselves to be a place of refuge for the ill. Dr. Robert Hinds will now be working at Arroyo Grande Community Hospital […]
Posted inNews
Not quite ‘safe and sane’
“John” leans toward the tube with a lighter. Flick, flick, flick. Nothing. “This is why we use punks,” he mutters under his breath. After the sixth or seventh try, the fuse lights and John comes sprinting back across the street with a maniacal grin on his face. With a not-so-muffled thump, the shell shoots upward. […]
Posted inNews
Heroes in the sky
Believe it or not: There are flying ambulances on the Central Coast. For the past eight years, California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) has been operating an air ambulance service out of the Santa Maria Airport. The company uses fully equipped medical helicopters and one fixed-wing airplane to treat and transport critically ill, injured, and pediatric […]
Posted inNews
Correction
The Sun misspelled a Spanish word in the headline of its June 24 cover story, which should have read, “¿Cuanto cuesta?”
