The following venues offer either regularly scheduled live entertainment or DJ-hosted dance music. Most performances start after 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. IN THE AREA ADDAMO VINEYARD/TASTING ROOM: 400 E. Clark Ave., suite E, Santa Maria, 937-6400. Live music Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. CLUB 805, AKA STINKY’S BAR & GRILL: 2430 South Broadway, […]
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Concerts
THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN presents Steppin’ Out in concert on April 10 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Santa Maria Inn, 801 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. Info: 720-6872. O’SULLIVAN’S PUB hosts a concert featuring Nothington, the 1st Line, and New Tomorrow on April 14 at the pub, 633 E. Main St., […]
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Special Events
THE CENTRAL COAST SPCA presents a MEGA Rummage sale on April 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orcutt CVS parking lot at the corner of Clark and Bradley. All proceeds benefit abused animals. Info: 922-3191 or donaldjt@verizon.net. THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA Recreation and Parks Department presents a Spring Family Fun Day, […]
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Santa Maria hosts celebrity boot camp
In recognition of May as national awareness month for neurofibromatosis, ExerciseTV celebrity trainer Steven Maresca will host a special Boot Camp in Santa Maria on May 2 at 9 a.m. All money raised will go to the Children’s Tumor Foundation in the name of Paige Martinez, diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at the age of 8 months. […]
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Beebe shoots for World Championships
St. Joseph High School’s Aly Beebe has been selected to participate in the 2010 U-17 National Team Trials, held June 8 to 11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Beebe will vie for a spot on the 12-member 2010 FIBA U-17 World Championship Team and the four-member 2010 Youth Olympic Games Team. […]
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Plastic paddlin’ dreams
A couple of bored Eskimos were sitting around one afternoon wondering what to do with their leftover sealskins and some sticks. They already had igloos, so tent-making was out. Feeling that eking out an existence in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth wasn’t manly enough, one of them had the idea to stretch […]
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Jessica Maio
She may not appear all that menacing, but Jessica Maio is an all-around monster for the Diamondbacks of the Orcutt Youth Softball League. During a recent midseason Division-I League tournament, the 11-year-old hit five homeruns in four games. The fifth-grader also pitched all four games of the single-elimination series on March 28 against teams from […]
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Get set to sip
Get set for one of the busiest weekends in Santa Barbara County’s wine country, a picturesque wonderland of vineyards and tasting rooms that beckons from just beyond our back yards. Celebrate the season, party with friends, and sample the fresh new foods and wines of spring, all within a short distance from home. This year […]
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Let’s hope the council has courage
Your article in the recent issue of the Sun concerning E-Verify (“Santa Maria leaders consider E-Verify,” April 1) was enlightening, and it is time this issue was aired in the open. You quoted Richard Quandt, president of the local Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association, as saying, “The issue of the adequacy of employment verification should be addressed […]
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Katcho will make an excellent representative
I have known Katcho Achadjian for more than 35 years. Katcho attended Cuesta Community College and Cal Poly. He graduated from Cal Poly with a business degree. As our county supervisor for the last 11—and soon to be 12—years, he has done so much for our youth and public education. Katcho’s accomplishments include providing Oceano […]
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The Dunes: like an asylum with sand
Oceano Dunes is a state park gone bad. Given current global opinion about the negative impacts of the combustion engine, the use of off-road vehicles in the pursuit of frivolity is nothing short of a crime. To speak of 3-foot fences, barrier trees, or other mitigation is to dance in the wake of continued pollution. […]
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Computer club meets
The Central Coast Computer Club, which meets the third Tuesday of every month, will hold its next meeting on April 20. Systems and “Non-nerd” SIG starts at 5:45 p.m. A business meeting commences at 7 p.m., followed by a presentation by Fred Adams and Jim Tonge titled “A Skype Communication Presentation.” The meeting will take […]