THE MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, Santa Maria and Lompoc chapter, holds a Veteran’s Day celebration featuring a pork loin dinner on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Pacific Coast Club, Vandenberg. Info: 922-0429. THE SANTA MARIA RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT presents its fifth annual “Celebration of Life,” honoring community members who are 90 years old […]
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Thanksgiving strategies
Deep in the heart of autumn, families begin gearing up for the holiday season. With Thanksgiving just days away, Central Coast area hotels and restaurants ride to the rescue with a spate of innovative menus and relaxing spa packages for both hosts and their guests. If relatives are headed your way in the upcoming weeks, […]
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Are you one of those people that’s already started their holiday shopping?
Kim Kenney departmental assistant “Yes. I’ve been working on my cards since January. That, and I bought some slippers, but don’t say anything because she’s standing right here.” Kayla Burch Macy’s employee “No. I’ll probably start around mid-December.” Chris Cook consultant “Definitely not—probably start a week or two before Christmas.” Josie Gamboa attendance assistant “Yes. […]
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From Broadway to Broadway
When the Sun’s ode to geekdom, “Let your geek flag fly,” hit stands in July, we reveled in the chance to gush about our favorite sci-fi and fantasy obsessions. In describing fantasized outer space adventures or wizarding world fixations, that issue pretty much announced to the greater Santa Maria area that the Sun’s editorial staff […]
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See ya, Sunshine
Since writers love analogies, metaphors, and symbolism, it’s only fitting that, in my mind, my entire time here at the Sun can be wrapped up into one tiny bouncy ball—the coveted “mosaic,” as we dubbed it—and I’ve lost it. (Not my mind, the ball.) Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, but I’d already decided […]
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Local players get ready for playoffs as football season comes to an end
With one game to go—or none at all for some teams—the football season is almost over. Leading the PAC-7 with one week left as of press time was Paso Robles with an 8-1 record. Atascadero, Righetti, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande, and Lompoc high schools followed Paso in the rankings. The Warriors have one game […]
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Athlete of the Week
Righetti senior Ehi Robinson is playing football for the first time this year—but you wouldn’t think that was the case from watching him play. Ehi (pronounced Ae-he) says he got into football from soccer after his friends said he would be good at it. Turns out they were right. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound corner and kick […]
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Women’s Economic Ventures partners with Maria Shriver’s WE Invest program
Maria Shriver, in partnership with The Women’s Conference, has recently launched WE Invest, a statewide women’s economic empowerment initiative. The WE Invest program is partnering with Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) and two other nonprofit organizations in California to launch this initiative. The WE Invest partnership will help link women with WEV’s Self-Employment Training Program, the […]
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Touring and Tasting hosts warehouse wine sale for charity
For the first time, Touring and Tasting Magazine and wine club is selling off cases of their inventory of limited production wines. The Holiday Warehouse Sale will take place on Nov. 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. at 125 S. Quarantina St. in Santa Barbara. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit three […]
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Board of Supervisors passes resolution honoring local vineyards
To recognize the importance of wine grape vineyards and winemaking to the county’s economy, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution during their Oct. 28 meeting. The resolution was sponsored by Supervisor Joni Gray and presented to Kevin Merrill, vineyard manager for Mesa Vineyard Management in Santa Maria. “Winemaking and vineyards are […]
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Longtime ESL instructor is set to retire from Allan Hancock College
On Nov. 19, friends and colleagues of June Grimm will be thanking her for two decades of service to the Allan Hancock College English as a Second Language (ESL) program during a luncheon at Olive Garden in Santa Maria. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. Grimm, 83, came to Santa Maria in 1987 after a […]
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Political Watch
A furlough program approved by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to help balance the county’s budget has garnered statewide attention from leaders throughout California. Political leaders are calling the county staff members, who are taking a 64-hour pay cut as part of the program, “positive role models for civil servants during these turbulent […]