Even a Democrat thinks it is dumb. Democrats are noted for raising taxes and spending wildly on social issues. But here even the speaker of the California Assembly, Democrat Anthony Rendon, had to apply good sense and shelve SB 562 to stop his buddies from bankrupting the state of California with a $400 billion per […]
Thanks for stopping SB 562
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Filthy-five fiction
My family and I were totally disgusted by Mr. Foote’s 55 Fiction article peppered with F-bombs (“Graciapapi,” July 6). It’s bad enough that people are forced to hear those obscenities at the movies, but to see it in black and white in what we thought was a family friendly newspaper was unnecessary and ugly. The […]
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Remember the Alamo!
On behalf of the residents living near the north side of the Alamo Fire, I wish to give my heartfelt thanks to all the firefighters on the ground and in the air who came from near and far to help protect our lives, property, and livestock. Being one who stayed after the evacuation order, I […]
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Embrace the community
In a recent interview with KSBY, Mr. Rick Haydon, city manager of Santa Maria, when speaking about the Mayor’s Task Force, stated that the people on the Mayor’s Task Force on Youth Safety “have a history dealing with at-risk youth.” To be clear, this begs the following questions: After so many years of dealing with […]
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Four Marian Regional Medical Center volunteers awarded ‘Volunteen’ scholarship
The Volunteen Scholarship Award recently gave $7,000 in scholarships to four local college-bound teens who volunteer at Marian Regional Medical Center. The four locals served many hours at Marian Regional Medical Center with the Volunteen program. Scholarship winner Alyssa Scannelli accumulated a total of 759 hours in the program—the most hours of any “volunteen” in […]
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Two Cuyama High School graduates land energy internships
Cuyama graduates Jazmin Ojedas and Karen Mancilla were selected to participate in this year’s summer internship program provided by energy producers. Ojedas will be interning with E&B Natural Resources while Mancilla will spend her internship with Macpherson Oil Company. E&B Natural Resources, California Resources Corporation, and Macpherson Oil Company collaborated with the California Independent Petroleum […]
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Partners in Education welcomes new board members
Partners in Education welcomed Santa Barbara City College President Anthony E. Beebe as its new board president, County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido as board secretary, and Terrain Consulting Principal Brian Robinson as the Computers for Families Committee chair. Formed in 1977 by local businesses and education leaders, Partners in Education helps meet the needs […]
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Hancock offers Saturday classes at Vandenberg AFB
Allan Hancock College will offer two six-week business classes taught at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Education Center for fall semester. The two classes, one for business organization and management and the other on customer service, will meet on Saturdays in the fall and count for college credit. The classes take place on base, but […]
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Hobnobbing with Helen: Santa Maria Fairpark hosts Agricultural Recognition Awards
On my way to an agricultural awards event on the eve of the Santa Barbara County Fair, on Santa Maria Fairpark grounds, I passed by the Great American Petting Zoo. I had to stop and hobnob (from afar—the gate was locked) with a pen full of captivating small animals (goats, pigs, sheep, donkeys, and two […]
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Spotlight on: Helping Hand Document Services
It’s never too late to start over. This was Corina Yee’s mantra after losing her job at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Yee worked for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) for almost a decade and expected to retire there. But when she was laid off during her ninth year, her future was unclear. “The ULA had […]
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Guadalupe man killed in rollover crash
Edgar Contreras-Argote of Guadalupe died early July 17 in a single-car rollover on Brown Road just outside Santa Maria. The 22-year-old was pronounced dead at 6:26 a.m. when county fire, American Medical Response, California Highway Patrol, and the Santa Maria Fire Department responded to the incident, according to county Fire Capt. Dave Zaniboni. Contreras-Argote was […]
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5th District county supervisor Steve Lavagnino announces bid for re-election
Steve Lavagnino was set to announce his bid for re-election as 5th District county supervisor on July 19, aiming for a third term representing much of Santa Maria and unincorporated parts of North County in the 2018 election. As of press time, no one else had announced they were running in that race. Lavagnino told […]