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    State senator tapped for Lt. governor  Nov 24, 2009
    The 42-year-old Santa Maria lawmaker was one of three Republicans earlier this year to side with Schwarzenegger and Democrats in supporting a state budget that raised taxes. Schwarzenegger says Maldonado has the courage to reach across the partisan divide. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Story »  Nov 17, 2009
    He won Pacific Classic a record six times; the Forego, Met Mile, and Woodward four times each; the Go for Wand, Hollywood Gold Cup, Las Virgenes, Ogden Phipps, Ruffian, and Strub three times each; the Malibu, Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Maria, Suburban, and Whitney twice each; and also won the Acorn, Alabama, Alcibiades, Beldame, Blue Grass, Champagne, Coaching Club American Oaks, De Francis Dash, Donn, Florida Derby, Frizette, Haskell, Hopeful, Humana Distaff, Jockey Club Gold... (ESPN -- Horse Racing)

    Meyers, Schatz battling for lead  Nov 5, 2009
    While becoming the first champion for the WCS, a 24-race series that ran in Hanford, Santa Maria and Bakersfield, Hamblin also is the first female sprint car driver to win a Kings points title. "This is big for California and the local community," Kings Speedway promoter Frank Dias said. (Fresno Bee)

    Governor may get to pick No. 2  Nov 2, 2009
    Abel Maldonado, a moderate Republican from Santa Maria who provided a crucial budget vote in February and who often advocates on the governor's behalf. Another possibility is Assemblyman Mike Villines of Clovis, who was replaced as Assembly Republican leader this spring after striking a tax-hike budget compromise with Schwarzenegger and Democrats. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    U-T Editorials  Nov 1, 2009
    The two firms — A.J. Diani Construction Co. of Santa Maria and Granite Construction Co. of Watsonville — billed San Diego $9. 4 million to truck away fire debris from 112 Rancho Bernardo home. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    California lawmakers rarely defy party lines, analysis finds  Nov 1, 2009
    Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria voted against his party 237 times this year. In exchange for election reform measures, he voted with Democrats on a February budget that included tax hikes. (Fresno Bee -- Local)

    Troopers seize 15 pounds of marijuana near Toppenish  Oct 30, 2009
    The men 21-year-old Fernando Mendoza of Santa Maria and 24-year-old Jose Rosales-Rodriguez of Visalia were charged Wednesday in Yakima County Superior Court with possessing marijuana with the intent to deliver. State troopers said they encountered an overwhelming smell of marijuana after pulling over a Toyota Camry on U.S. Highway 97 south of Toppenish on Saturday. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Firms that cleaned up wildfire debris probed  Oct 26, 2009
    A.J. Diani Construction Co. of Santa Maria and Watsonville-based Granite Construction Co. are the subjects of the criminal probe by the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a series of reports, the San Diego Union-Tribune found that Diani and Granite removed questionable quantities of debris, overcharged for materials, billed for work they didn't perform and provided receipts that didn't back up their charges. (Fresno Bee -- State)

    Moon-dirt diggers win $750,000 in prizes  Oct 20, 2009
    Diani Building Corp. of Santa Maria, Calif. and Empirical Systems Aerospace of Pismo Beach, Calif. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Toys for Tots program gets new leaders  Oct 6, 2009
    Advertisement After 15 years as the campaign coordinator for the Santa Maria Valley s Toys for Tots program, Anita Pomerantz is moving on ... As the program has grown, more community groups including all the high schools in Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Police Department, and local California Highway Patrol have become involved. (Santa Maria Times)

    People in Business  Oct 5, 2009
    The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers has chosen Maria Guadalupe Ferreira of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp. in Santa Maria to receive the Honorary Member Award. The award is given to people whose accomplishments and extraordinarily devoted efforts repeatedly demonstrate a sincere commitment to the society s goals, a spokesman for the organization said. (Santa Maria Times)

    Residents look to solar energy for savings  Oct 4, 2009
    Jim Riggens, an Air Force retiree and self-described environmentalist, helped bring the tour to Lompoc, and to five other sites in Santa Maria, as part of the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) national education and publicity campaign. Riggens is trying to get his neighbors to consider solar energy. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Generosity a busy undertaking for Santa Maria couple  Oct 4, 2009
    Luncheon, sponsored by the Santa Maria Times, Nov. 5 at the Santa Maria Country Club ... Part of a large local farming family who have called the Santa Maria Valley home for generations, Henri and Jeanie are not only partners in the multi-national growing and shipping enterprises of Bonipak and Betteravia Farms, they are also two of the busiest and most generous members of this community ... From the Salvation Army and the Santa Maria Valley YMCA to Marian Medical Center and Domestic Violence... (Santa Maria Times)

    Authorities continue to look into fatal accident  Oct 3, 2009
    Advertisement Law enforcement authorities continue to investigate the fatal collision that took the life of an elderly Santa Maria woman at Highway 135 and Lakeview Road on Thursday ... Brandon J. Norling, 17, of Santa Maria, was identified as the driver of the 1987 Ford Bronco II that allegedly ran through the red light at the intersection, while heading northbound on Highway 135 ... The California Highway Patrol, Santa Maria city police and Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Department each have... (Santa Maria Times)

    Manslaughter charged in cyclist’s death  Oct 3, 2009
    Advertisement A charge of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter has been filed against a 19-year-old driver who struck and killed a bicyclist in Santa Maria a little more than two months ago, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney s Office. The District Attorney s Office announced Friday that Katelin Edwards is scheduled for arraignment Oct. 22 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria. (Santa Maria Times)

    SM city attorney rejects ballot measure  Oct 1, 2009
    The City Attorney's Office in Santa Maria has rejected, on technical grounds, a petition for a ballot measure that would set salaries and benefits for Santa Maria Police Department employees based on an area average ... Dieter Dammeier, attorney for the Santa Maria Police Officers Association, turned in the petition Sept. 15 at the City Clerk's Office ... Normally I would be surprised, but in Santa Maria it is very typical for the city to play games and ignore the reality that is right in front... (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Fence proposed to keep cattle out of dunes  Sep 30, 2009
    The sand-covered road tilts up toward the beach, and a glance to the left reveals a favorite haunt of local cattle, where the mouth of the Santa Maria River is striped with green vegetation ... Cattle tend to cross over the Santa Maria River estuary when the water level is low, and unwittingly make their way into sensitive wetland and dune habitat. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Santa Maria’s City Attorney rejects ballot measure  Sep 30, 2009
    Santa Maria s City Attorney rejects ballot measure ... Santa Maria s City Attorney rejects ballot measure ... Advertisement The City Attorney s Office in Santa Maria has rejected, on technical grounds, a petition for a ballot measure that would set salaries and benefits for Santa Maria Police Department employees based on an area average. (Santa Maria Times)

    High school dropout rate carries price tag  Sep 25, 2009
    A new program in Santa Maria is already working on reducing the dropout rate. Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley is a coalition of area political and business leaders, family service agencies, faith-based organizations, educational leaders, youth, and parents who focus on serving children and families in Northern Santa Barbara County ... The organization is working with the Santa Maria Unified High School, Santa Maria-Bonita, Guadalupe and Orcutt school districts to prevent students from dropping... (Santa Maria Times)

    'Solar corridor' planned between SF and LA  Sep 24, 2009
    The companies said they plan to build at four locations along Highway 101 at Rabobank locations: Salinas, Atascadero, Santa Maria and Goleta. The SolarCity owned and operated corridor will be built in cooperation with electric vehicle manufacturer. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)

    Charging-station network built along 101  Sep 24, 2009
    The electric vehicle recharging stations - in Salinas, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria and Goleta - draw their power from the state's electrical grid. But one of them, at Rabobank's Santa Maria branch, connects to a photovoltaic solar power array, and the others may eventually get the same treatment. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Psychiatrist sentenced to probation  Sep 23, 2009
    However, he said previously that he started his Santa Maria psychiatry practice in 1987, and opened his Pismo Beach office about six years ago. A man who answered the phone Monday at Ritchie s Pismo Beach office said the Santa Maria office has since closed. (Santa Maria Times)

    Fall feels just like Summer  Sep 23, 2009
    Takeshi Kubota skateboards under sunny skies Tuesday at Fletcher Park in Santa Maria ... Stuart Seto, National Weather Service specialist, said Tuesday evening that although winds were not too bad in Santa Maria, and were stronger but still not very strong in the mountains, widespread low humidity made for dangerous fire conditions ... However, Santa Maria is only expected to be slightly above normal. (Santa Maria Times)

    Ballot initiative sought for police pay, benefits  Sep 22, 2009
    Proponents of a measure to set salaries and benefits for Santa Maria Police Department employees based on an area average have started seeking qualification for an initiative on the November 2010 ballot ... The Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition was filed by Santa Maria Police Officers Association attorney Dieter Dammeier with the City Clerk s Office on Sept. 15, according to City Manager Tim Ness ... The notice says with approval of the measure that Santa Maria will be able to retain and... (Santa Maria Times)

    Melvin Doyle Wood  Sep 20, 2009
    He switched between cowboy and engineer for several years before settling in Santa Maria, Calif ... He joined in Santa Maria, Calif. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)

    Local Industry News & Notes  Sep 19, 2009
    KKFX, Fox 11, is owned by Cowles California Media, with Central Coast News offices in Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Salinas, Monterey and Santa Cruz. Gather Wine Bar to feature AG wineries. (Santa Maria Times)

    County kids ‘Punt, Pass and Kick’  Sep 18, 2009
    Advertisement Footballs were flying at Hagerman Sports Complex on Thursday as boys and girls from throughout the Santa Maria Valley gathered for the annual NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. Michael McCoy, last year s 8- to 9-year-olds national champion, is shown throwing a pass measuring 75 feet, 6 inches, as his dad and little brother watch. (Santa Maria Times)

    21st-Century meter reading  Sep 17, 2009
    Using a reading book and a reading wand, Martin Burgos, a city water meter reader, checks water usage in a residential area in northwest Santa Maria ... Advertisement The days of time-consuming water meter reading by foot are numbered in the city of Santa Maria ... Shannon Sweeney, Santa Maria s water resources manager, said installation of a base station to receive the data from the transmitters could come as soon as mid-October, with installation of the first batch of transmitters soon after. (Santa Maria Times)

    Local schools show progress  Sep 16, 2009
    Students at Arroyo Grande, Cabrillo, and Santa Maria High Schools showed significant growth in the state s Academic Performance Index (API), a measurement in which most area schools showed progress ... Santa Maria showed a 16-point increase over last year, which more than doubled its growth target ... And those increases are something districts, including our own, will struggle to make, said Maggie White, public information officer for Santa Maria-Bonita School District. (Santa Maria Times)

    Guilty verdict in fatal DUI  Sep 16, 2009
    A jury in Superior Court in Santa Maria reached the verdicts late Tuesday morning in the case of Ashley Johnigan, 24, who lived in Santa Barbara at the time of the May 1, 2008, crash that claimed the life of Laura Cleaves, a longtime senior investigator with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney s Office. Advertisement. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Business Briefs  Sep 15, 2009
    The Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business is hosting the event that will start with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria Fairpark at Thornburg Street and Stowell Road ... Tickets are available at in the events section or by sending a check to COLAB, P.O. Box 7523, Santa Maria, CA 93456 ... The Central Coast Solar Tour and the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society are joining forces to introduce Lompoc and Santa Maria area residents to solar... (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Local briefs: Sunbirds win soccer match in overtime  Sep 12, 2009
    West Hills-Lemoore handed Chabot its first loss, 4-1, to open the Allan Hancock Tournament in Santa Maria. The Golden Eagles improved to 2-1. (Fresno Bee)

    Around the Lompoc Valley  Sep 12, 2009
    The 10th Annual California Blind Golf Classic, hosted by the NoonTimer Lions Club of Santa Maria, will be held at the Village Country Club from Saturday, Sept. 19 through Monday, Sept. 21. Advertisement. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Closing arguments held in DUI murder trial  Sep 11, 2009
    Michael Keller, a deputy attorney general, and Robert Sanger, defendant Ashley Johnigan s attorney, gave their closing arguments Thursday before the jury in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge James Rigali in Santa Maria. Rigali is expected to give jurors instructions this morning regarding their deliberation of the evidence before the case is handed off to them to decide. (Santa Maria Times)

    Offshore drilling backers promote project  Sep 7, 2009
    On a recent afternoon PXP personnel ushered a handful of the journalists into a helicopter for the 12-minute journey from the Santa Maria Public Airport to Platform Irene, located in federal waters about five miles off the coast of Vandenberg Air Force Base. Irene continues to be a flash point for the debate over the future of oil drilling off California s coast. (Santa Maria Times)

    SM updating Housing Element  Sep 7, 2009
    The process to revise Santa Maria s template for housing growth is under way ... To meet a state mandate known as the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), Santa Maria is on the hook for 3,200 new units by 2014 ... In a Sept. 2 letter to Smith, Joan Leon of the Santa Maria Community Coalition and other local groups, wrote the current document is repetitious and not in step with city policies. (Santa Maria Times)

    COS beats Eagles on Botills TD  Sep 6, 2009
    The Tigers open their home season Saturday agains Allen Hancock (Santa Maria). Game time is 6 p.m. at Reedley High School. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Area schools above state average on passing Exit Exam  Sep 6, 2009
    All but two local high schools, Santa Maria and Pioneer Valley, came in above that mark ... Of the 664 students at Santa Maria High who took the exam, 246 are categorized as English learners ... Although Santa Maria High School s 62 percent on the language arts portion of the exam is the lowest of any local high school and below state average, it marks a 5-percent improvement from 2008 s sophomore class. (Santa Maria Times)

    La Brea blaze could cause runoff, floods  Sep 6, 2009
    While mop-up and rehabilitation continue on the giant La Brea Fire in the national forest east of Santa Maria, local officials are casting a worried eye toward the now-parched Santa Maria River ... The tens of thousands of acres of Los Padres National Forest watershed denuded by the 89,489-acre blaze could produce heavy water flows into the Santa Maria River ... It also could put strain on the waterway s substandard levee, which protects the cities of Santa Maria and Guadalupe and thousands of... (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Obama 'green jobs' adviser quits amid controversy  Sep 6, 2009
    john Q public wrote on Sep 5, 2009 11:46 PM:" sorry to see this moron go-he exposes Obama and the democrats for what they are: race baiting, revolution loving idiots. Msgainca probably loves this guy! He is divisive, racist and controversial. I bet the DNC will give him a job stirring up unrest in the black community. Maybe Sister Janet should bring him to Santa Maria so he can work for social justice, I heard Obama met him when they were both selling crack in chicago. ". MORE NATIONAL NEWS. (Santa Maria Times)

    Question: Who is Jeff Kirby?  Sep 5, 2009
    I wasn t really nervous, said Kirby, who was prodded into testing for the show by a colleague when the show s Brain Bus visited Santa Maria late last year. It is kind of mind blowing. (Santa Maria Times)

    Beefed-up patrols planned for big holiday weekend  Sep 4, 2009
    For example, the local offices of the California Highway Patrol Santa Maria, Buellton, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara plan to have all available officers on the roads ... CHP Lt. Matt Olson, commander of the Santa Maria office, said officers will focus on three things speeding, seat belts and drunken driving ... No additional patrols are planned for this weekend in Santa Maria, according to the head of the police department s traffic operations. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Coast plays host to top tennis talent  Sep 4, 2009
    Nearly 3,000 miles away from New York City and the U.S. Open, starting Saturday, Santa Maria will host a tennis tournament of its own. Running through Monday, the 31st Santa Maria Comcast Open, hosted by the Santa Maria Country Club, pits the top tennis talent from the Central Coast against international players with world class credentials ... The nice thing about the tournament is that it brings world class tennis to Santa Maria, tournament co-director Darien Wright said. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Local law enforcement honored  Sep 3, 2009
    District Attorney Investigator Jennifer Glimp, left, Senior Deputy Probation Officer Kelly Santiago, center, and Records Dispatch Clerk Rosanne Tesoro pose for photo after they were honored at the Elks Law Enforcement Night in Santa Maria ... Santiago, who is assigned to the North County counseling and education center, was one of seven members of the local law-enforcement community honored Wednesday night at the 38th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Night held at the Santa Maria Elks Lodge... (Santa Maria Times)

    Highway Patrol recommending charges in fatal bike accident  Sep 3, 2009
    The California Highway Patrol has recommended that the 19-year-old driver who struck and killed a bicyclist on a rural road east of Santa Maria in July be prosecuted on a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence ... This is one of those tragic situations where there was inattention to the road for an instant, said Lt. Matt Olson, commander of the Santa Maria area CHP. We may never know precisely what she was doing. (Santa Maria Times)

    Whitman stumps for votes in Santa Maria  Sep 2, 2009
    Meg Whitman talks to a group of Republican supporters at the Santa Maria Inn on Tuesday about her decision to run for Governor of California ... Whitman visited Santa Maria Tuesday to try to rally the Republican troops to her side in the 2010 gubernatorial election. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    La Brea Fire camp closed, crews redeployed  Sep 1, 2009
    With the La Brea Fire contained and resources needed at big wildfires burning across the state, the fire camp in Santa Maria which once served more than 2,000 firefighters has been shut down, and firefighters are being redeployed ... Jeff Jones, deputy chief for the Santa Maria Fire Department, said resources at the camp, such as trailers, were being released ... The Santa Maria Fire Department, along with other area fire agencies, has sent personnel and fire engines to fight blazes elsewhere. (Santa Maria Times)

    Chris Nicoll promoted to Triple A  Sep 1, 2009
    A catcher at Hancock for two years, he also played for the Santa Maria Valley Packers in their first season. He played just five games for the Yankees Gulf Coast League Rookie team, batting. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Greenberg Traurig Expands its Los Angeles Office With the Addition of White Collar Litigation Shareholder, Jan Handzlik  Sep 1, 2009
    In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome and TA Lawyers GKJ in Tokyo. The firm was Chambers and Partners' 2007 USA Law Firm of the Year and among the Top Three in the 2009 awards given by The Lawyer to the International Law Firm of the Year. (PR Newswire)

    Classic cars, fans fill Solvang  Aug 31, 2009
    A new element of the show this year occurred Friday night, when Stokes organized a cruise, sending an informal parade of the classic cars from Buellton to Santa Maria and back ... The cruise traveled up Highway 101 to JR s Drive-In at 603 E. Main St. in Santa Maria, where music was provided by a DJ and the restaurant gave food discounts to registered car show participants. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Council to hear report on state budget impact  Aug 31, 2009
    Advertisement An update on the state budget impact on the city s finances is the only regular business item on Tuesday s Santa Maria City Council agenda ... 5 million dollar property tax take and a 460,000 redevelopment fund hit for Santa Maria ... A viable option for Santa Maria is a state-financed Proposition 1A securitization program, Haydon wrote in his council report. (Santa Maria Times)

    Turner memorial Saturday at Kings  Aug 28, 2009
    David Addamo of Santa Maria has a slim lead over Laton's Jimmy Reeves. Hanford's Glen Olsen is just 37 points out of first place. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Warrant: Jackson Family Spoke of Drugs  Aug 28, 2009
    Michael Jackson waves as he leaves court, Monday, June 13, 2005, in Santa Maria, Calif. (AP). (CBS News)

    Continue reading  Aug 27, 2009
    "To go that far as a little town and to beat the giants like Santa Maria [at state] and Arizona [at regional], was great for the kids, and I know we could have probably done better, but I am definitely not ashamed with how we did.". The team finished the season with a 25-3 overall record, including undefeated records in league and district competition. (Selma Enterprise, CA)

    Traffic to be limited at VAFB main gate  Aug 25, 2009
    Out-bound traffic through the Main Gate, also called the Santa Maria Gate, will not be allowed during those two hours, the advisory said. After 8 a.m., one lane will be used for in-bound traffic and one lane for out-bound traffic. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    OVER 12 YEARS ON JOB: City’s top firefighter to retire  Aug 24, 2009
    Santa Maria Fire Department Chief Frank Ortiz, outside the Santa Maria Fire Station on West Cook Street, is retiring after more than 12 years as the city s fire chief ... Advertisement After more than 12 years as Santa Maria s top firefighter, Chief Frank Ortiz is hanging up his fireman s helmet ... Since taking over the job in 1997, the Santa Maria Fire Department has been completely modernized with state-of-the-art fire engines and other apparatus, top-notch facilities and first-class... (Santa Maria Times)

    Kirby grabs Late Model win after leaders tangle late in the race  Aug 24, 2009
    Advertisement Super Late Model Stocks and Factory Stocks were on track Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway ... Point leader Dale Sylvester, of Arroyo Grande, was the runner-up, followed by Bakersfield s Jeremiah VanScoy, Santa Maria s Doug Jeffers, and Corona s Mike Malcolm. (Santa Maria Times)

    Local residents start work as CHP officers  Aug 24, 2009
    Benjamin Smith of Santa Maria has been placed at the CHP s Santa Barbara Area office, and AJ Bolding of Grover Beach has been placed at the Baldwin Park Area office, according to the CHP.. Smith is a 2006 graduate of Santa Maria High School. (Santa Maria Times)

    8 people escape injury in plane’s crash-landing on 101  Aug 24, 2009
    A Santa Maria woman was one of eight people who escaped injury this morning when a small plane collided with three vehicles as it made an emergency landing on Highway 101 in Goleta ... Martha Sauceda, 55, of Santa Maria was a passenger in a Volkswagen Golf driven by her daughter, Marlene Tutogi, 33, of Oxnard, which also carried Tutogi s daughter in a child safety seat, Richards said. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    People in Business  Aug 22, 2009
    Santa Maria Valley family nurse practitioner Beth Soderberg will join Central Coast UrgentCare s medical professional team Monday, Aug. 31. Soderberg has more than. (Santa Maria Times)

    Woman leads fight to extinguish La Brea Fire  Aug 21, 2009
    Jeanne Pincha-Tulley, incident commander for the La Brea Fire, talks about assignments and goals during an evening briefing Wednesday at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Events Center fire camp ... Within 24 hours of the fire s inception, Pincha-Tulley s California Interagency Incident Management Team Three approximately 50 people had settled in at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Events Center and created a city within a city to support the thousands of fire personnel that poured into town. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Charges filed in Tulare County homicide  Aug 21, 2009
    A 52-year-old Santa Maria man has been convicted in Tulare County of molesting three girls while he lived in the Porterville area. A jury June 18 found Keven Grisham guilty of 21 felonies, including 10 counts of forcible child molestation, four counts of child molestation and two counts of forcible rape, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said Friday. (Fresno Bee)

    Wheels, Windmills spin into Solvang  Aug 20, 2009
    The drivers, including Solvang s Don Edwards and Santa Maria s John Miller, will display either original or restored vintage boats that were part of a quarter-mile racing culture that has largely faded from the public s mind. In addition, they ll be signing copies of a new book called Drag Boats of the 1960s Photo Archive, compiled by Edwards and another retired racer, Barry McCown, both of whom were record-holders during their racing days. (Santa Maria Times)

    Organizers of big show plan to add ‘cruise’ this year  Aug 20, 2009
    Advertisement The annual Wheels and Windmills car show in Solvang will be adding a Friday night cruise this year, as the array of vintage and classic autos will parade all the way to Santa Maria and back. We have around 90 cars signed up to drive to Santa Maria, and it should be a great display of the assortment of classic vehicles there are in this show ... It will travel up Highway 101 to JR s Drive-In at 603 E. Main St. in Santa Maria, where music will be provided by a DJ and the restaurant... (Santa Maria Times)

    American Principle Bank Announces Appointment of John M. Spencer to its Board of Directors  Aug 20, 2009
    He later went on to open his first grocery store in Santa Maria in 1996. He now has five grocery stores spanning from Santa Maria to Atascadero ... He is also a member of the Chambers of Commerce for Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay, Atascadero, and Grover Beach. (PR Newswire)

    STAR results show improved scores from AG to Lompoc  Aug 19, 2009
    Test scores are not the end-all, be-all measure of progress, said Maggie White, spokeswoman for the Santa Maria-Bonita School District ... Santa Maria-Bonita School District students showed significant improvement in both language arts ... Santa Maria Joint Union High School District showed a. (Santa Maria Times)

    State orders closures to save money  Aug 17, 2009
    Active cases are filed in racks in the Civil Court office in Santa Maria. California s budget problems will result in occasional closures of the courts in Santa Maria ... Presiding Judge Arthur Garcia, who hears civil cases in Santa Maria, said the courts went through similar circumstances in 2003 and 2004 due to furloughs, and you just make adjustments. (Santa Maria Times)

    Technology assisting Marian construction crew  Aug 16, 2009
    3-D imaging is speeding up construction and saving valuable time and precious money in the construction of Santa Maria s new Marian Medical Center hospital. State-of-the-art software allows a virtual 360-degree view of ducts, conduits, pipes and all other fittings inside the walls and ceilings of what will be a California Mission-style, 216,000-square-foot, four-story facility. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Working in the 3rd Dimension helps build facility  Aug 16, 2009
    Sr. MEP Superintendent of Kitchell Contractors Eric T. Stanley explains the high tech 3-D imaging system that is being used to construct the new Marian Hospital on Friday in Santa Maria ... Advertisement 3-D imaging is speeding up construction and saving valuable time and precious money in the construction of Santa Maria s new Marian Medical Center hospital. (Santa Maria Times)

    Fire commanders express optimism  Aug 16, 2009
    Aircraft timekeepers record the amount of fire retardant being used as planes land at the Central Coast Jet Center for refills Saturday at the Santa Maria Airport ... The blaze that began just before 3 p.m. Aug. 8 in the national forest east of the Santa Maria has charred 84,150 acres as of Saturday night ... The money raised would be dropped off at the firefighters camp at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Event Center, Sweet said. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    California construction under way  Aug 15, 2009
    The 30th Civil Engineer Squadron is overseeing the project to repair a segment of California Boulevard just inside the Main Gate (also called the Santa Maria Gate) of Vandenberg Air Force Base ... The 30th Civil Engineer Squadron will repair the segment of California Boulevard stretching from the Santa Maria Gate (also called the Main Gate) to Utah Avenue. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Wildfires spread as California declares emergency  Aug 15, 2009
    The La Brea Fire burns in the hills above Tepusquet Canyon Road East of Santa Maria, Calif. on Thursday Aug. 13, 2009. (Albany Times Union)

    Construction on California  Aug 15, 2009
    The 30th Civil Engineer Squadron will repair the segment of California Boulevard stretching from the Santa Maria Gate (also called the Main Gate) to Utah Avenue. Even with the construction, two of the road s three lanes will remain open at all times, officials said. (Santa Maria Times)

    Tepusquet Canyon residents flee homes  Aug 14, 2009
    A California Highway Patrol officer checks identifications Thursday on Santa Maria Mesa Road as residents flocked to Tepusquet Canyon to gather their belongings for evacuation from the La Brea Fire ... About 99 percent of the residents in Tepusquet and two other rural canyons east of Santa Maria fled their homes once the word spread that the fire had penetrated Bear Canyon, according to Jennifer Beyer, Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue incident commander ... The mandatory evacuation order... (Santa Maria Times)

    Chamber honors community pillars  Aug 13, 2009
    From left, Dorothy Smith, Citizen of the Year Mark Smith, Robert F. Grogan Award for Public Service honoree Alex Posada, and Business of the Year honorees Mary and Randy Wise of Straw Hat Pizza socialize during the Santa Maria Chamber of Commerce installation and awards dinner in Santa Maria ... Advertisement The Santa Maria Valley s most giving resident, its top business and its most outstanding public servant were recognized Wednesday night during the 90th annual installation and awards dinner... (Santa Maria Times)

    Man accused of decapitating horse will go to trial  Aug 13, 2009
    Police in Santa Maria say they have found the partially decapitated body of a 69-year-old man on a sidewalk. Santa Maria Police Lt. Dan Ast says authorities were responding to a possible hit-and-run Saturday morning when officers "realized it was actually a homicide instead.". (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Fires fit these businesses to a T  Aug 13, 2009
    It s basically a souvenir for firefighters, although we ll sell to anyone, said Mike Hogland of Fresno, who arrived in Santa Maria Wednesday, and set up a tent in front of the Polished Pet grooming and kennel business near the fire camp at the Elks/Unocal Events Center for the La Brea Fire ... T-shirts, have been in Santa Maria since Sunday, less than a day after the blaze broke out. (Santa Maria Times)

    Work at Marian’s new facility progresses  Aug 13, 2009
    With its steel skeleton in place, the floors of what will be the new Marian Medical Center hospital in Santa Maria are now taking shape ... Contractors for mechanical, Lawson Mechanical Contractors of Sacramento; electrical, Thoma Electric of San Luis Obispo; and plumbing, Smith Electric Service of Santa Maria; have been working on installing infrastructure on the fourth floor before cement is poured there. (Santa Maria Times)

    Weather aids fight against wildfire  Aug 12, 2009
    Members of the California Conservation Corps from San Luis Obispo walk in line through the fire camp Tuesday at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Events Center grounds. The La Brea Fire continues to burn in the wilderness east of Santa Maria ... Firefighters were given a mild break Tuesday on the west and south flanks of the big La Brea Fire burning east of Santa Maria, but flames continued to spill east over the Sierra Madre Ridge and race north toward Highway 166, threatening numerous ranches. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Sportswire — High School Rodeo Association membership meeting  Aug 12, 2009
    The 8th Annual Joe White Memorial Dinner and Auction will be held on Saturday, Aug. 29 in the Plaza Pavilion of the Santa Maria Fair Park beginning at 5:30 p.m.. Proceeds benefit Alan Hancock College Athletic Department capital improvements. (Santa Maria Times)

    2 Wildfires Prompt Evacuations in California  Aug 12, 2009
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    theswiss team  Aug 11, 2009
    Hard sheep milk cheese Alimentias EMC, El Puerto De Santa Maria, Spain, Team Atalanta; ILBESA, Benavente, Spain, Ilbesa Cheese Production Team; Sociedade Agro-Pecuaria de Vale, Ponte de Santiago, Portugal, Queijos Sao Giao. Hard, mixed-milk cheese Willamette Valley Cheese, Salem, Ore. (Agri-View, WI)

    Wildfire chews through remote area  Aug 9, 2009
    (08-08) 20:52 PDT Santa Maria, Calif ... The county fire department says the blaze is burning in a remote area in the San Rafael Wilderness about 25 miles east of Santa Maria off Highway 166. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)

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    Special occasions mark fading summer  Aug 8, 2009
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