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Santa Maria's 'Concerts in the Park' series includes local bands ...
WEBJun 25, 2014 · PARK YOURSELF: Concerts in the Park is a free concert series featuring live music through August, including a live concert by Teddy Spanke and the Tex Pistols on June 29 at Los Flores Ranch Park, Unfinished Business on July 6 at Rotary Centennial Park, Steppin’ Out July 13 at Rotary Centennial Park, The Tejano Nights Band on July 20 at Rotary Centennial Park, Body Mind and Soul on July 27 at ...
Good Samaritan Shelter advocates for grant funding from Santa …
WEBApr 5, 2023 · Barnard requested $20,000 for Good Sam’s emergency and family shelters and $20,000 for the Santa Maria Warming Shelter from the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)—a federal program that provides local governments with funds for local organizations to address needs community-wide …
Toxic Canyon: A quarter-century later, Casmalia is still waiting for ...
WEBApr 21, 2015 · It’s 3:30 p.m., and in one hour the Hitching Post begins serving its “world famous” barbecue. That familiar, drifting smell of burning red oak sweetens the breeze.
Good Samaritan Shelter receives the Housing Authority of the City …
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · Starting as a temporary evening shelter for the homeless in Santa Maria churches in 1987, Good Samaritan has since expanded in to multiple shelter programs, sobering centers, detox centers, mental health services, and more throughout Santa Barbara County. “It’s really exciting; we’ve had to grow at a quick pace but it’s exciting to have new projects for individuals experiencing ...
The local League of Women Voters is looking for more members …
WEBFeb 22, 2024 · Virginia Perry Souza joined the league to better educate herself on elections and items on the ballot. “I sat there as ignorant as a post and let everyone do the work, and therefore I didn’t learn or do anything, but now what I’m doing is important,” Souza told the Sun.. “When I retired and my husband passed, I had all the time, and boy oh boy am I learning a lot even in my advanced ...
County Behavioral Wellness could implement mental health care …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Santa Barbara County will need to fund three new positions in the public guardian’s office, consolidate office space, and eventually purchase more mental health beds to come in compliance with a new state mental health law. “Some of our precious discretionary revenue will be going to this, as it is a mandate,” County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato told the Board of Supervisors during ...
The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District will go into the …
WEBNov 20, 2019 · Decades ago, Antonio Garcia was just a Los Angeles kid, picking up English as he went along. Now he’s poised to become the top educator in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District.
Santa Ynez high school district names full-time principal ...
WEBApr 25, 2024 · “I’m just really excited to join an already established team, an already very well-run school district,” Sheehan told the Sun.. “I know for a while my mission is to just listen and learn while I lead, … just hearing from everybody that’s there, what’s currently working, what they’d like to see changed, and keeping it …
Marian Regional receives new mammogram technologies to …
WEBOct 5, 2022 · Thanks to an anonymous donor, Marian Regional Medical Center recently acquired new mammogram technologies to detect breast cancer at earlier stages.