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Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society bites back

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

On June 19, former volunteers of the Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society held a protest rally in Buellton to voice their concerns with shelter staff, the shelter’s euthanization…

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Close, but no cigar

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

In the June 22 primary for the 15th District California Senate seat, San Luis Obispo Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee garnered the most votes in the district—which spans SLO, …

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Report: Pesticide drift recorded in Sisquoc exceeds regulatory standards

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

On June 22, Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) released results of an air-monitoring study performed by Sisquoc residents documenting high levels of pesticide dri…

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Search for missing firefighter suspended

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

After five days of scouring the Santa Barbara County coastline, authorities have suspended the search for missing Vandenberg Air Force Base firefighter Sean Fleming.
“O…

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Less is more – Enjoy these small wonders from near and far

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

Each year, the Santa Maria Sun joins New Times in staging the celebration of brevity that is 55 Fiction. The papers’ founder, Steve Moss, invented the pointedly devilish cont…

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Community Notebook 07.01

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

TUESDAY, JULY 6
• The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa B…

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Hobnobbing with Helen

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

Wow! I have never seen as many wine and beer vendors at one fundraiser as I did on Saturday afternoon, June 19,
at St. Joseph’s seventh annual Knights, Wines, and Roses…

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Local hospital talent offers ease of mind

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

With the recent addition of a new doctor for an Intensive Center and Critical Care Unit, and a nurse who has passed the Certified Breast Care Nurse examination, Central Coast…

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Not quite ‘safe and sane’ – Despite efforts by the city, illegal fireworks are still a 4th of July fixture in Santa Maria

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

“John” leans toward the tube with a lighter. Flick, flick, flick. Nothing.
“This is why we use punks,” he mutters under his breath.
After the sixth or seventh try,…

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Heroes in the sky – Nonprofit trauma company CALSTAR treats the Central Coast’s most vulnerable patients

Santa Maria Sun News @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off

06/29/2010:

Believe it or not: There are flying ambulances on the Central Coast.
For the past eight years, California Shock/Trauma Air Rescue (CALSTAR) has been operating an air am…

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