Facing Hunger: Feeding America May 2, 2008
KCOY CBS 12/Santa Maria, CA 1211 W. McCoy Lane Santa Maria, CA Hours: Monday - Friday (April 21- May21), 8am to 5pm **canned goods are also being collected in any of the yellow KCOY Spring Food Drive barrels up the Central Coast. WBAK/Bakersfield We are collecting goods in our lobby through May 10th for the local food bank. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Titans end special season with PAC-7 title May 2, 2008
Morro Bay was followed by Santa Ynez (402), St. Joseph (420), Cabrillo (434), Templeton (441), Lompoc (458) and Santa Maria (491) ... The final league standings were St. Joseph in first, followed in decending order by Santa Ynez, Morro Bay, Cabrillo, Templeton, Lompoc and Santa Maria. (Santa Maria Times)
Knights race to the title May 2, 2008
Santa Maria hosted the meet that was at Santa Ynez on a warm and blustery day. Santa Maria's football stadium is undergoing renovation. (Santa Maria Times)
Short-handed Titans pull out PAC-7 victory Apr 18, 2008
LPL Santa Maria Golf Tournament. Santa Ynez continued its strong push for the LPL golf title with a first-place finish at the Los Padres League Santa Maria Tournament at Rancho Maria Golf Course on Thursday ... Santa Maria (517) rounded out the scoring teams, led by Jacob Castillo's 94. (Santa Maria Times)
Check out Parker's 'Panama Fever' Apr 17, 2008
At the end of 1509 a settlement was established, Santa Maria de la Antigua del Dari ... He at last returned, heavily laden with pearls and gold, to Santa Maria and a hero's welcome. (USA Today -- Life)
Carrillo mows down the opposition Apr 15, 2008
Updated Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Weather Sponsored By. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Hidden camera found at cemetery Apr 15, 2008
Advertisement The mystery of a surveillance camera found hidden in the bushes at Santa Maria Cemetery has been resolved ... When the discovery was announced, board member Lori Macagni told the two other trustees that the Santa Maria Police Department had placed the camera after she complained about possible vandalism at the Angel of Hope statue in the cemetery ... She said she reported the damage to her husband, Santa Maria Police Chief Danny Macagni. (Santa Maria Times)
ROUNDTABLE - Carrillo, Barajas do their best in action Apr 15, 2008
ROUNDTABLE Carrillo, Barajas do their best in action. Weather Sponsored By. (Santa Maria Times)
SPORTSWIRE - Nipomo edges RHS in tight PAC-7 duel Apr 15, 2008
The next LPL tournament will be on Thursday at Rancho Maria with Santa Maria serving as the host. Women's Tennis. (Santa Maria Times)
Fire and Rain: Nature reshaping the forest Apr 13, 2008
Kyle Robb, part of California Conservation Corps Crew 9 from Santa Maria, saws up a fallen tree ... The heat of the day baked down last week as the 20-year-old Santa Marian and fellow members of his California Conservation Corps team labored to restore trails and repair damage caused by last summer's giant Zaca Fire, which charred nearly a quarter-million acres of rugged and remote land ... They had feared that repeated heavy downpours could devastate the natural environment and cause disastrous... (Santa Maria Times)
Righetti girls, PV boys find win column on track Apr 11, 2008
Morro Bay finished with a 434 to finish in fourth, followed by Cabrillo (473), Lompoc (484) and Santa Maria (517). Perry Naughton had the lowest score for Cabrillo with an 84 and Brent Van Dyke shot an 86 to lead Lompoc. (Santa Maria Times)
That's amari: Italy's traditional bitter liqueurs find new life with American consumers Apr 5, 2008
Amaro Santa Maria al Monte ($38) This shows an engaging herbal complexity that recalls fresh basil and spearmint. Its strength and power are similar to Fernet-Branca, while the vibrant finish feels spicy and rich. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Aztecs Golden at Cabrillo Mar 27, 2008
Earlier in the day Palm Desert beat Dos Pueblos 5-4 at Elks Field in Santa Maria ... Cabrillo will play today at 4 p.m. at Righetti High against Santa Maria ... In other tournament action, Santa Maria defeated Pioneer Valley 6-5, Royal beat De La Salle 9-1, Moorpark got by Antioch 6-5. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Swiss Gruyere Named World Champion Cheese’ Mar 21, 2008
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)
4 Killed in Calif. Workplace Shooting Mar 19, 2008
The victims were shot at close range Tuesday, Police Chief Danny Macagni told the Santa Maria Times ... Santa Maria is a city of 92,000 people 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles, in northwestern Santa Barbara County. (Rocky Mountain News)
Warrecker's Dons roll over Warriors Mar 7, 2008
The Santa Maria High School graduate of 1956 doesn't mind coming up for a group of games a chance to catch-up with friends, former teammates and coaches ... Warrecker, himself, chose to attend UC Santa Barbara in the late-1950s, following his experience with the Santa Maria Saints ... At the time, the Saints were the only Santa Maria-based high school. (Santa Maria Times)
Dons deliver on course Mar 6, 2008
St. Joseph High School's Colin Crist watches his shot on the 4th hole during Wednesday's non-league golf match at the Santa Maria Country Club ... His team had just lost a three-way match to solid-shooting teams from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo at the Santa Maria Country Club. (Santa Maria Times)
Reflecting on the past, facing the future Mar 2, 2008
Morgan visits Grant at her home in the Country Oaks Care facility in Santa Maria about once a week to play the Native American flute for the woman who spent the better part of two decades on a North Dakota reservation ... Wrapped in a blanket, lounging in her bed, Grant's frail and ailing body remains in Santa Maria, but her mind is carried away to somewhere else by Morgan's notes ... She was diagnosed with cancer about four years ago after suffering and then recovering from a stroke on her... (Santa Maria Times)
County Lines for February 27, 2008 Feb 27, 2008
Advertisement Santa Maria. Wrong place, wrong time for alleged thief. (Santa Maria Times)
120-unit condominium inn, racquet club plan OK'd in Buellton Feb 16, 2008
Jake Kalkowski, a SYVUHS water polo coach, said the lack of an all-deep pool at the school has caused home playoff games to be played in Lompoc or Santa Maria. Pope has promised access would be free to the high school teams for meets and matches. (Santa Maria Times)
Canadian ‘snowbirds' enjoy Lompoc winters Feb 7, 2008
The vacationers then need only pay for meals and choose a golf course: La Purisima, Village Country Club, Solvang's Alisal, or Rancho Maria in Santa Maria. This package advertised in Canada 15 years ago touched off the annual migration. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Livingston out; Magnolia, Magnolia West in Feb 2, 2008
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How, where to get away like a star Jan 30, 2008
Bring it back: In Florence, find hand-finished leather gloves from the family-run Madova shop; soaps from the historic Santa Maria Novella pharmacy; a bottle of Mangiacane wine (the property produces Merlot and Chianti). Book it: steinhotels. (CNN -- Travel)
Women Lose in Mexico Indian Rights Gain Jan 28, 2008
SANTA MARIA QUIEGOLANI, Mexico (AP) -- Women in this Indian village high in the pine-clad mountains of Oaxaca rise each morning at 4 a.m. to gather firewood, grind corn, prepare the day's food, care for the children and clean the house. But they aren't allowed to vote in local elections, because - the men say - they don't do enough work. (Rocky Mountain News)
Rain continues to soak Central Coast Jan 25, 2008
10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Santa Maria, obliterating the Jan. 23 record of ... 58 of an inch at the Santa Maria Airport, bringing the total for January to 5. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Rain continues to soak coast; wind forecast causing concern Jan 25, 2008
Santa Maria, already battered by two rainstorms, including a record-setter, may not have seen the end of the wet spell that seems more like the Pacific Northwest than California's Central Coast ... Santa Maria's flood control measures still appeared to be working as planned Thursday, said David Whitehead, public works director and city engineer ... 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Santa Maria, obliterating the Jan. 23 record of. (Santa Maria Times)
Alamo Lake State Park Jan 19, 2008
But my map shows that two rivers, the Santa Maria and the Big Sandy, meet to form the Bill Williams River. The town of Alamo once stood there, and in 1968, the Army Corps of Engineers finished building a dam on the river and buried the little town to create Alamo Lake. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Rain takes break Saturday but returns today Jan 6, 2008
For instance, the National Weather Service reported that Santa Maria has received 3 ... Among those were 1,500 in Santa Maria ... Water began flowing in the Santa Maria River early Saturday morning, proving that years of planning and preparation to avoid flooding paid off, officials said. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Central Coast storm lives up to billing Jan 5, 2008
Any rain today will be showery type stuff nothing like Friday's deluge, said Kenneth Clark with AccuWeather, which supplies forecasts to the Santa Maria Times ... At about the same time, the Santa Maria Public Airport recorded ... Though the first rainstorm, predicted to hit Thursday night, broke up before reaching Santa Maria, Clark forecast a storm total of two to five inches of rain along the coast, with higher mountain slopes getting twice that amount. (Santa Maria Times)
Residents encouraged to prepare Jan 4, 2008
Preparation included scooping sand from the Santa Maria River bed and piling it near Suey Crossing to make it available free to anyone who needed it for sand bags ... All told, Santa Maria could receive 2 to 5 inches of rain by the end of the storms, and those forecasts are still on track,'' said Weather Service meteorologist Stuart Seto Thursday afternoon ... The county's Public Works department is offering free sand and sandbags to county residents at 912 W. Foster Road in Santa Maria, he... (Santa Maria Times)
Follow the Reader 2007: The rest of the world, from Bali to Scottish Highlands Dec 31, 2007
Six of us had the pleasure recently of staying at the Borgo Santa Maria in Monteleone d'Orvieto, in Italy's Umbria region ... Contact: Danielle Dal Savio, Borgo Santa Maria, Monteleone d'Orvieto (loc ... Santa Maria) TR, Italy. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Storm drops record rainfall on Central Coast Dec 20, 2007
32 inches that fell Tuesday in Santa Maria set a record for the date, according to the National Weather Service ... People were being a lot more careful, said Gus Lopez, public information officer for the Santa Maria office of the CHP. There was nothing serious at all ... It won't be much, he said, predicting Santa Maria could get one-tenth to one-third of an inch and one-third of an inch is pushing it. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Storm drops record rainfall Dec 20, 2007
Santa Maria resident Pat Macken rides his bike through the puddles left from Tuesday's storm in Waller Park Wednesday ... 65 inches of rain to Santa Maria and more on nearby mountains ... People were being a lot more careful, said Gus Lopez, public information officer for the Santa Maria office of the CHP. There was nothing serious at all. (Santa Maria Times)
Winter Sports Roundup — 12/14/07 Dec 15, 2007
3:30 p.m., Wasco vs. San Fernando, Antelope Valley vs. Frontier, Selma vs. Shafter, Monache vs. Santa Maria. 5 p.m., McLane vs. Liberty JV. 6:30 p.m., Santa Maria vs. Selma. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
County Lines for November 20, 2007 Nov 20, 2007
A Santa Maria man was arrested Monday after a struggle with police, and booked into Santa Barbara County jail on suspicion of grand theft, assault on a police officer, giving a false name and parole violation, police said ... A 12-year-old Santa Maria girl reported missing Sunday by her parents was found at 3 p.m. Monday by her mother. (Santa Maria Times)
Theater review: ‘Sound of Music’ resounds Nov 16, 2007
After seeing the The Sound of Music at my first PCPA Theaterfest production in Santa Maria, I now understand what all the hype was about. The story of the Von Trapp family, which consists of seven children and their widower father (played by Andrew Philpot), is endearing. (Santa Maria Times)
County crews fight fire with fire in SoCal blazes Nov 12, 2007
My job was to lead a strike team consisting of 20 firefighters and five fire engines from the Lompoc, Santa Maria, Montecito, Carpinteria/Summerland and Orcutt fire departments ... They coordinated their firing with the Santa Maria engine, which then began firing off the brush going down canyon away from the house. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Patterson helps power top-ranked Bakersfield Nov 6, 2007
SANTA MARIA -- Patrick Patterson's power running continued to pay dividends for Bakersfield College on Saturday as the former Hanford West High standout ran for 122 yards in a 36-23 football victory over Allan Hancock College. Patterson ran 14 times, scoring on a 5-yard run, as Bakersfield improved to 9-0. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Firefighters suffer stress, fatigue, burns Nov 2, 2007
The Santa Maria Fire Department, for example, had eight members and one engine assigned to the Southern California fires this week, while the Lompoc Fire Department had a brush truck and a pickup truck with eight members working on the fires in various capacities. Meanwhile, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department had five brush trucks and roughly 17 firefighters at the Santiago Fire in Orange County, and Los Padres National Forest had 15 fire engines along with three Hot Shot crews, one air... (Santa Maria Times)
Baptist Seminary Offers Homemaking Major Oct 13, 2007
"It's like cutting the ribbon on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria," said Seth Shostak, an astronomer at the Seti Institute in Mountain view, Calif. He added that this was the first radio telescope ever designed for the extraterrestrial quest. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Conqs' Ortiz lets his running do the talking Oct 11, 2007
Sipes also brought No. 2 girls runner Oyuki Reyes herself a sixth-place finisher in the junior-class race at Dos Pueblos and freshman Benito Suarez, whom Sipes dubbed he future of Santa Maria cross country ... Santa Maria) gave us a hard-fought game, Hartman said of Friday's win over the Saints. (Lompoc Record, CA)
New telescope array to listen to the universe for signs of life Oct 11, 2007
"It's like cutting the ribbon on the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria," said Seth Shostak, an astronomer at the Seti Institute in Mountain View, California, who pointed out that this was the first radio telescope ever designed specifically for the extraterrestrial quest. The telescope, named for Paul Allen, who provided $25 million in seed money, is a joint project of the Radio Astronomy Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Seti Institute. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
YMCA's Fun Time Oct 2, 2007
Hartman later went on to compliment Hancock's football team and the way it has been playing of late, coming off Saturday's WSC victory over East LA. Santa Maria Never one to mince words, football coach Raul Castillo got right to the point about his team's LPL-opening loss at Morro Bay on Friday ... Ardantz and Saleen are the co-chair/man/woman/people of the annual Santa Maria Valley YMCA FunRaiser Golf Tournament the 28th edition of which was held Monday at the Santa Maria Country Club. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Level's chat a help for Warriors vs. Bolts Oct 2, 2007
Level's chat a help for Warriors vs. Bolts. Updated Tuesday, October 02, 2007. (Lompoc Record, CA)
SPORTSWIRE - Ralph Gorton Named Hancock Basketball Coach Sep 28, 2007
The Boys Club of Santa Maria is holding registrations for the upcoming youth basketball league. All sign-ups will be held at Boys Club, 901 N. Railroad Ave., from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays; Sept. 29, Oct. 6 and Oct. 13. (Santa Maria Times)
Arraignment pushed back for suspects Sep 22, 2007
Santiago Iniguez Cervantes, 46, of Santa Maria, left, and Jose Jesus Cabrera, 38, of Santa Ynez appear in court Thursday for arraignment for causing the Zaca Fire ... Jose Jesus Cabrera, 38, of Santa Ynez, Santiago Iniguez Cervantes, 46, of Santa Maria and Rancho La Laguna LLC were ordered to return to Santa Barbara County Superior Court in Santa Maria Oct. 15, when attorneys for all the defendants are expected to be present. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Days of fire, asthma attacks Sep 11, 2007
Kevin Merrill is a vineyard manager for Mesa Vineyard Management in Santa Maria. He is president of the Central Coast Wine Growers' Association Foundation and a board member of the Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau. (Santa Maria Times)
Saints' Finnish flash wins in ‘other' athletic event Sep 7, 2007
Santa Maria's Nina Chydenius leads Santa Ynez's Kelly Mayer, Righetti's Lindsay Reade and Saints teammate Oyuki Reyes, from left, through the woods of Waller Park during Thursday's season-opening four-way meet hosted by Righetti ... The Santa Maria High School senior and Finnish exchange student STILL won by 23 seconds Thursday ... The six-way meet included boys and girls teams from Righetti, St. Joseph, Santa Maria, Pioneer Valley, Santa Ynez and Carpinteria. (Santa Maria Times)
‘Sundowner' winds unique to South Coast Sep 5, 2007
Sundowners are set up by a pressure gradient between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara and blow from the northwest. Frequently starting at Nojoqui Grade, they blow over the Santa Ynez Range to Gaviota. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Two Additional Journal Entries, Photos from the WCU Men's Basketball Trip to Costa Rica Sep 4, 2007
Firstly we visited a statue of the National Hero of Costa Rica, Juan Santa Maria, and then we visited a coffee field, where thousands of workers come to work and pick the countries number one export; coffee beans. On the way, we met a man named "One Dollar" and he was gracious enough to let us take some pictures of him and his ox. (Catamountsports.com)
Cool, damp weather gives Zaca firefighters an edge Aug 28, 2007
Cooler weather and higher humidity spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Dean moving through the area helped firefighters achieve 90 percent containment Sunday and hold that into this morning, said fire information officer Victor Gutierrez, a Santa Maria city firefighter on loan to the U.S. Forest Service. Advertisement. (Santa Maria Times)
Zaca Fire flares up on northeastern flank Aug 25, 2007
3030 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria, 93455, or call 928-0778. Luis Ernesto Gomez can be reached at 739-2218, or. (Santa Maria Times)
Second state of emergency declared Aug 20, 2007
officials were still looking for areas where crews could safely drop into Sisquoc Canyon and cut a fire line, said Victor Gutierrez of the Santa Maria Fire Department, who is working at the Forest Service information center. Along the northeast flank, the fire is still active in the Deal and Rancho Nuevo canyons within the Dick Smith Wilderness, and about one mile west of Highway 33. (Santa Maria Times)
Tour de Granite ups the ante in toughness Aug 7, 2007
Seventy-year-old Frank Freitas of Santa Maria completed two laps on his single-speed bike. Another out-of-towner, Ryan Harper of Trabuco Canyon, won the men's sport division after riding the course multiple times during a recent camping trip. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Community rallies for fun at Ramona fair Aug 5, 2007
"The Knights have been at the fair since it first started," said Galka, a member of the group's Santa Maria Valley Council, which is based in Ramona. "We were one of the first organizations here and now it is just huge.". (North County Times)
Missing mistressA fresco fragment on display in Italy revives a Papal scandal Jul 22, 2007
" First mistress Pope Alexander VI's first and best known mistress was called Vanozza dei Cattanei. She was the mother of Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia and several portraits of her are in existence. The one surviving portrait of Giulia Farnese shows her with a unicorn You can see her tomb and a portrait bust in a rather dark side chapel inside the church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. After visiting the exhibition I went back to view her portrait which I had not looked at for some years.... (BBC News)
Story: Bull riders Jul 12, 2007
Earlier in the year, he attended a bull-riding school in Santa Maria, Calif. put on by Gary Leffew, a former world champion rider who served as a consultant on the HBO series Deadwood. (Anchorage Daily News)
Dozens of wildfires ravage West; 1 dead Jul 9, 2007
Two pilots received minor injuries when their water tanker (Santa Maria Times, Len Wood / AP). Flames reach into the air above a home just north of Historic Cove Fort, Utah, as the Milford Flat fire continues to burn Sunday, July 8, 2007. (Albany Times Union)
Vail Resorts, Inc. Names Stan Brown New Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of RockResorts and Vail Resorts Hospitality Jun 26, 2007
The RockResorts collection includes the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, CO; The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO; Keystone Lodge n Keystone, CO; The Lodge t Cordillera in the Vail Valley, CO; The Lodge at Vail in Vail, CO; La Posada de Santa Fe Resort n Santa Fe, NM; and Snake River Lodge n Jackson Hole, WY. Future RockResorts include The Arrabelle at Vail Square in Vail, CO (scheduled to open in winter 2007-2008); Eleven Biscayne Hotel n Miami, FL (scheduled to open in 2009); The Chateau at Heavenly... (PR Newswire)
Knights' Rudolph to run with the Buffaloes Jun 13, 2007
He made the Santa Maria Times' All-Area Football Team and was an All-Los Padres League Football Team selection his senior year. He is a three-time track and field letterman. (Santa Maria Times)
Fishing, Western Heritage Intertwine In South Park Jun 10, 2007
George Meyers owns the Santa Maria Ranch where the Platte River meanders through a large slice of this untrampled Colorado landscape ... An image from the Santa Maria Ranch in South Park. (CBS 4, CO)
Thursday's Updates Jun 8, 2007
Two steep hills back to back right of the gate on our journey from Paso Robles to Santa Maria. I think we peaked at just over 1750 feet above sea level and we passed the half way point to L.A.. (NBC 11, CA)
Film crews pumped $37M into economy last year May 28, 2007
Commercials may be shot along some of the area's rural roadways, like Jalama and Figueroa Mountain roads and others in rural Santa Maria. Places such as Gainey Ranch, wineries in the North County, Mission La Purisima and the Guadalupe Dunes are popular with television crews. (Santa Maria Times)
‘World’s End’ is close by: Guadalupe Dunes plays pivotal cameo in third ‘Pirates’ movie May 26, 2007
It may open up the Santa Maria Valley to a whole new generation of movie tourists, said Medved. To that end, Fandango is touting Guadalupe, and surrounding Santa Maria Valley hotspots, as a place to visit in its online travel guide to this summer s movie location-destinations, accessible at www ... The guide features the Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve as a place to hike, the Historic Santa Maria Inn as a place to stay, the Santa Ynez wine country, including Firestone Vineyard and Los Olivos... (Santa Maria Times)
High style in the Alps May 13, 2007
Touring Switzerland to see other Botta creations could make a great trip - don't miss his Tour de Moron (like a futuristic tower of Pisa) in the Jura, and Santa Maria degli Angeli on Mount Tamaro, near Lugano. Mpreis SupermarketWenns, Austria. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
