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Santa Maria Police Standards’ Slippery Slope

When we changed the office of City Administrator to City Manager, authorizing the manager to hire and fire department heads, we compromised the integrity of our city’s government.

Memoir Moments

What do stories about a rubber Mickey Mouse toy, farcical facial hair, and remembrances of a loved one have in common?

Water Safety Program Offered to Area Youth

The Montecito Family YMCA announces the 19th Annual SPLASH: Learn to Swim Week, providing over 200 children from Santa Barbara to Carpinteria, with swimming lessons at a cost of $10.

SB County Schoolchildren to “Meet” Beethoven

If you could meet Beethoven, what would you talk to him about and why? This question was asked of 4th-6th grade students countywide, and on February 9 and 10 these children will have a chance to learn more about the person and composer, Beethoven.

City Parking Lot 2 Temporarily Closed

Construction work on the City’s downtown Lot 2 parking structure, with entrances located on Canon Perdido and Chapala Streets, began today, February 6, 2012, and is expected to continue for approximately 60 days, through April 2012. To ensure public safety Lot 2 will be closed completely during construction.

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