Santa Maria Sun | Issue Archives | Jan 2, 2025
Jan 2, 2025 · More than 4.5 million Western monarch butterflies once landed along the California coast to spend their winters, a number that has declined by 95 percent since the 1980s, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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NEW FLICKS: Boy Kills World | Sun Screen | Santa Maria Sun
Dec 26, 2024 · Moritz Mohr, in his feature-length debut, directs this script he co-wrote with Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers about “Boy” (Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti when young, Bill Skarsgård as an adult), whose mother and sister are murdered during “The Culling,” an annual event where Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the ruler of the dystopian city they live in, chooses 12 citizens to ...
Santa Maria-Bonita and Lompoc Unified bond measures pass
Dec 5, 2024 · Four North County school districts placed bond measures on the ballot this year to make site improvements or build a new school—with two passing the 55 percent voter approval threshold.. The Santa Barbara County Elections Office certified elections on Dec. 3, with more than 187,000 voters casting their ballots for the general election—which is nearly 77 percent of the county’s registered ...
Santa Maria Joint Union school board candidates address school …
Oct 31, 2024 · In the face of student violence, discrimination allegations from students, leadership changes at Pioneer Valley High School, and behavioral issues, high school district board candidates Gabriel A. Morales and Alma Hernandez see communication from the district as a key component to addressing these issues.. Morales and Hernandez are facing off in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District ...
What's the most important local story of 2024? - Santa Maria Sun
Jan 9, 2025 · That it's over., The Lake fire., The Santa Maria Riverbed cleanup., Lompoc's City Council shakeup.
Santa Barbara County plans to protect senior mobile home parks
Oct 10, 2024 · Months of advocacy efforts from senior mobile home residents are paying off as the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward with greater protections for some of the county’s most vulnerable residents. “You really brought this forward,” 2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps told the senior residents who attended the Oct. 10 meeting.
Environmental groups ramp up efforts to prevent Sable resuming …
Oct 3, 2024 · The Center for Biological Diversity intends to sue the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to force the agency to update its plan for the Santa Ynez Unit’s offshore oil platforms—the latest in a series of increased efforts to prevent resumed operations. “The platforms and pipelines have outlived their expected lifespans; and oil production at the SYU (Santa Ynez Unit) has ...
Lompoc approves its first environmental justice element
Dec 12, 2024 · A new blueprint for a greener future in Lompoc is moving forward thanks to a recent City Council decision. Over the course of four public hearings (held in May, June, August, and September), the Lompoc Planning Commission worked with city staff to discuss and draft the city’s first environmental justice element, which the City Council reviewed and ultimately adopted during its Dec. 3 meeting.
Solvang’s Wildwood housing proposal creates tension among …
Oct 24, 2024 · NEW DEVELOPMENT: Josh Richman filed an application to develop 100 multi-family units on 5.48 acres of land on Alamo Pintado and Old Mission Drive (pictured), but residents are concerned about traffic, aesthetic, and density impacts if the project gets approved.