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Do your best to dodge anyone trying to control you or put demands on you. Aim to liberate yourself from confining situations, and you will ease stress and feel good about your life and the possibilities that lie ahead. Honesty, integrity and living

Santa Maria Valley high schools offer upwards of 22 sports, though the junior highs might have no more than six. "I think that a lot of people get used to the situation or the circumstances they grew up in, or just what's existed over time," Bronson

After eight months of online and sidewalk services, the Los Alamos Branch Library will reopen to the community with modifications on Wednesday.

Some of the numbers changed a little, but the unofficial results remained the same in the most closely watched races after Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties released their first updates since the Nov. 3 general election.

Santa Ynez Valley Volunteer of the Year Nathan Giacinto would have us believe his contribution to valley youth is no big deal, but Buellton Recreation’s Paul Smith couldn’t run the Trips for Kids without him.

The rate of new COVID-19 cases being reported each day has remained relatively flat in Santa Barbara County overall, representing a much better track record than the state and nation as a whole, according to an update presented to the Board of Super

DEAR ABBY: My 34-year-old daughter lives with me to get ahead on her student loans. She has a good job, pays rent and has a serious boyfriend. My niece, her cousin, recently died by suicide, and naturally, we are all devastated, but my daughter took

In lieu of the 2020 Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down event, local veterans will be able to receive supplies at a grab-and-go event Wednesday in Santa Maria.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department confirmed an additional 32 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday for a total of 10,260 confirmed cases, with 172 still considered active.

SACRAMENTO More areas of California must impose restrictions on businesses to try to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus that has hospitalizations rising as they did in June when the state imposed a statewide mask requirement, state officials sai

In one of the most hotly-contested races to this point, Dunlap came out victorious over former teammate Kaitlyn Flowers. Dunlap ended up with an 877-vote advantage as 9,139 votes were cast over the last week, with the polls closing at 4 p.m. Tuesday

A new online dashboard giving the public more data on COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County was unveiled Tuesday when the Board of Supervisors took a guided tour through the interactive site created through a public-private partnership and paid for with

DEAR ABBY: My man of three years and I are at a crossroads. He has gone from my boyfriend, to fiance, back to boyfriend, to friend, to "I don't know what he is now." He showers me with gifts and material things, which really don't mean a lot to me.

It is down to the final few hours in our Player of the Decade poll. Go online. Vote. Share the poll with your friends and family and show your support for some of the best prep basketball players in the area's history. Voting closes at 4:30 so there is still time! Remember to vote on all three sites. The vote totals from all three will be combined and used to determine the winner in each matchup. Santa Maria Times - https://santamariatimes.com//collection_8e1a071d-bf26-503...8 Lompoc Record - https://lompocrecord.com//collection_3b5eaf57-b06b-5897-95 Santa Ynez Valley News - https://syvnews.com//collection_051ade66-b90d-585e-82da-a0 See more

The Santa Barbara County Vintners Association has canceled its plans to enact a 1% wine assessment that it hoped to impose on county vintners to pay for marketing and advocacy purposes.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE -- The Combined Force Space Component Command commander Maj. Gen. John Shaw paid a visit to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Monday, to meet with faculty and students involved in space operations re