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Santa Maria Sun
October 1Laurie Tamura is the Santa Maria Valley Chamber’s Citizen of the Year
Chamber cheersNext year’s gala is scheduled for Aug. 27. To register or become a sponsor, visit santamaria.com. Submit nominations for the 2027 awards online at santamaria.com/connecting/annual-awards. For the more than four decades that Laurie Tamura has lived in the Santa Maria…
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Santa Maria Sun
October 1Political Watch: October 1, 2026
•On Sept. 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill with more than $66 million in federal funds for Central Coast-based water projects. “Now that the House has passed the Water Resources Development Act, this bill is heading to the Senate carrying key…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
October 1Speak out now against our endless wars
For two years I have stood on the corner of Broadway and Main with a group of good people on Mondays from 4 to 5 p.m., protesting America’s dangerous and illegal military aggressions around the world. We hold signs saying, “War is Not the Answer,” “Stop the Bombing” and “No Hate,…
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Santa Maria Sun
September 24Santa Maria denies movie theater alcohol sales
At 55 Regal cinemas in California, patrons can wash down their popcorn with an alcoholic beverage while reclining in front of the big screen. On Sept. 16, Santa Maria planning commissioners decided that their city wouldn’t become the 56th. “Initially, I too was looking at this as…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
September 24Political Watch: September 24, 2026
•On Sept. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1261, legislation drafted by State Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) to support certain critical services for older adults and people with disabilities amid ongoing regional program transitions. According to Laird’s office, without…
Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun
September 24Santa Maria High School celebrates Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
Every year since 2023, student athletes and coaches of decades past are ranked in a point system to determine who gets added to Santa Maria High School’s Hall of Fame. With dozens of nomination submissions to narrow down each year, it’s up to the school’s hall of fame committee…
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Santa Maria by the numbers
- Area
- 22.81 sq mi (59.08 km²), 0.61 sq mi water
- Median age
- 29.3
- Households
- 29,505
- Persons per household
- 3.7
- Median household income
- $84,746
- Median house value
- $531,700
- Office
- MANAGEMENT ANALYST II
- Address
- 110 E COOK ST, SANTA MARIA, CA 93454