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Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Laurie 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…

Community Groups & Organizations
Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Cozy slippers shuffling across tile flooring. Pillows cushioning the seats of chairs. A T-shirt reading: Sorry. Can’t. Quilting. Bye. It’s the sight that Linda Papenfus rolled up to at The Creation Station Fabric and Quilt Shop after a tiresome, traffic-riddled drive from Folsom.…

Creatives & Arts
Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Unfinished business: Stalled hotel construction in Solvang remains inactive amid yearlong litigation

More than a year after Solvang red-tagged his unfinished hotel, Ed St. George said he has no intention of raising a white flag over the dormant development. “We’re already 90 percent done. If we were 40 percent done, I would be willing to tear it down. But we are literally 90…

Real Estate & Development
Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Solvang Teamsters strike moves into third week

Two weeks into the first city employee strike in Solvang’s history, labor negotiators met in closed session with the City Council on Sept. 28. The following morning, Solvang’s unionized members of Teamsters Local 986 made good on their word to remain on strike until the city…

Government & Civic
Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Despite parking concerns, Guadalupe City Council unanimously approves new housing

Builders got a green light to put up seven new apartments with eight parking spots on an empty lot in Guadalupe. On Sept. 22, City Council members approved the affordable housing project at 855 Pioneer St., which was proposed by the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara County.…

Real Estate & Development
Santa Maria Sun 21 hours ago

Buellton spots food truck gap in zoning rules

On average, Buellton allows food trucks to set up shop within city limits between three to five times a year, according to Planning Director Andrea Keefer. It’s no coincidence, she told the City Council, that those rare sightings align with Buellton’s Fall Festival, Wine and…

Government & Civic

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Toro Canyon by the numbers

Households & income
Area
9.39 sq mi (24.31 km²), 4.4 sq mi water
Median age
66.9
Households
708
Persons per household
2.1
Median household income
$140,743
Median house value
$2,000,001
2020–2024 ACS
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