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Santa Barbara’s short-term lodging tax comes in below budget for Fiscal Year 2024
The City of Santa Barbara announced that $3.3 million dollars has been collected from Transient Occupancy Taxes for June, the final month of the City's fiscal year. The post Santa Barbara’s short-term lodging tax comes in below budget for Fiscal Year 2024 appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
Missing Tulare Woman’s Vehicle Found in Morro Bay 7.26.2024
29-year-old Tiffany McClure of Tulare county has recently been reported missing. Earlier this week, however, the Morro Bay police department has begun assisting in the search, as McClure’s vehicle was found in the city. Tulare police say her car was found legally parked in a residential area, but they...
California Governor Gavin Newsom Asks Oakland to Allow Police to Pursue Criminals
Gov. Newsom urges Oakland to change strict policy on police pursuits. California Governor Gavin Newsom is asking the city of Oakland to revise its decade-old police pursuit policy that dramatically limits police chases. Newsom said criminals are fleeing without fear because they know police won’t chase them. El gobernador...
Buellton mayor: City is ‘going places’ and going strong
Dave King gives State of the City address, highlights upcoming development projects, economic condition. Buellton Mayor Dave King gave his annual State of the City address on Thursday, July 11, at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott and, fortunately he had some good news to share. “The theme of this year’s...
Sacramento: SMUD’s $10 million state grant advances long-duration battery storage technology
California Energy Commission funding supports SMUD’s decarbonization goals. Sacramento, Calif. – SMUD’s long-duration battery storage project in partnership with ESS Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $10 million grant from the California Energy Commission to demonstrate a groundbreaking 3.6-megawatt, 8-hour iron flow battery project and set the foundation for future large-scale battery deployments and manufacturing at energy centers in Sacramento.
Jackpot! $10 million lottery Scratchers winner in Dublin
A lucky lottery Scratchers player in the East Bay is $10 million richer after buying a jackpot ticket recently while stopping at a gas station, according to the California Lottery. Janet Coppedge hit the top prize on a California 200X Scratchers ticket she bought at A&A Gas and Food Mart...
Amazon warehouse brings Oxnard extra $17M a year in sales tax, at other cities' expense
The Amazon building visible from Highway 101 in Oxnard has 2.3 million square feet of indoor space, the equivalent of 40 football fields. It can process about 2 million packages per week, most of them destined for homes and businesses in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. For most of those packages, the city of Oxnard gets a 1% cut of the sale, and the city where the item is delivered gets nothing at all....
Lawsuit claiming SLO detective was killed by ‘friendly fire’ thrown out. But it’s not over
The mother of the man who killed Det. Luca Benedetti is attempting to appeal the decision, claiming the Police Department racially profiled her and humiliated her and her family.
Four Mustangs Earn Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar Recognition
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly men’s golfers Ben Quick, Austin Liu, Baron Szeto and Parker Mapes – 67 percent of the program’s eligible roster – received Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar selection for the 2023-24 season Thursday morning. To receive All-America Scholar selection,...
California’s $20 minimum wage leads 89% of fast-food restaurants to reduce hours
The minimum wage for fast-food workers in California jumped to $20 an hour on April 1, a $4 pay bump for 553,000 fast workers. However, restaurant chain owners raised concerns that the minimum wage increases would hurt their bottom line, and owners have cut workers’ hours, raised food prices, and even shut down some locations. […]
Deputies arrest Nipomo man after hours-long standoff
– Deputies from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department responded to a disturbance report on July 24 at approximately 11:30 p.m. in the 100 block of South Avocado Avenue in Nipomo. Before their arrival, the suspect, identified as 36-year-old Bobby Heredia of Nipomo, vandalized a vehicle by breaking windows and damaging the body. He also threatened to kill the victim. The suspect fled the scene before deputies arrived.
Santa Maria Times Goes All King Features
Over the course of Spring 2024 The Santa Maria Times print comics page has been slowly switching to a King Features Syndicate-only page. Above is March 26, 2024; below is the June 26, 2024. Yesterday The Santa Maria Times announced that they have signed onto the Comics Kingdom digital program:
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