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Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (412+ words) Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2026. There are 182 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination and segregation based on…...
Alisal Ranch Pickleball Tournament raises $48 K for trafficking survivors
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (380+ words) A pickleball tournament at Alisal Ranch Resort raised $48, 055 benefiting the residents at Olive Crest Hope Refuge Campus, a residential treatment facility for sex trafficking survivors located off Refugio Road. The June 2 tournament, the first of its kind for the campus,…...
Starlink mission set to go Wednesday night from Vandenberg SFB
12+ hour, 39+ min ago (183+ words) Vandenberg Space Force Base Guardians and Airmen are scheduled to support the launch of a Starlink mission'Wednesday night from Space Launch Complex 4 East. A'Space X Falcon 9 rocket will lift off between 7 and 11 p. m. on July 1, sending 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit....
Free, family-friendly Independence Day celebration planned at Elks Field Saturday
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (226+ words) The Santa Maria Recreation & Parks Department invites the community to celebrate 250 Years of American Independence at the free "250 Fun in the Sun" July 4th celebration at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center." A free, family-friendly Independence Day celebration will be held…...
US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (743+ words) WASHINGTON " Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest " and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle. It adds up. The…...
Santa Maria man drowns Tuesday in swimming incident at Lopez Lake | Crime and Courts | santamariatimes. com
10+ hour, 4+ min ago (125+ words) Nathan Martinez, 20, of Santa Maria died Tuesday after being retrieved from the water at Lopez Lake by boaters, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. Deputies from the SLO County Sheriff's Office responded to Lopez Lake following a…...
CA voters will decide 14 ballot measures, billionaire tax included | Dan Walters
12+ hour, 30+ min ago (535+ words) When California voters in 1978 passed Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation, they simultaneously rejected Proposition 8, which had been placed on the ballot by the Legislature as an alternate tax relief measure. While Prop. 13 flatly limited property taxes, Prop. 8 merely empowered…...
Editorial Cartoon: America 250
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Lompoc High Alumni Association hosting annual scholarship car cruise, registration open
21+ hour, 39+ min ago (188+ words) The Lompoc High School Alumni Association's annual car cruise will be held during the Old Town Market's "Performing Night" on Friday, July 10, from 5-7 p. m. Registration and line-up will be in front of the Lompoc Police Station, 100 South C St. , on the…...
Newsom and California legislators claim the budget is balanced. They need a reality check | Dan Walters | Dan-walters | santamariatimes. com
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (482+ words) Accurately describing the state financial situation depends largely on a person's definitions of "balanced" and "deficit." Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders describe the 2026-27 budget they negotiated as "a balanced spending plan with zero deficit." The basis for that claim…...