4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (211+ words) A free, family-focused Earth Day celebration titled "Celebrate Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet" will take place Saturday, April 25, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. at the Natural History Museum of Santa Maria, 412 S. Mc Clelland St. , across from the Santa Maria Public Library. The…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (208+ words) The Arbor Day Foundation has named the City of Buellton a 2025 Tree City USA, recognizing the city's ongoing efforts to plant, maintain and protect its urban forest. The designation is part of the foundation's Tree City USA program, which is…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (10+ words) Santa Maria Times...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (827+ words) A late-season storm will bring gusty southerly winds, periods of rain, and scattered thunderstorms from Saturday through Sunday. This will be followed by a prolonged stretch of gale-force northwesterly winds beginning Monday and continuing through the following week, a classic…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (194+ words) The U. S. Space Force will support the launch of a'Space X'Falcon 9 rocket Friday between 7: 39 and 11: 39 p. m. , sending 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from'from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Following stage separation, the first stage booster will return and…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (603+ words) For an alternate viewpoint, see'Counterpoint: AI Needs Rules " and States Cannot Be Forced to Wait." The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing," famously said Stephen Covey, the renowned organizational consultant. With AI legislation, what matters…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (610+ words) Early morning temperatures last week on Good Friday dipped down into the mid 30's, which found grape growers out in the field or close to their frost alarms early in the morning. A rain event this time of year, no…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (9+ words) Anthropic Expands Use of Google Cloud and TPUs'santamariatimes. com...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (383+ words) A project to install solar panels at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center and the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center will limit access to parking in the facilities parking lot through June 6." Parking at the facilities will also be impacted by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1067+ words) Last month will go down as one for the record books. A strong high-pressure system anchored over the western United States produced an unprecedented heatwave, shattering thousands of daily high-temperature records and numerous all-time March records across the western region....