Santa Maria (California)

2,500 Riders in AIDS/LifeCycle Set to Leave San Francisco June 1, Bound for Los Angeles, Raising...

prnewswire.com     May 27, 2008          

2,500 Riders in AIDS/LifeCycle Set to Leave San Francisco June 1, Bound for Los Angeles, Raising a Record $11+ Million for HIV/AIDS Services SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What: More than 2,500 cyclists and 500 volunteer "roadies" begin a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride to Los Angeles...                    

EPA says cleanup of Greka oil site will be completed Friday

cbs47.tv     May 22, 2008   10 related          

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the nearly two-month pollution cleanup at the Greka Oil and Gas facility in Santa Maria will be completed Friday. The EPA took control of the Greka Bell Lease site cleanup on April 1. The agency says cleanup included removal...                    

Sondra Irene Shlanta

ridgecrestca.com     May 22, 2008          

1951-2008 Sondra was born in Altus, Oklahoma on August 11, 1951. She lived with there family on a farm a few miles outside town. She moved to Buellton, CA at age 6 after her father passed away. When her mother remarried, she moved to Santa Maria, CA in 1961. She attended Righetti High School in...                    

Four men arrested for marijuana-related killing

cbs47.tv     May 16, 2008   9 related          

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - Four men allegedly linked to a Lompoc area marijuana farm have been arrested for the September killing of a man whose body was left in a sleeping bag along Highway 154 near Los Olivos. Horacio Santoyo and Dimas Santayo, both of Santa Maria, and Servando Cabrera and Jose...                    

Pilot arrested for alleged drunken flying after landing woes

cbs47.tv     May 15, 2008   9 related          

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - A pilot was arrested for alleged drunken flying after the troublesome landing of his single-engine airplane at Santa Maria Airport. The pilot made a nose-down landing that collapsed the nose gear on the Cessna aircraft Wednesday evening. Santa Barbara County fire Capt....                    

BMW Ultimate Drive Breast Cancer Event

keyt.com     May 8, 2008          

Time: 9am - 5pm Location: BMW of Santa Maria 2150 S College Dr. Santa Maria, CA, 93455 The Ultimate Drive travels through the Central Coast BMW's 11th annual Ultimate Drive Program for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The general public is invited to drive a...                    

Another spill at troubled Santa Barbara County oil facility

cbs47.tv     May 2, 2008   12 related          

Hazardous materials crews have contained a crude oil and water spill at Greka Oil and Gas facility in Santa Maria, less than two weeks after inspectors found another leak at... ... SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - Hazardous materials crews have contained a crude oil and water...                    

Caltrans mower starts 63-acre grass fire east of Santa Maria

cbs47.tv     Apr 30, 2008   9 related          

A Caltrans mower started a grass fire that burned 63 acres before it was extinguished in the hills east of Santa Maria. ... The blaze started Monday afternoon some 26 miles east of Highway 101 and north of Highway 166 and moved into Los Padres National Forest. Santa...                    

Stop-work order lifted at Greka Oil's Santa Maria facility

sacbee.com     Apr 23, 2008   2 related          

Production at the Greka Oil and Gas facility in Santa Maria resumed a day after authorities found another leak and issued a stop-work order. ... Santa Barbara County officials had issued the order halting production at the entire site, but the facility-wide order was...                    

Santa Barbara County planners approve offshore oil expansion

santamariatimes.com     Apr 22, 2008   20 related          

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The planning commission for Santa Barbara County voted Monday to approve a controversial proposal to expand oil drilling from an offshore platform. ... The commission voted 4-to-0, with one abstention, to approve the Plains Exploration & Production...