Orcutt News

Parents and other visitors to public schools will probably notice a common dynamic: High academic achievement and a positive school climate go hand in hand.

After logging a combined 67 years in the district, the couple say they're looking forward to traveling and getting back to their hobbies Maureen and Scott Wilson, married for 35 years, have retired as teachers in the Orcutt Union School District after a combined 67 years of service.

Perhaps the scales were tipped by the more assertive election campaign, the increase in the number of yard signs or the hearty support from teachers in the Orcutt Union School District .

The trustees voted to approve the layoffs during a regular meeting Wednesday night - reducing the hours of a media specialist at Olga Reed from six hours to two, and cutting the ASES recreation director because the position is no longer needed, Superintendent Bob Bush said.

A jury in Santa Maria has begun deliberating the fate of a 19-year-old former St. Joseph High School student accused of having unlawful sex with a fellow student.

Santa Barbara County plans to use one-time money and reserves to balance its budget for the next year, which has higher costs for employee salaries, benefits and pensions.

People walking in search of lunch at the Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta on Tuesday passed by about 10 plastic torsos laying on the ground, models of the human chest paramedics were using to teach the public about the importance of CPR in the first few minutes of a medical emergency.

People walking in search of lunch at the Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta on Tuesday passed by about 10 plastic torsos laying on the ground, models of the human chest paramedics were using to teach the public about the importance of CPR in the first few minutes of a medical emergency.

'M' asks, "Dear Jon, why don't the police target all the gangs...and not just the Nortenos?" He asks this since all the recent gang sweeps seem to nab Norteno gangsters with connection to the Nuestra Familia.

The trial for a 19-year-old former St. Joseph High School student accused of having unlawful sex with a fellow student is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Superior Court in Santa Maria.

A criminal grand jury handed down indictments Wednesday against nine people who prosecutors say are responsible for the brutal torture and slaying of a Santa Maria gang member earlier this year.

The Goleta City Council made it clear Tuesday that it strongly opposes a Santa Barbara County Fire Department cost-cutting plan to reduce staffing at Station 11 in the coming fiscal year.