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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Randy de la Pena, Contributor

    Hancock’s Bow-Wow event connects students with campus clubs, resources (opens the original)

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    Allan Hancock College students connected with campus organizations, learned about student services and discovered ways to become more involved Wednesday during the college’s fall Bulldog Bow-WOW. Held at the Mechanics Bank Student Center, the event brought together student clubs, campus programs and community resources, with booths representing organizations including the Astronomy Club, Hiking Club, Chess Club, Photography Society, Car Club and the Psychology Club. Students could also learn a

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Randy de la Pena, Contributor

    Familiar faces, old rivalries mark SB North County’s November ballot (opens the original)

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    When voters across northern Santa Barbara County go to the polls Nov. 3, they’ll find a ballot full of local government, school and special-district races — and in several of the marquee contests, candidates who have already run against each other before, sometimes more than once. Candidate filing closed Aug. 7, and the Santa Barbara County Elections Division has released qualified candidate lists for the November general election. The county’s lists also show that a number of school and s

  3. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Randy De La Pena, Contributor

    Serve Santa Maria volunteers prepare for Sept. 12 community service day (opens the original)

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    Residents looking for a way to give back to their community can join Serve Santa Maria on Sept. 12 for a day of service projects benefiting local parks, schools, seniors, families and nonprofit organizations. Volunteers will gather from 8:30 to 9 a.m. at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center to register for a project if they have not already registered online. Coffee, juice, doughnuts and fruit will be available before volunteers head to their projects at 9 a.m. Pastor Carl Nielsen, organize

  4. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Randy de la Pena, Contributor

    After losing his mother to cancer, son faces the same diagnosis (opens the original)

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    When Rigoberto Perez Pineda sat beside his mother's hospital bed, he never imagined he would be fighting the same disease just months later. He watched her endure chemotherapy and surgery to treat an aggressive stomach cancer diagnosis. He listened as she described every symptom and worry in detail. Then, after she passed away in 2024, those same symptoms began appearing in his own body. "I told my wife, 'I'm getting the same symptoms as my mom,'" he recalled. For many, that realization would ha

  5. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Randy de la Pena, Contributor

    Cancer survivor Gilbert Rea continues to be master of the BBQ pit (opens the original)

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    Gilbert Rea thought he was too young to be having a heart attack in his backyard on a beautiful autumn day in 2010. When he found out it was chronic lymphocytic leukemia, he was gobsmacked. “When they told me, I was in my mid-50s thinking, ‘How does this come about?’ But people all ages get this stuff. There’s no rhyme or reason,” Rea said from his Orcutt home. Rea, who is Mission Hope Cancer Center's 2026 Day of Hope Santa Maria Ambassador, was raised in Nipomo before moving to Orcutt

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