Grass fire reports minor damage near Vandenberg Village
A grass fire burned about 100 square feet north of Burton Mesa Boulevard and west of Country Club Road in Vandenberg Village yesterday. Two fire trucks responded after a 2 40 p.m. report, with no damage beyond scorched grass.
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Burton Mesa Boulevard
Country Club Road
Vandenberg Village
Playground schedule announced for Floresta Pioneer and Thompson Parks
The weekly schedule shows closures Monday July 21 to Friday July 25. Floresta hosts table games 11 to noon Tuesday with a noon hot dog roast and 1 p m activities. Wednesday features story hour and events. Thursday through Friday offer varied games, crafts, and contests. Pioneer and Thompson Park slots include organized games, hockey, slip and slide, arts, and special events with multiple time slots listed.
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Thompson Parks
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Administrative officer weighs jail system challenges in Goleta and Lompoc
Administrative Officer Raymond D. Johnson handles jail operations for the multi million dollar Goleta Valley county jail project with Sheriff James B. Webster and also faces issues in Lompoc and Santa Maria. He plans a 200000 dollar county detention facility and sheriff substation for the Santa Maria area and notes Santa Maria officials want to exit the jail business. A new Friends of Lompoc Valley Chess Club forms with Vernon Copeland as acting chairman to support the Lom poc Valley Chess Club. bylaws will be drafted for a July 31 constitutional meeting at the new city library.
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James B. Webster
Goleta Valley
Johnson
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Board of Supervisors
Friends of Lompoc Valley Chess Club
Vernon Copeland
New City Library
Copeland
Frank Sprague
Clinton Sherrod
Louis Baker
George Day
Daniel Christ
William Chatterley
Dave Bryant
Vaughn Proctor
Ralph Mills
James Nicholls
Sprague and Sherrod
Lompoc Valley
Biltmore
Lompoc Area
Santa Barbara
Mouth wash use questioned by NAS panel
A NAS panel told the FDA that mouth washes may be no more effective than water for odor control and urged medical evaluation of persistent mouth odor. The panel noted mouth washes should not be relied on to reduce odors and called for investigation by a practitioner.
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Washington
UPI
National Academy of Sciences
Food and Drug Administration
H.L. Ley Jr
Panel On Drugs and Dentistry
Heavy riptides hit Southern California beaches
A tropical storm sweeping across Southern California caused heavy surf and giant riptides. Lifeguards rescued more than 1500 people with Huntington Beach reporting a missing swimmer and Venice Newport Huntington City Santa Monica each recording about 300 rescues as swells reached 2 to 12 feet.
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UPI
California
Huntington State Beach
Orange County
Venice Beach
Newport Beach
Huntington City Beach
Santa Monica
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mexico
Subway Flood Traps 20,000 in Lexington Ave Tunnels
A flash flood near 138th Street turned New York subway tunnels into an oven trapping more than 20,000 riders. One man, Ralph Cruz Martinez, 50, died and at least 150 were injured as ten trains halted and passengers crowded tracks awaiting rescue.
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New York
UPI
Lexington Avenue
138Th Street
Ralph Cruz Martinez
120Th Street
Thomas Jacks
Macco developers barred from further planning testimony
Macco Realty Corp officials will not present more testimony before the County Planning Commission as a court order blocks hearings until a decision on the Sabre Petroleum Hollister Co. lease validity. The order affects portions of the former Hollister Ranch where Macco seeks a recreational residential complex west of Gaviota.
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Macco Realty Corp
County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Britt Johnson
Lic
Macco Corp
County Engineering
John T. Rickard
Macco
Hollister Ranch
Gaviota
George Allen
Santa Barbara Board considers adding food stamp program
Santa Barbara County eyes expanding aid with a food stamp program as a CAC requests action. Commission president Ross A. Naylor says the Community Action Commission headquarters in Santa Barbara supports the move and praises the county surplus food operation run with private agencies.
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Santa Barbara
Board of Supervisors
Community Action Commission
Ross A. Naylor
Commission
CAC
Car Engine Fire Damages Eldon Rotz Vehicle
A fire in the engine compartment of Eldon T. Rotz’s car caused about 50 to 75 dollars in damage. Lompoc Fire officials say the blaze started from gasoline ignition during an accident at Eads Auto Repair 801 East Chestnut.
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Lompoc
Ead
E. Chestnut
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