Woman Breaks Barriers in Auto Service Career
Vicki Butler, 25, works as a service advisor at Clark and Larsson Volkswagen in Oxnard. She explains how she bridges customer needs and mechanics, faces gender bias, and aims to become a mechanic, with three years in the role and Volkswagen training.
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Canada
Oregon
Grants Pass
Oakland
France
Vicki Butler
Vicki
Clark and Larsson Volkswagen
E. Ocean Avenue
Pete Matey
Lompoc Senior High
Clark and Larsson
Volkswagen
Los Angeles
Pete
Ginger and Onion Chicken
S.T
Pico: a name remembered and a California land legacy
Al Pico recalls his great uncle Pio Pico the last Mexican era California governor. The Pico family once owned 133000 acres from Mission San Juan Capistrano to Oceanside and Catalina Island, but wealth faded as land was sold or lost. Pio resisted U.S. annexation yet later became a businessman in Los Angeles.
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California
Mexico
Pio Pico
Maria Alvarado
Alvarado
Pio
Andres
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Antonio
United States
Pico
la Purisima
U.S
John Charles Fremont
Andres Pio
Fremont
Cahuenga
Los Angeles
al Pico
Francisco
Albert
Casa Loma
Picos
Oceanside
San Onoro
Escondido
Falbrook
Julia Warner Hot Springs
Lake Henshaw
Catalina Island
Lompoc Arts Groups Announce 1972-73 Season Plans
LMA outlines seven concerts with new musicians Denise Donlon Wayne Asbury and others plus a September pops event at Ryan Park and a chamber concert at Cabrillo High School. SMCT in Santa Maria schedules four comedies for 1972-73 with season tickets at 7.50 and individual tickets at 2.50. LVP seeks to base at Lompoc Civic Auditorium with readings for A Thousand Clowns and invites volunteers. Hancock College Drama schedules Night of the Iguana The Hostage The Medium Hello Dolly Marat Sade The Crucible Once Upon a Mattress. season to open October 1972.
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Elaine Webster
LMA
Ryan Park
Cabrillo High School
Exept
Susie Finkel
SMCT
Allan Goldberg
Anne Keever
Ron Gibson
Vandenberg
Playhouse
Lompoc Valley Playhouse
LVP
Lompoc Civic Auditorium
Walt Dundon
Santa Maria Civic Theatre
Lompoc
Hancock
Al Pico recalls Casa Loma ranch and Pico family legacy
The Pico family story centers on Casa Loma Ranch near San Jacinto once owned by Al Pico and relatives. After college at UC Davis, Al ran the 3661 acre ranch for 21 years before selling. Now in Lompoc, he runs Pico's Sporting Goods with Ruby and their eight children, while his son Albert Francisco may carry the Pico name forward.
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Albert Joseph Pico Jr
Albert Francisco Pico
Casa Loma Ranch
Casa Loma
Ico
Santa Margarita Ranch
Pio Pico
Catalina Island
San Jacinto
UC Davis
Berkely
Lompoc
Ruby
Pico’s
Sporting Goods and Western
North H St
Albert Francisco
Pico
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Jose Antonio
State
Rancho Santa Margarita Las Flores
Lompoc Arts
Lompoc Music Association
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Stan Tulledo
Andres Pico
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