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Space X cleared to launch Starlink mission tonight from Vandenberg SFB

2+ hour, 44+ min ago  (194+ words) The U. S. Space Force will support the launch of a'Space X'Falcon 9 rocket Friday between 7: 39 and 11: 39 p. m. , sending 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from'from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Following stage separation, the first stage booster will return and…...

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The same Constitution | Steven Roberts

8+ hour, 29+ min ago  (508+ words) President Trump has been pressuring Senate Republicans to trash the filibuster and pass a bill disenfranchising millions of voters and boosting their party's chances of controlling Congress after next fall's elections. But Sen. John Thune, the Republican leader, keeps telling…...

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Point | Feds, not states, must regulate AI for America to compete | Guest Commentary

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (603+ words) For an alternate viewpoint, see'Counterpoint: AI Needs Rules " and States Cannot Be Forced to Wait." The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing," famously said Stephen Covey, the renowned organizational consultant. With AI legislation, what matters…...

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Counterpoint | AI needs rules " and states cannot be forced to wait | Guest Commentary

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (670+ words) For an alternate viewpoint, see "Point: Feds, not States, Must Regulate AI for America to Compete. Congress has not enacted meaningful artificial intelligence legislation, yet some in Washington insist that states should be blocked from legislating on AI. This argument…...

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Event Calendar | santamariatimes. com

17+ hour, 14+ min ago  (78+ words) CC: Arts and Crafts Club Little Makers Camp: Art of Nature'Santa Maria Times Queen candidates debut at 2026 Santa Maria Elks Rodeo kickoff dinner County releases free, pre-approved ADU plans to increase local construction, reduce cost Former Santa Maria Radisson to become…...

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Dignity Health Central Coast provides $487. 5 K in grants to community non-profits

21+ hour, 29+ min ago  (194+ words) Dignity Health Central Coast, which includes Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, French Hospital Medical Center, and Marian Regional Medical Center, has awarded $487, 500 in funding to six community non-profit partnerships in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Representatives from each organization…...

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Special needs Easter egg hunt draws hundreds of egg-cited collectors

20+ hour, 59+ min ago  (161+ words) Families wait for the start of the Easter egg hunt Saturday a Libbon Elementary. Children collect Easter eggs Saturday during the annual special needs hunt organized by the Banta family, of Orcutt. Family members and children enjoy bubbles during the…...

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Editorial Cartoon: Tax season

23+ hour, 10+ min ago  (71+ words) Santa Maria Times Queen candidates debut at 2026 Santa Maria Elks Rodeo kickoff dinner County releases free, pre-approved ADU plans to increase local construction, reduce cost Former Santa Maria Radisson to become Delta Hotels by Marriott in major overhaul Ricardo Batalla…...

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Battles over business regulation resume in California's Capitol with new legislation | Dan Walters

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (629+ words) A nearly two-hour hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday encapsulated the Capitol's longest-running conflict " going at least a half-century and still counting. It pits the state's business community against four interest groups over how much corporate operations should be…...