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Mike Hodgson

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News Editor at Santa Maria Times

News Editor for the Santa Ynez Valley News. Covering city government, courts, and anything else in the SYV. Send newstips to [email protected]

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  • Nov 5, 2024 | santamariatimes.com | Mike Hodgson

    Incumbent Alice Patino was leading in the race for mayor of Santa Maria in early returns Tuesday night. The race has pitted Patino in a bid for her fourth term against three challengers: college administrator Diana Perez, the Rev. Will Smith and military veteran Andrew Foster. With no precincts reporting, Patino had pulled in 5,471 votes, or 48.3%, and Perez had garnered 4,440 votes, for 39.2%, according to unofficial returns.

  • Nov 5, 2024 | santamariatimes.com | Mike Hodgson

    Incumbent Democrat Monique Limón held the lead over Republican challenger Elijah Mack in the race for the 21st District state Senate seat in the early returns reported by the California Secretary of State’s Office.

  • Nov 5, 2024 | syvnews.com | Mike Hodgson

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  • Oct 31, 2024 | santamariatimes.com | Mike Hodgson

    Changes in the ownership, operators and financial guarantors of three oil and gas facilities were approved Wednesday by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission over objections raised by a number of public speakers. Commissioners voted 3-1, with 3rd District Commissioner John Parke dissenting and 1st District Commissioner C. Michael Cooney absent, to approve the changes in the permits for the three oil facilities along the Gaviota Coast.

  • Oct 24, 2024 | santamariatimes.com | Mike Hodgson

    Santa Barbara County and its eight cities want to eliminate unlicensed and unregulated roadside vendors who are coming into the area from Southern California and selling potentially sketchy foods, thumbing their noses at local authorities. The issue was given a public forum Thursday at the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments meeting in Santa Maria by Joan Hartmann, 3rd District supervisor, and Randy Rowse, mayor of Santa Barbara, who both serve as SBCAG directors.

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Mike Hodgson @MHodgsonSYVNews
25 Mar 22

RT @PGE_John: We could see the first significant storm of 2022. Moderate gale-force to fresh gale-force (32 to 46 mph with gusts to 55 mph)…

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Mike Hodgson @MHodgsonSYVNews
14 Feb 22

My Super Bowl walking taco is big enough to feed 10, but we only have a party of four. Guess I got carried away. https://t.co/32bbWDs2b1

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Mike Hodgson @MHodgsonSYVNews
9 Nov 21

Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management alert say an outage is preventing 911 callers from reaching dispatch centers. It’s inknown when phone companies will fix problems. Individuals with emergencies can call 805-683-2724 in meantime.