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AP PHOTOS: The Eurovision Song Contest is back

1 day ago | santamariatimes.com | Martin Meissner

The contest is a week of power pop and outrageous outfits that culminates in the final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night. Competitors representing 37 countries are competing in one of the world’s biggest spectacles. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Trump signs executive order setting 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower prescription drug costs

2 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Amanda Seitz |Seung Min Kim

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay. The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs over the next month.
An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm

4 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Mark Thiessen

PALMER, Alaska (AP) — It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get a daisy and free admission Sunday at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, about an hour’s drive north of Anchorage. Once inside they will have the chance to view 75 members of the musk ox herd, including three young calves just getting their feet under them.
The family meeting | Lisa Smith Molinari

4 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Lisa Smith Molinari

“C’mon guys!” I bellowed, “You’re late!” One by one, they appeared at the kitchen table in our Naval Station Mayport base house, each carrying a heavy attitude. My husband, Francis, slumped into a chair. He’d always thought my nicey-nicey family meetings were pure nonsense, a waste of his Sunday leisure time.
Is the Southern accent fixin' to disappear in parts of the US South?

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Mike Schneider

Growing up in Atlanta in the 1940s and 1950s, Susan Levine's visits to New York City relatives included being the star of an impromptu novelty show: Her cousin invited over friends and charged 25 cents a pop for them to listen to Levine’s Southern accent.
Softball: Pioneer Valley clinches tie for first place

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

The Pioneer Valley softball team took care of business at Paso Robles Thursday, the Panthers got the help they needed from Orcutt Academy against Templeton, and now the Panthers have a chance to win the Sunset League championship outright. Pioneer Valley (16-11, 8-3) won 15-13 at Paso Robles (10-15-1, 5-6) and clinched a tie for the Sunset League title. Templeton had a chance to wrap up a share of the league title, but Orcutt Academy beat the Eagles 2-1 at Lakeview Junior High School Thursday.
Rooted in agriculture, driven by service: Kayce Van Horn eyes the horizon

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | April Chavez

With three state championship titles, over 1,500 hours of community service, and a 4.46 GPA, Kayce Van Horn is a high-achieving student at Santa Maria High School. The 18-year-old senior, who has lived in Santa Maria her entire life, is preparing to take her talents to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this fall, where she will major in agricultural science. “Yes, so I have been accepted and I did commit last week so I will be headed there in the fall,” Van Horn said with excitement.
Turkish Tufts University student released from Louisiana immigration detention center

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kathy McCormack

A Tufts University student from Turkey was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center Friday, more than six weeks after she was arrested walking on the street of a Boston suburb. U.S. District Judge William Sessions in Burlington ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk pending a final decision on her claim that she’s been illegally detained following an op-ed she co-wrote last year that criticized the school’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza.
Orcutt Academy sweeps Torres, advances to semis with historic win

5 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Madera Matilda Torres averted one match point Thursday night when Orcutt Academy setter Miles Frantz served into the net. The Toros beat back two more match points on Angel Garcia's serve. Then Garcia hit a serve smack into the middle of the net, and the Spartans had a 3-0 sweep and an historic quarterfinals win on their first-year home floor in the CIF Central Section Division 3 Boys Volleyball Playoffs. Set scores were 25-16, 25-17, 25-23.
Garbiso qualifies for SoCal championships in three events

6 days ago | santamariatimes.com | Kenny Cress

Hancock College freshman Jacob Garbiso has qualified for the Southern Cal Championships in the men's hammer throw — not bad for his rookie year in the event. Garbiso is a veteran when it comes to competing in the shot put and discus. In fact, he won the boys shot put title at the Mountain League championships last year as a senior at Arroyo Grande High School.