By Peggy Kelly - Santa Paula Times

Rotary Club: It’s all relative, rather all relatives, says noted genealogist
Published: May 07, 2008

Cathy Robbins found it was all relative - rather, all relatives - when she became a professional genealogy researcher about 30 years ago, when she went from being largely aware of her family ties to now having more than 24,000 names in her personal database.

City going solar with three new lighted crosswalks in school areas
Published: May 07, 2008

Additional lighted crosswalks will be installed at three intersections used by school children, the City Council learned at the April 21 meeting.

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Museum’s Chumash youth anthropology program to hold two summer sessions
Published: May 07, 2008

United Way of VC: Incoming Chairman Bobkiewicz urges volunteerism
Published: May 07, 2008

The vice chair of United Way of Ventura County (UWVC) addressed how business can help nonprofit organizations and presented an update on the successful 211 program at the April Good Morning Santa Paula.

Girl Scouts: Icon of nonprofit world updated at GMSP
Published: May 07, 2008

An icon of the nonprofit world - the Girl Scouts of America - is changing for the better, attendees at the April Good Morning Santa Paula learned.

Two arrested for theft of copper wire, plumbing from vacant home
Published: May 07, 2008

Two people were arrested Thursday on residential burglary charges after the owner of a home undergoing renovation was notified by a neighbor that people were inside the residence stripping the property of recyclables, according to a Santa Paula Police Department spokesman.

(Photo above left) Left to right are Inspector Dan Roth, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Santa Paula Police Senior Officer Ryan Smith, Vons Store Manager Mike Ayerle, and Santa Paula Police Sergeant Troyce Reynolds. The four officers were discussing the bomb threat and what they planned to do once inside the store. (Above right) Inspector Dan Roth and his K9 Dani search the Vons store isle by isle along with two other K9’s, one from Cal State Northridge, and the other from the Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Department. The K9’s were called as a mutual aid response by the Santa Paula Police Department to search the entire store. (Photos by Don Johnson)

Vons evacuated following bomb threat
Published: May 07, 2008

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Officer Frank Huerta injured in collision while responding to call
Published: May 02, 2008

A Santa Paula Police Officer was hospitalized and released after treatment for the moderate injuries he received after a motorist allegedly ran a stop sign and collided with his patrol car Wednesday evening.

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Monday City Council meeting could finalize PERC negotiations
Published: May 02, 2008

The City Council will meet Monday to consider finalizing the contract for the new wastewater treatment plant and try to catch up with some old business.

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Admired teacher, dedicated building inspector honored at April GMSP
Published: May 02, 2008

The Chamber of Commerce at the April Good Morning Santa Paula honored an admired educator and a dedicated public employee.

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SPPD Graffiti Abatement Officer honored at GMSP
Published: May 02, 2008

The Chamber of Commerce honored the city’s graffiti abatement officer at April’s Good Morning Santa Paula, and attendees were urged not to hesitate to report incidents of vandalism to help wipe out the problem.

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City Council discusses street, facility naming guidelines
Published: May 02, 2008

The naming of future streets and facilities and the concern that the latter could be confined to only the dearly departed led to City Council discussion at the April 21 meeting.

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Pinnacle updates S.P. City Council on Adams Preserve
Published: May 02, 2008

Almost a year after Measure Y, allowing future development of custom home sites in Adams Canyon, the City Council learned that the project is still on track, albeit a longer one.

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PERC: Santa Paula City Council inches closer to deal
Published: May 02, 2008

The City Council inched closer to a deal, but farther away from each other during the at times contentious special meeting to finalize the contract to construct the city’s largest public works project ever.

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4-pack of fun: Cruise Nite, BCL Book Sale, Relay for Life, SZP 1st Sunday
Published: May 02, 2008

It’ll be a four-pack of fun this weekend in Santa Paula, with free events that the whole family will love.

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Poet, CROP Walker and beloved local figure Dorothy Ann Phillips dies
Published: March 03, 2002

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Art & Photography Show
now at Blanchard Library
Published: February 17, 2000

The 63rd Annual Santa Paula Art & Photography Show is now showing at Blanchard Community Library and “be prepared to be overwhelmed!” said Virginia Gunderson of the sponsoring Santa Paula Society of the Arts.

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805 area code struggle underway between Ventura, SB & SLO counties
Published: February 09, 2000

If it seems like only yesterday that Ventura County was threatened with the loss of its area code, it was.

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SP teenager shot through window at Ventura motel known as a gang hangout
Published: February 09, 2000

Ventura Police investigators believe a Santa Paula teenager was shot by mistake on Friday when a bullet crashed through a motel room window where a party was taking place.

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SPPD: Car dies foiling carjacking attempt at Santa Paula gas station
Published: February 09, 2000

A carjacker was unable to complete his crime Saturday night when the vehicle he attempted to drive off in from a local gas station died and he was unable to restart it.

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This weekend at The Mill: California Vaquero Show celebrates the romance of Spanish California
Published: February 09, 2000

Come and experience the romance of Spanish California at The Mill, this weekend reviving the noted California Vaquero Show, an eye-popping step back into history featuring Vaquero equipment and antique memorabilia as well as a book signing and art show.

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SPPD: Three SP juveniles arrested for armed robbery at local eatery
Published: February 09, 2000

Three Santa Paula juveniles - one already listed by police as missing by his family - were arrested after an armed robbery of a Harvard Boulevard eatery on Saturday night, according to a Santa Paula Police Department official.

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Above, a 1930 Gipsy Mouth Airplane is part of the display in hanger one. Below Bob Phelps along with City of Santa Paula Mayor Rick Cook cut the red ribbon opening hanger one.

Aviation Museum of Santa Paula already flying high as opening event draws hundreds to airport
Published: February 09, 2000

If Sunday's official opening of the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula (AMSP) is any indication of its future success, well, it's already flying high.

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