Santa Maria
Temp hits record high for Oct. 7
Santa Maria reached a record-breaking 96 degrees Tuesday for Oct. 7, topping a mark set in 2002 at 95 degrees.
The city hit the record at 11:38 a.m., reported the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service keeps a climate records dating back to 1906.
Hot weather simmered across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Tuesday, with Santa Ynez topping out at 100 degrees, Lompoc hitting 85 degrees and Pismo Beach reaching 98 degrees.
Santa Maria was the only town or city on the Central Coast to break a record Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
High temperatures are expected to be in the 70s, 80s and 90s today before dipping as the week progresses, the National Weather Service said.
Oceano
Walsh to take OCSD helm Thursday
The recently retired general manager of the Goleta Water District will take the helm as top administrator at the Oceano Community Services District next week.
Kevin Walsh of Santa Ynez has been hired by the OCSD as its interim general manager, and will assume his new duties on Thursday.
Patrick O'Reilly has resigned as general manager to take a job with the Port San Luis Harbor District. His last day with OCSD is Friday.
Walsh retired Oct. 1 from the Goleta Water District, where he had served as general manager for the last 11 years.
He has worked for seven public agencies during the past 30 years as either a district engineer or general manager, including at the Goleta Water District, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and the Carmel Area Wastewater District.
Walsh has also served as the general manager of the Ramona Municipal Water District and Marina Coast Water District.
Los Alamos
Situation prompts school lockdown
Precautions were taken Tuesday at Olga Reed School in Los Alamos, including locking classroom doors, due to a situation for which details weren't clear.
Mike Luis, the teacher in charge for the district, said he made the decision to take the precautionary steps, which also included students eating lunch in their classrooms and being escorted to the restroom, following a situation that he declined to discuss.
The measures were initiated around 11 a.m. Tuesday and were expected to last throughout the day, Luis said.
Students were leaving at the end of the school day as normal, he said, and the after-school program was running.
“There was never any immediate threat,” Luis said.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department was on the lookout for someone, said department spokesman Drew Sugars, but no major crime was being committed.
Sugars declined to elaborate on why deputies were searching for the person.
He said that he thought at one point the search was in the Los Alamos area.
Santa Maria
Boy, 12, arrested after break-ins
A 12-year-old Santa Maria boy was taken into custody after he allegedly ran through yards and entered at least two homes without permission, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department.
Around 6:30 a.m. Sunday, deputies received a report of a barefoot 12-year-old boy who was a runaway from the Berrywood Drive area. About 30 minutes later, deputies were told the boy had been found in a house in the 600 block of Majestic Drive.
A 77-year-old man who lives in the 500 block of Majestic temporarily detained the boy after he broke into his house, according to the Sheriff's Department. The boy became combative, and the man suffered minor injuries and was treated at Marian Medical Center and released, sheriff's officials said.
About 8 a.m., deputies captured the boy as he was chased from another home in the 500 block of Majestic by an “irate homeowner.”
The boy was arrested on suspicion of trespassing, resisting arrest, elder abuse and residential burglary and was booked into juvenile hall.
Santa Maria
Soccer, softball tourneys Saturday
The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department and Northern Santa Barbara County Special Olympics are scheduled to host a soccer and softball tournament with teams from Santa Barbara, Kern, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties Saturday at the Hagerman Sports Complex.
The public is invited to attend the free event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3300 Skyway Drive. For more information or to volunteer, call Brian Zepeda, Recreation Department sports coordinator, at 925-0951 Ext. 135.
Solvang
Sheriff's identifies crash victim
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department identified the deceased driver of an early morning crash Tuesday near Solvang as 24-year-old Mattie Lee Stine.
Stine was a 2002 graduate of Lompoc High School, and had been living and working at the Alisal Guest Ranch, according to a family member.
Stine was driving a car south in the 1000 block of Alisal Road when she lost control and struck a tree, according to a preliminary investigation.
Deputies were called to the collision scene at 5:53 a.m.. Stine was declared dead at the scene.
The cause of death will be determined following a coroner's investigation.
- From staff reports
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