Cruzin' for Life is holding it's 4th Annual Valentines Crab Feast Saturday, February 11th.   The feast is hosted at the Santa Maria Fairpark - Park Plaza Pavilion.

6:00pm   No Host Cocktails

7:00PM   Dinner - BRING YOUR CRAB CRACKERS & SHEARS

8:00-11:00pm Live Music provided by "Freight Train"

Dinner feast will include:    King Crab Legs - all you can eat!    BBQ Beef & Chicken                                                           Red Potatoes     Gourmet Green Salad

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society holds its monthly general
meeting on Saturday, December 17th, at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E.
Constance at State Street, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.  Special intersest Groups
meet at 9:30am for Beginning Genealogy, German Ancestry, and Computer
Genealogy and 9:00am for JewishGen.  Featured program starts at 10:30am.

This month’s meeting features a Society favorite- the Members Share
meeting! Three members will share stories of interest found in their
research. Jim Wilson will present Aha! - Uh-oh, which deals with the times
when the thrill of an Aha! moment may not turn out to be quite what is
expected. Bruce McIver shares a fascinating story of one of his ancestors in
Agnes McIver: The Story of a Quarrier's Orphan and Robert Lynn will give a
history of Castle Garden, the precursor of Ellis Island. He will also give
tips on how to research the Castle Garden Website.

Central Coast News is proud to announce a bold new initiative designed to help non-profit organizations that do so much for those on the Central Coast.   It's called the $1 Million Dollar Community Investment.

This ambitious outreach program will span San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Salinas, and Monterey television markets. 

Cowles California Media’s network of television stations (KCOY/CBS 12, KKFX/ FOX 11, KION/CBS 46, KCBA/ FOC35, KMUV/ TELEMUNDO 23, and Central Coast CW,) is asking non-profit organizations to apply for a portion of the $1 Million Dollars which will be awarded in the form of media grants used for air time, web, organization awareness, promotion, fund raising, specific events and initiatives or even station spons