Health and Wellness

On Wednesday, August 26th, Dignity Health and the Santa Maria Times hosted a fundraiser for the Hope Mission Cancer Center, raising money to help support their local cancer patients. Their annual fundraiser helps raise awareness and provides some financial help to those who have loved ones in their lives battling cancer or who have had cancer, from Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande. This year, multiple groups of people showed up to walk through the streets, intersections, and va

The holidays are a hectic time, filled with planning what gifts to buy, how much food to make and the stress of family gatherings. There’s always one thing that can help lift the mix of excitement and anxiety — booze. While a good cocktail can get the party started, we’re partial to desserts. So this holiday season, we decided to mix the two. Our theme? Dark liquor. We’re talking dark rum and bourbon — rich, bold and a little throat-burning — giving these decadent spirits a

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