Santa Maria, California
Santa Maria Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Location in Santa Barbara County and the state of California Santa Maria is positioned in California Santa Maria - Santa Maria Santa Barbara Metro Santa Maria-Santa Barbara Santa Maria is a town/city near the Southern California coast in Santa Barbara County.
Its estimated 2014 populace was 103,410, making it the most crowded city in the county and the Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA Metro Area.
The town/city is notable for its wine trade and Santa Maria-style barbecue.
Sunset periodical called Santa Maria "The West's Best BBQ Town". 8.1 Tri-Tip and Santa Maria-style barbecue The Santa Maria Valley, stretching from the Santa Lucia Mountains toward the Pacific Ocean, was the homeland of the Chumash citizens for a several thousand years.
The Native Americans made their homes on the slopes of the encircling hills among the oaks, on the banks of the Santa Maria River among the sycamores, and along the coast.
In 1769, the Portola Expedition passed through the Santa Maria Valley amid the first Spanish territory exploration up the coast of Las Californias Province.
In 1821, after the Mexican War of Independence, the mission lands in Santa Maria Valley were made available for private ownership under a Mexican territory grant called Rancho Punta de Laguna.
By the end of the century, the Santa Maria River Valley had turn into one of the most productive agricultural areas in the state.
High School is named), and Isaac Miller (for whom Miller Elementary School is named), assembled their homes near each other at the present corners on Broadway and Main Street.
The townsite was recorded in Santa Barbara in 1875.
It became Santa Maria on February 18, 1885, since mail was often being sent by mistake to Central City, Colorado.
Santa Maria was chosen from the name Juan Pacifico Ontiveros had given to his property 25 years earlier. Streets titled after the four pioneer now form a 6 block square centered at Broadway and Main Street, the center of town.
Oil evolution intensified in 1930s, with the discernment of the Santa Maria Valley Oil Field in 1934, right underneath the southern and parts of the town/city of Santa Maria, which spurred the city's expansion even further.
By 1957 there were 1,775 petroleum wells in operation in the Santa Maria Valley, producing more than $640 million worth of oil.
Santa Maria is positioned at 34 57 5 N 120 26 0 W (34.951377, -120.433373). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 22.4 square miles (58 km2), of which, 22.8 square miles (59 km2) of it is territory and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (2.73%) is water.
Santa Maria is situated north of the unincorporated township of Orcutt, California, and south of the Santa Maria River (which serves as the line between Santa Barbara County and San Luis Obispo County).
The town/city of Guadalupe, California is approximately 9 miles (14 km) to the west of Santa Maria.
Santa Maria experiences a cool Mediterranean climate (Koppen climate classification Csb) typical of coastal areas of California north of Point Conception.
Climate data for Santa Maria Public Airport, California (1981 2010, extremes 1948 present) The Santa Maria region is home to an increasing number of vineyards, wineries and winemakers and is centrally positioned to both the Santa Ynez and Foxen Canyon areas of Santa Barbara County's wine country, and San Luis Obispo County's Edna Valley-Arroyo Grande wine country.
The agricultural areas encircling the town/city are some of the most productive in California, with major crops including strawberries, wine grapes, celery, lettuce, peas, squash, cauliflower, spinach, broccoli and beans.
Many cattle ranchers also call the Santa Maria Valley home.
By 1957 there were 1,775 petroleum wells in operation in the Santa Maria Valley, producing more than $640 million worth of oil. According to the City's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and updated City of Santa Maria employee figures reported in the 2014-2016 City Budget, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 Santa Maria-Bonita School District 1,835 6 Santa Maria Joint Union High School District 722 7 City of Santa Maria 559 The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Santa Maria had a populace of 99,553.
The ethnic makeup of Santa Maria was 55,983 (56.2%) White, 1,656 (1.7%) African American, 1,818 (1.8%) Native American, 5,054 (5.1%) Asian, 161 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 29,841 (30.0%) from other competitions, and 5,040 (5.1%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 98,546 citizens (99.0% of the population) lived in homeholds, 588 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 419 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
The populace was spread out with 31,302 citizens (31.4%) under the age of 18, 12,170 citizens (12.2%) aged 18 to 24, 28,486 citizens (28.6%) aged 25 to 44, 18,204 citizens (18.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 9,391 citizens (9.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
46,463 citizens (46.7% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 52,083 citizens (52.3%) lived in rental housing units.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 58.0% White, 1.9% African American, 1.8% Native American, 4.7% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 28.02% from other competitions, and 5.36% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 31.6% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 15.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Santa Maria is home to one of three official Superior Court locations in Santa Barbara County, with the other courthouse positioned in Santa Barbara.
The District Attorney chose to present the trial in Santa Maria due to its close adjacency from Neverland Ranch where the alleged incident took place.
Santa Maria is split down the middle of the political spectrum, in contrast to Santa Barbara, which tends to be more liberal.
As the major law enforcement agency for the City of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Police Department handles approximately 130,000 calls for service each year.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office also operates inside the town/city in addition to the Santa Maria Park Officers who consist of 6 sworn officers who derive their authority under CA Penal code section 831.31(b).
This route provides a link between the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez Valleys Route 101 runs through the middle of the Santa Maria Valley and is the chief freeway connecting many west coast cities.
It has been improved to freeway status (meaning all at-grade intersections have been eliminated) inside the town/city of Santa Maria itself.
There was recently a widening universal that period the freeway from four to six lanes between Santa Maria Way and the highway 166 exit.
State Route 1 runs around the edge of the town/city and joins it to close-by Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc.
The section of 101 in the town/city is a freeway, and a small part of a close-by section of Highway 1 that runs between the town/city and the base is also a freeway, but the two freeway segments do not directly connect to each other.
It comes from Los Alamos, a town to the south of Santa Maria, and it enters Orcutt and Santa Maria as an expressway.
The expressway runs all the way to Santa Maria Way.
Highway 135 then turns into Broadway and runs through the heart of the town/city and all the way up to the Santa Maria River and U.S.
The Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMVRR) is a shortline freight barns to Guadalupe where the Union Pacific Railroad Interchange point is.
Main company includes storage of barns cars when northern California and southern California storage region are full.
The nearest train station with long-distance Amtrak service is in Guadalupe, to which Amtrak provides bus service from Santa Maria.
SMAT, Santa Maria Area Transit, is a small-town bus service provided by both town/city and county-run lines, it has recently period its services amid the evening that stretch to 10:15 P.M.
The Breeze Bus provides service to Lompoc, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and Santa Maria.
RTA Route 10 joins Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo.
The Guadalupe Flyer joins Santa Maria and Guadalupe.
The Clean Air Express commuter bus runs between Santa Maria and Goleta as well as a line to Santa Barbara weekdays.
The Santa Maria Public Airport is served by two airlines, Allegiant Air and Mokulele Airlines .
Allan Hancock College is a California enhance community college positioned in northern Santa Barbara County.
Allan Hancock College was ranked as one of the five best improve universities in California and one of the nation's top 120 improve colleges. Approximately 11,500 credit students enroll each semester at one of the college's four locations in Santa Maria, Lompoc, Solvang, or at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The chief campus is in Santa Maria, a 105-acre park-like setting that provides students with exceptional teaching and state of the art technology.
The Ethel Pope Auditorium at Santa Maria High School The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (SMJUHSD) is the earliest high school precinct in the State of California and runs the 3 major enhance high schools in the area, including Santa Maria High School, Pioneer Valley High School,and Ernest Righetti High School.
Marys Catholic School, Valley Christian Academy, and Pacific Christian School Grades K-8th.
The Santa Maria-Bonita School District is home to 13,700 students in 15 elementary schools (K-6th grade) and four junior high schools (7th-8th grade).
The schools in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District serve students who live inside the town/city limits of Santa Maria, the county region of Tanglewood and the county region just outside Santa Maria heading toward Guadalupe.
The Orcutt Union School District recently added a new school known as Orcutt Academy High School in the 2008-2009 school year.
Santa Maria is also home to Santa Barbara Business College, which has been serving the improve since 1982.
Tri-Tip and Santa Maria-style barbecue Main article: Santa Maria-style barbecue Santa Maria is perhaps most notable for an excellent range of barbecued meat.
The tri-tip steak has its roots in Santa Maria.
In the United States, this cut was typically used for ground beef or sliced into steaks until the late 1950s, when it became a small-town specialty in Santa Maria.
"Santa Maria-style" barbecue is usually used in reference to the seasoning of tri-tip or other meats (most prominently top sirloin, or "top block") when rubbed with salt, pepper, and spices and cooked whole on a rotisserie or grilled over small-town red oak wood.
The side dishes complementing a typical "Santa Maria-style" barbecue generally consist of garlic bread, pinquito beans, and a salad.
Sunset Magazine's August 2013 copy features a 10-page spread on Santa Maria Style BBQ, crowning Santa Maria as "The West's Best BBQ Town". Main article: Santa Maria Valley AVA Santa Maria, along with the neighboring Lompoc, Los Alamos and Santa Ynez Valleys, combine to problematic one of the nation's biggest wine-producing regions, referred to as the Santa Barbara Wine Country.
The often foggy and windswept Santa Maria Valley is the northern most appellation in Santa Barbara County.
Santa Maria Valley grapes are also used by wineries throughout Santa Barbara County and at many wineries outside of the county.
The Santa Maria Valley name is used on labels from wineries that are based far away from the Santa Barbara County sunshine.
The Santa Maria Valley appellation is bounded by the San Rafael Mountains and the Los Padres National Forest to the east, and by the Solomon Hills and the town/city of Santa Maria to the west.
Santa Maria's Allan Hancock College is the home of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA), a highly touted theatrical school and manufacturing company.
An additional PCPA theatre is positioned in Solvang, California in the Santa Ynez Valley.
The Santa Maria Valley has long been a primary recording locale for Hollywood.
In the Space: 1999 episode "Another Time, Another Place", the "Earth" Alphans, amid their reconstructionon Earth, have assembled a small village in the finished Santa Maria, discovering that on Earth there was an Atlantis-like civilization.
The Santa Maria Skate Park is positioned in Fletcher Park.
Bryn Smith, retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played for both Santa Maria High School and Allan Hancock College a b c "City Profile".
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