A 7-acre site across from Costco and Lowe’s at Enos Ranch will become home to Santa Maria’s newest park with a restored farmhouse, seen here from the rear side, and a barn-themed community center ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A furry friend has been lifting spirits every week at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo. Maria, an 8-year-old lab terrier mix and a rescue dog, is the first ...

The Santa Maria Japanese Community Center, seen in November 2024, is set to open its doors this spring in Enos Ranch Park, just west of the historic Smith-Enos House on Bradley Road. Cooking classes, ...

Members of the Santa Maria City Council, the Recreation and Parks Commission and the Japanese Community Center board participate in a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the new Japanese Community ...

Tomoka Terada’s Maria, a drama about a young woman facing an unwanted pregnancy, is the first project to secure financing through a new initiative launched by Japan’s Imagica Group and backed by ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The long-planned Santa Maria Japanese Community Center is moving closer towards completion after receiving $500,000 in government funding, which helps pave the way for official ...

Tropical Storm Maria made landfall in northern Japan on Monday, having dumped the most rain in some areas since records began and forced the cancellation of dozens of flights. Maria came ashore around ...

While teaching in a Japanese school in Ogden, Utah, in 1930, Hisagoro Saka was invited to come to the Santa Maria Valley to become secretary of the Guadalupe Japanese Association, principal of the ...

A 7-acre site across from Costco and Lowe’s at Enos Ranch will become home to Santa Maria’s newest park with a restored farmhouse, seen here from the rear side, and a barn-themed community center ...