🌱 Friday Night Music at El Viñero | August 7th, 2026 and 11 more events

Hi Orcutt! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Horse lovers! Now hear what horses have to say...about you... at 2905 Bramadero Road, Los Olivos
• Board of Education Meeting - 5:00 pm/6:30 pm at Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
• New Teacher Orientation at District PDF

... and check out 6 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: Why does an elephant stand on a marshmallow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Areas of fog, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.
• Tuesday: Low clouds followed by sun, temps: high: 75, low: 55.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Orcutt

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22

• Horse lovers! Now hear what horses have to say...about you... →
  2905 Bramadero Road, Los Olivos,
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday August 4

• Board of Education Meeting - 5:00 pm/6:30 pm
  Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Santa Maria, CA 93455
• New Teacher Orientation
  District PDF Santa Maria, CA 93455
  12:00 pm

Friday August 7

• Friday Night Music at El Viñero | August 7th, 2026 →
  El Vinero, 130 N Broadway St, Orcutt
  5:30 pm

Monday August 10

• Staff Development
  District PDF Santa Maria, CA 93455
  12:00 pm

Wednesday August 12

• All Staff Workday
  District PDF Santa Maria, CA 93455
  12:00 pm

Thursday August 13

• Students Begin - First Day of School
  District PDF Santa Maria, CA 93455
  12:00 pm

Wednesday August 19

• Wine Wednesday BINGO!-Wine Stone Inn →
  Wine Stone Inn, 255 W Clark Ave, Orcutt
  5:00 pm

Wednesday August 26

• Trivia Night →
  Naughty Oak Brewing Company, 165 S Broadway #102, Orcutt
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 3

• New Teacher Orientation
  District PDF Santa Maria, CA 93455
  12:00 pm

Tuesday August 4

• Board of Education Meeting - 5:00 pm/6:30 pm
  Santa Maria Joint Union High School District Santa Maria, CA 93455

Wednesday August 5

• Wine Wednesday BINGO!-Wine Stone Inn
  Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau Wine Stone Inn 255 W. Clark Ave. Old Orcutt
  5:00 pm

Thursday August 6

• HBA Grow Your Business Event
  Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau Town Center Mall near Macy's upstairs above Gina's Piece of Cake
  5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Santa Maria

• Fill the Closet school donations welcome (keyt.com)
• Los Altos resident Jim Darby to enter College Baseball Hall of Fame (losaltosonline.com)

Vandenberg Village

• Interestingly, low-orbit Rassvet communications satellites (developed by the Russian company Bureau 1440) fly infrequently (at least for now) directly over Ukraine (news-pravda.com)
• Boeing's Air Force One cost overruns top $3 billion after another $280 million loss (americandigest.com)
• SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) moves forward with Starlink launches, yet shares drop ahead of results (ts2.tech)

Mission Hills

• Art That Deserves to Be Seen, Not Stored Out of Sight (presidiosentinel.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: So he won’t fall in the hot chocolate (Thank you Geila P. for sending it in!)
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