
By Vik Jolly
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA MARIA - It was the summer of 1978. Superior Court Judge Arthur A. Garcia remembers walking a few miles to the downtown courthouse here to be sworn in as an attorney. His then-wife was using their only car, so Garcia trudged on in the sweltering midday heat, wearing a new suit.
A trash truck suddenly pulled up alongside the Loyola Law School graduate, fresh from success on the bar exam. His father, Gilbert Gar... (continued)