BY AMY ASMAN
The discovery of an old military ordnance in an alleyway behind several Solvang businesses on April 16 prompted members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Departmen...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
It takes a zoning laws genius to follow any sort of battle over land-use regulations, but the fight that came before Santa Barbara County Supervisors in March was especially c...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
More than 5,000 signatures of support didn’t get the job done for a petition submitted by community groups trying to get an initiative placed on November’s ballot ...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
The walk-in cooler at the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County’s Santa Maria facility is filling up slower and moving produce out faster than it has in the past.
This is p...
• Brian Trautwein wanted to clarify some of his statements regarding the failing pumps at Hilton Creek in the April 17 cover story “Dry flow.” He wrote to the...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
Palomino horses gallop and rear along the barbed-wire fence adjacent to the lot that Orcutt Academy’s kindergarten-through-eight-grade-school occupies in Casmalia.
Ap...
BY COLIN RIGLEY
On a late Monday afternoon in January 2012, a group of five health and safety shift specialists were called to meet with four managers of the Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refiner...
MONDAY, APRIL 28
• The South County Advisory Council has its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Nipomo Community Services District Headquarters, 148 S. Wilson St., Nipo...
• Californians account for nearly one fifth of the number of people who signed up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act nationwide. Covered California—the sta...
BY DORA SALTZMAN
In observance of Earth Day and to encourage environmentally friendly transportation, the San Luis Obispo County Regional Transit Authority (RTA) and South County Transit (SC...
BY AMY ASMAN
After moving to Santa Maria in 2005, Tennessean Tyler Gross studied music business at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood. With that experience under his belt—and one...
BY GARY PAUDLER
On April 6, in the Santa Barbara News-Press, Andy Caldwell challenged the proponents of the Safe Air and Water Initiative to Ban Fracking to a debate. As one of the initiative...
Michael Clear - Solvang
In response to Larry Bargenquast’s comments (“Trash the liberal-created culture”) on your opinion page of April 10:
Mr. Bargenquast’s stereotypical an...
Anne Cridler - Guadalupe
The article about the transformation of Little L.A. is so accurate (“Little L.A.,” April 3). When working in Oxnard and living in Guadalupe, I drove through town F...
BY KRISTINA SEWELL
Student-athlete—not so long ago, I once defined myself as such. It is a title that demands being able to successfully operate in two worlds, one that requires just as mu...
BY KRISTINA SEWELL
The tall oak trees blocked the sky above me as my black Ford Focus cruised along the bumpy dirt road in the remote hills of Nipomo. For a while, all I could think about was ...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
Ernest Righetti High School students and staff recently organized a fundraiser to help ease the burden of medical costs for a student with cancer.
Joshua Amador, 19, who wi...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
St. Mary’s of the Assumption students re-enacted the Passion of the Christ and performed Living Stations of the Cross on April 18. More than 15 middle school students pa...
BY CHRIS SLAUGHTER
The Discovery Museum is offering free admission on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to noon to celebrate Arbor Day with lots of fun educational activities inspiring kids to he...
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I’m all about speaking my opinion. Obviously I am. I wouldn’t have this column if I didn’t.
But.
I’m also not voting on issues that impact the coun...
What do you know about the Channel Islands?
BY JOE PAYNE
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre was buzzing with commotion. It wasn’t opening night of the all-volunteer theater company’s latest show, but rather a rehearsal for ...
BY JOE PAYNE
Allan Hancock College student Kaden Howard has been using the same tablet, a Wacom Intuos 3, to draw cartoons and character sketches for the past nine years.
“It's a ...
BY JOE PAYNE
The annual Allan Hancock College Fine Arts Faculty Exhibit has been extended through May 21 at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery on the campus at 800 S. College Drive in Santa Maria. ...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Lompoc Valley Art Association’s general meeting is scheduled for May 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Stone Pine Hall, 200 South H St., Lompoc. Members will be able to vote at ...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Town Center Gallery invites the public to a free art exhibition on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Maria Radisson Hotel, 3455 Airpark Drive, Santa Maria. The ...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes center is in need of volunteers to help give tours of the Dunes Center museum. Applicants should be interested in history, local ecology, and willin...
BY ROB KRIDER
I like to consider myself a high roller. When I cruise up to the scene of an event, I have my lady at my side, my personal driver, and a wad of bills in my pocket. You might...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Santa Maria High School concert band and jazz ensembles keep dozens of students involved in music on a daily basis. The program has grown much and earned many accolades ...
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Writers-directors John Maloof and Charlie Siskel tell the story of Vivian Maier, a nanny whose cache of 150,000 photo negatives was made famous after she died, proving her to ...
BY WENDY THIES SELL
The Market, a fine dining restaurant at the Santa Maria Town Center mall, is dramatically different than its predecessor, Central City Market. The stylish new restaurant and...
The Lompoc Pops Orchestra is ready to present its spring concert, “Love Is In The Air,” on April 28 in Lompoc. The 45 musicians who make up the Lompoc Pops Orchest...
The Allan Hancock College-sponsored dance event ¡Folklorico! will feature dancers from a wide range of local programs of various ages, skills, and specialties. The three...
The Standing Sun Concert Series continues with a live set by The Howlin’ Brothers, a three-piece Americana-style string band. The Brothers will perform songs from their ...
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