By Spencer Cole
They came by the dozen and filed in front of the county Engineering Building in Santa Barbara just as the sun began to set on July 11. Armed with signs and shouting slogans de...
By Kasey Bubnash
Long-awaited repairs are coming to Guadalupe's LeRoy Park and its community center, according to Guadalupe Mayor John Lizalde, who announced on July 10 that the city was award...
By Spencer Cole
Lompoc's Classical School of Ballet will have a buffer zone protecting it from encroaching marijuana businesses after all, following an agreement struck between the school's o...
By Kasey Bubnash
Santa Maria residents hoping to get a bachelor's degree at home are in luck.
Laurus College, a family-owned private college established in 2006, is now offering four ba...
By Kasey Bubnash
It's been a little over a year since several organizations throughout the state started giving out free fentanyl test strips in an effort to curb opioid overdoses.
Sinc...
• President Donald Trump appeared with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the two held a one-on-one summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 17, when the two leaders an...
By Spencer Cole
It took a freak dance floor accident for Haley Pavone, 22, to look down at her high-heeled shoes and wonder if there was a better way.
Working her way through college at Cal ...
By Scott Fina
The rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep in a cave in Mae Sai, Thailand, by flooding from monsoon rains in late June captured worldwide attention. &n...
By Seth Steiner - Los Alamos
Oil brings in revenue for Santa Barbara County. This has been a selling point when new drilling permits are sought. But oil operations cost us more than they generate. Some di...
By Willie Galvan - commander, American GI Forum, Santa Maria chapter
Every community faces the challenges of unmet needs–not enough money to go around for basic public services, let alone taking care of underserved residents in virtually ...
By Libby Breen - Orcutt
So many of us knew what a dangerous, corrupt, and unintelligent resident landed in the White House, a puppet of Russia and Putin. The facts around the 2016 election have dribb...
By Kasey Bubnash
After beating out teams from across the nation in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, the Lompoc High School Unified Basketball team took home bronze medals on July 6.
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By Kasey Bubnash
Fewer kids are being detained in local juvenile detention facilities because of several newly implemented policies that county officials say could better aid at-risk youth and...
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Sometimes, you just see things coming. At least, those of us who've reported on Santa Barbara County, its cities, towns, industries, and activists for any period of time can.
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Sphinx and Drinks gala featured in Guadalupe
The Dunes Center in Guadalupe is hosting its Sphinx and Drinks gala event on July 21 to benefit the center's educational programs...
By Rebecca Rose
Santa Maria is going a little bit Hollywood, thanks to some local filmmakers.
Cindy Kitagawa was born and raised in Santa Maria and worked in Los Angeles as an aspiring write...
By Rebecca Rose
The Santa Maria Public Airport is filled with quiet spaces–people reading books, waiting in line for car rentals, or sharing a meal at the restaurant. Hovering over all ...
By ROB KRIDER
I'm not allowed to be inside the confines of the kitchen area of my own house. Yes, the same house that I send most of my paycheck to the bank each month so we can live in. ...
By Joe Payne
Studying the art of music can often feel like an isolating, solitary affair, with hours spent alone practicing the necessary scales and chords to one day become a "real&q...
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In this truth-is-stranger-than-fiction documentary directed by Tim Wardle, in 1980, three 19-year-old strangers discover they’re identical triplets separated at birth. T...
By Rebecca Rose
When the Urbane Cafe first opened, we beelined it straight for the new venue. Journalists like two things in life: fast, affordable food and funny videos of cats (but we're no...
Children’s Mission Life Day takes place July 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at La Purisima Mission State Historic Park, located at 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc. Kids can experi...
Yoga 4 Mankind hosts Cat Yoga, a benefit for Santa Barbara County Animal Services, on July 25 from 6 to 7 p.m. Cats will be present during the class and available to adopt. Ad...
Mini Makers, a summer camp for ages 6 to 10 at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum, takes place July 30 through Aug. 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. Participants will have VIP acce...
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