By Zac Ezzone
For the first time in almost two decades, Surf Beach will remain open throughout the next Western snowy plover breeding season, regardless of the number of trespass violations...
By William D'Urso
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office recently announced a resolution with a Buellton auto dealer that didn’t include an admission of guilt, accordin...
By Zac Ezzone
While the federal government is still crafting a regulatory framework for industrial hemp, Santa Barbara County is beginning to figure out how the crop will become part of the...
By Zac Ezzone
Water users in Santa Maria will have to pay higher rates over the next four years after the City Council approved water and sewer rate increases proposed by the city’s U...
By William D'Urso
The Santa Barbara County supervisors voted 4-1, with 2nd District Supervisor Gregg Hart dissenting, to increase their pay and other benefits at their Oct. 8 meeting in Santa M...
By WILLIAM D'URSO
At the edge of Guadalupe’s downtown, plywood and two-by-fours stand nailed together—the skeletal structures of new homes, a glimpse of a future not yet realized.
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• Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D-Santa Barbara) Senate Bill 160, her office announced on Oct. 2. The bill aims to combat the threat of wildf...
By ZAC EZZONE
After 31 years of owning and operating A Touch of Elegance, a wig shop on South Broadway in Santa Maria, Vicki Stovall-McKinley is looking forward to retirement.
She ...
By RON FINK
For the past several months, more than 100 public speakers in Lompoc have been asking for the right to vote on a general sales tax measure that would add revenue to the genera...
By Rachel Altman, Santa Barbara
After an event such as the Climate Strike, we inevitably see critical letters asking, “How many people drove cars to this event?” or, “How many rode their bi...
By Zac Ezzone
While the federal government is still crafting a regulatory framework for industrial hemp, Santa Barbara County is beginning to figure out how the crop will become part of the...
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By The Canary
When I hear the words “rent control,” I think about housing units. Apartments, studios, houses, mobile homes. What I don’t think about is the ground beneath ...
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sideways—the Oscar-winning 2004 comedy-drama filmed primarily on location in the Santa Ynez Valley—the Sta. Rita Hills Wine Al...
Gavin’s Books in Santa Maria hosts a poetry night event on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Featured poets Judith Chumlea-Cohan and Molly Fisk will read, which will be fo...
The Santa Maria Arts Council (SMAC) hosts a meeting to celebrate October as Arts and Humanities Month at Santa Maria City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 5:30 p.m. Artists, art s...
Santa Maria Civic Theatre’s (SMCT) production of Lucky Stiff opens on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. Performances will continue every Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and every...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Fond memories of the Elks Rodeo, Strawberry Festival, and other definitive Santa Maria Valley gatherings race through yoga instructor Natalie Zimmerman’s mind as she ret...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Last October, I totally missed the boat on Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, the popular 2018 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel of the same name—the ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
A stage name can be a powerful thing.
If I was ever compelled to take one on—or make up an alias for a Dear So-and-so column—I’d probably take the eas...
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Co-writer Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover, War Dogs) directs this character study and origin story of Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), who after being rejected by socie...
By BETH GIUFFRE
Lobster corndogs. Ramen burgers. Ice-cream-cone cannoli. Foodies far and wide are being treated to boundary-pushing hybrids on their plates, and now two Central Coast beverage...
The Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake hosts Creepy Creatures on the Lawn on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event offers close-up encounters with owls, ...
The Los Olivos Day in the Country 5K Run and Kids’ Mile takes place at Lavinia Campbell Park on Saturday, Oct. 19. The 5K run for youth and adults begins at 8 a.m., and ...
The Natural History Museum hosts its Open House on Sunday, Oct. 20, from noon to 3 p.m. Guests can enjoy refreshments while viewing the museum’s various exhibits. The ev...
Luminous Landscapes, a duo show at Gallery Los Olivos, runs through Thursday, Oct. 31. This pastel and oil exhibition features landscapes from local painters Terri Taber and C...
The Great American Melodrama presents its Classic Comedy Vaudeville Revue, which follows each performance of Drac in the Saddle Again, through Nov. 17.
Performances take pla...
The Naughty Oak Brewing Company presents Soul Explozion on Friday, Oct. 18, from 7 to 10 p.m. This eclectic band performs a variety of genres including disco, funk, and dance....
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