By Taylor O'Connor
More than 20 farmworker families and advocacy groups demonstrated their support for a new farmworker resource center by sharing the challenges they face during the Nov. 29 San...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Solvang’s Public Works Department predicts the city will need to increase inspections of local businesses’ stormwater management practices, starting in 2024.
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By Peter Johnson
California and Santa Barbara County voters both said “yes” to abortion protections, arts education funding, and a flavored tobacco ban, but soured on the remaining...
• The U.S. Department of Energy conditionally selected Diablo Canyon Power Plant to receive the first round of funding from the Civil Nuclear Credit Program, according to...
By Taylor O'Connor
Until 2020, the Letter Carriers Food Drive—a drive that used the U.S. Postal Service to pick up nonperishable foods from residents’ homes—was a major source ...
By Caleb Wiseblood
After two hours of deliberation, one Santa Barbara County planning commissioner stood firm about denying a local grower’s cannabis permit, which would have otherwise bee...
By RON FINK
Last week was Thanksgiving. The day represents a couple of things; one is that we give thanks for having a warm, dry place to sleep and food to eat. We are also thankful for t...
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By THE CANARY
Solvang is in deep doo-doo. Technically, it’s not deep yet, but it could be if it actually rains.
On Dec. 3, the city’s Julefest Parade hits the streets com...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Members of the Santa Maria Arts Council hope to see some new faces at an upcoming mixer event—and bring some new artists into the fold.
Gale McNeeley, one of the even...
By Caleb Wiseblood
In 2017, the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature purchased its current facility on Mission Drive in Solvang with a $1.6 million loan from the Adams Legacy Foundation, and planne...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Gallery Los Olivos’ 2022 Winter Salon group exhibition is scheduled to open on Thursday, Dec. 1.
The annual showcase features a collection of artworks—including W...
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Co-writer Sean Anders (Daddy’s Home, Instant Family) directs this modernized musical take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the 1843 novella about miserly Ebe...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Slot machines. Poker tables. Bundt cakes.
Husband and wife Tom and Terre Downey hit the jackpot in one of these arenas during a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, when they wer...
The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society presents its next live concert, Baroque Jubilee, at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Maria on Friday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The o...
The Solvang Senior Center hosts its next chair cycling session on Friday, Dec. 2, from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Participants of this weekly exercise program enjoy some pedal-powered, ...
Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes (pictured) will join accompanying musician Diego Amador Jr. for Rayn: Flamenco for a New World, a dance showcase at the SLO Guild Hall on Frid...
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