By Taylor O'Connor
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies identified two young adults as suspects in the theft of two Pride flags in the Los Olivos area on July 28, according to Sheriff&r...
By Caleb Wiseblood
A parking lot across the street from Solvang City Hall could be the future site of a new fire station, depending on the outcome of a Santa Barbara County Fire Department study...
By Taylor O'Connor
Several California conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reached an agreement to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than 1 million acres within t...
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) applauded the Senate’s passage of the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act, which sends the landmar...
By TAYLOR O'CONNOR
Mother-and-son duo Denise and Lucas Neumann traded Los Angeles city living for more open spaces to pursue Denise’s dreams of running a farm. During her time in the city,...
By Taylor O'Connor
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors decided to change permit requirements for cannabis cultivation permits, which will give decision makers like the board more say o...
By RON FINK
When is an “emergency” not really that emergent? Apparently, some of the “experts” in Lompoc can’t figure that one out as they tried to claim an ...
By Stephen Siemsen, Orcutt
I fear that the Sun/New Times and the Santa Barbara County Health Department completely missed the key underlying reason for the higher death rate among older white males in N...
By Keith Dekker, Morro Bay
Right on, Mr. Donegan (“Conservatives and guns,” Aug. 4)! When people realize that it’s the idiots behind the guns that cause the problems and the existing l...
By Seth Forester, Santa Maria
During the Jan. 6 hearings, we’ve heard from former members of the Trump administration and Republican state officials about how Trump and his allies worked together to ...
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By THE CANARY
What happens when science meets science? When one scientist says one thing and another says something different? Who do you believe? The chorus or the loner?
We could talk ab...
By GLEN STARKEY
We park in a makeshift lot off the main road into Filipponi Ranch, grab our lawn chairs and picnic, and make our way down a graded pathway. As we round the corner, like a mira...
By Caleb Wiseblood
The Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez presents a live performance from country artist, comedian, and actor Rodney Carrington on Friday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m., in the venue&rsqu...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Gallery Los Olivos’ latest duo exhibition, Romance of the Landscape, debuted at the beginning of August and is scheduled to run through the end of the month. This exhibi...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Performances of Just Passing, a staged reading with music hosted by Orcutt Community Theater, will be held at the Minerva Club in Santa Maria on Friday, Aug. 12, and Saturday,...
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Editor’s note: Glen Starkey stepped aside this week so that 8-year-old Acacia Newman of Cayucos could bring a kid’s perspective to this animated family film in thi...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Wine is often the headliner at Flying Goat Cellars Tasting and Art Salon in Lompoc. But the venue’s yearly Honey Bee Day celebration usually attracts visitors who crave ...
Night Flowers: An Evening of Flamenco, featuring Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes, takes place at the San Luis Obispo Guild Hall on Monday, Aug. 15, at 8 p.m. Fu...
The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department and the Santa Maria Valley Senior Club co-host Let’s Rock with Riptide, a 1960s-themed dance concert with the Riptide Big...
Lompoc Parks and Recreation hosts its annual Skateboard Competition at the Lompoc Skate Park on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m. The event, co-sponsored by Surf Connection, is op...
Local painter Virginia Mack is the featured artist in Gallery at Marina Square’s lower gallery for the month of August. A joint reception for Mack and fellow featured ar...
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