BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hearing room erupted with applause on Jan. 20 after the county officially honored retiring County Fire Chief Michael Dyer for his...
BY DAVID MINSKY
The trial for the alleged killers of 28-year-old Anthony Ibarra began its second week of testimony on Jan. 20 at the Santa Maria Juvenile Court, with Angel Escobar being call...
BY DAVID MINSKY
On the afternoon of Jan. 15, officers from the Allan Hancock College Police Department arrested a man who they said entered an apartment without permission in the 900 block of...
BY CAMILLIA LANHAM
For the second year in a row, the California Department of Education released figures that show a significant drop in the number of students suspended or expelled.
On Jan. 14...
BY DAVID MINSKY
Before a small crowd of onlookers and guests at the Rising Sun Martial Arts Academy on Orcutt Road, owner Jim Risinger puts on a demonstration with each of his students on Jan...
BY HELEN ANN THOMAS
No one was more surprised than Jim Bray at the 100-plus turnout for his talk on the heritage of the oil industry in Santa Maria Valley.
“Truthfully,” he told me, ...
MONDAY, JAN. 26
• 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., Nipom...
• State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) introduced a bill on Jan. 16 to streamline and expedite the environmental review process under the California Environme...
BY DAVID MINSKY
After spending the last four years teaching Zumba at several different venues around Santa Maria and searching for a more permanent location, Rosalie Fortner is now proud to n...
Robert Sachs - San Luis Obispo
About a month ago, on Dec. 15, 2014, NPR reported something that is significant to all of us locally and nationally. The Obama Administration is going to fund a number of expe...
Terri Stricklin - Nipomo
Why is it that our supervisors, when pushing through raises for themselves, always refer to what other counties are paying? And I’m not just talking about SLO County. Th...
Jim McKrell - Atascadero
Modern civilized societies worldwide place great value on stability and high living standards. Two important supporting features include law enforcement and currency. Taken ou...
BY SEAN MCNULTY
Before Cameron Artis-Payne finished 2014 as the lead rusher in the Southeastern Conference and bounced into the national spotlight as a second- or third-round pick for the NFL...
BY DAVID MINSKY
Judy Hearn isn’t your typical athlete. She doesn’t climb mountains or run marathons. In fact, she doesn’t compete in any sports.
However, at 76 years old, s...
BY RYAN MILLER
Santa Barbara County upper elementary and junior high school students from the Santa Maria-Bonita to Carpinteria districts are gearing up to meet writers and illustrators at t...
BY RYAN MILLER
Central Coast author Jennifer Best recently donated cases of her book, Best Family Adventures: Santa Barbara County, to northern Santa Barbara County schools for use in school...
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There are a lot of layers to this country. It’s like a pungent vegetable waiting to be peeled and browned in butter—maybe even caramelized.
Maybe I shouldn’...
What do you do to stay healthy?
BY JOE PAYNE
View a slideshow of painter Susan Belloni's work.
The lifestyle of a painter is hardly considered strenuous, as most of the artists enjoy working while seated in the privacy ...
BY JOE PAYNE
Young people are infamously immune to advice regarding a lot of things, and wisdom doled out by wellness experts seems to rank high on the list of information ignored (read: j...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Lompoc Recreation Division is preparing for the annual Father Daughter Sweetheart Dance of 2015. The semi-formal event includes two nights of music, dance, refreshments, g...
BY JOE PAYNE
Oceano resident Zhanna Stinson (pictured right) earned the second runner up in the annual Miss and Mrs. Asia USA pageant event in Redondo Beach during late November 2014. Repr...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Elverhoj Museum of History and Art features the work of Ro Snell in the exhibit Ro Snell: Outside In showing
Jan. 24 through April 26. The exhibit features the abstract...
BY JOE PAYNE
The Lompoc Concert Association is welcoming the New York-based husband and wife duo of Eric Cecil and Kaori Fujii to perform a live concert on Jan. 30 in Lompoc. Cecil and Fuj...
BY SHELLY CONE
The only balloon that would work was a clear one with silver curls and snowflakes decorating the outside. I kind of knew it, but I still thought it was a little too fancy. My ...
BY JOE PAYNE
Local lovers of contemporary folk rock and Americana music have been flocking to Buellton for Standing Sun Wines’ concert series Standing Sun LIVE, which has been showca...
Nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Academy Awards, American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, whose memoir is the basis for this film directed by...
BY WENDY THIES SELL
When hard-working Angela Soleno followed her heart, starting her own wine label in 2008, she still worked full-time at wineries in Los Olivos, bartended on weekends in Ventura...
Thirteen is not always an unlucky number, just ask the members of Banda Machos, whose collected number makes 13. The Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble will be sharing their big ...
The Wildling Museum in Solvang teamed up with the Return to Freedom wild horse sanctuary in Lompoc for the exhibit Wild Spirit: Horses in Art showing through June 1. The exhib...
The Lompoc Concert Association is welcoming guest musicians Kaori Fujii and Eric Cecil, who play flute and guitar respectively, for a live performance on Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. ...
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