By William D'Urso
Central Coast farmers are looking for an answer to labor shortages, and U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal is determined to give it to them.
The Santa Barbara Democrat held a ...
By Zac Ezzone
Weeks after a mother and her two children died in a car crash on Highway 154, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) unanimously established a committee t...
By Zac Ezzone
Around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, a teenager was shot near the 500 block of North L and M streets in Lompoc.
Following the incident, a family member transported the juvenile ...
By Zac Ezzone
After battling the matter for more than two years in court, the city of Santa Maria is settling a lawsuit filed by two men who were in a vehicle hit from behind by a police ca...
By William D'Urso
The proposal to locate a methadone treatment center in Vandenberg Village appears to be dead following sharp pressure from residents and local politicians.
Santa Barbara Coun...
By ZAC EZZONE
Gary Hall started his 20-slide PowerPoint presentation during the Nov. 19 Santa Maria City Council meeting with a joke. He told the council, “Yes, you’re getting t...
By KAREN GARICA
For 12 years, Sandy Blair served on active duty in the United States Air Force. In 2005, her time with the Air Force was up, but Blair describes that separation as abrupt. The...
• In a 24-10 vote on Nov. 21, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that calls for decriminalizing cannabis at the federal level. In addition to removing marijuan...
By WILLIAM D'URSO
Forty-three years ago Rosa Quiroga was wiping down countertops, cutting meat, and taking orders at La Simpatia. And she’s still doing that, only now she’s the owne...
By ZAC EZZONE
Following a year of nonstop conversations over cannabis cultivation, residents and stakeholders in Santa Barbara County will have a new marijuana-related topic to discuss in 2...
By RON FINK
Extending the boundaries of the city of Lompoc west to Bailey Avenue has been a dream of politicians, property owners, and developers for several decades.
Going back over 50 ...
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By The Canary
"Perfect is the enemy of good.”
I had to rack my bird brain for where I’d heard that before. I know it wasn’t from my eagle-eyed copyediting pr...
The Lompoc Valley Art Association presents Let’s do the Holidays, a new art exhibition, at Cypress Gallery through Sunday, Dec. 29. The exhibit showcases the works of th...
The Spirit of Solvang: From Danish Roots to California Colony, a historical photography exhibition, opened at the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art on Saturday, Nov. 23, and ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Game of Thrones is allegedly over, but winter is still coming. And for Solvang Antiques Fine Art Gallery, the season arrived earlier than its designated start date (Dec. 21). ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
With Thanksgiving behind us, it’s finally publicly acceptable to stretch out the fashionably ugly holiday sweaters and blast Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for C...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
The rain might be coming down but the temperature is going up, at least in the Chumash Casino Resort’s Samala Showroom on Friday, Dec. 6, when 98 Degrees claims center s...
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Writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, Star Wars: Episode VIII—The Last Jedi) helms this whodunit about Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who’s investigating the ...
By MALEA MARTIN
For Santa Maria-based couple Natalie and Victor Bryson, ice cream has always been a shared love in their relationship.
“My husband loves ice cream; I love ice cream. Ou...
The annual Old Town Orcutt Christmas Parade takes place on Saturday, Dec. 14, at noon. Guests will be treated to a variety of floats and entertainment. Live music will be prov...
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature hosts its Holiday Family Day on Saturday, Dec. 7, from noon to 4 p.m. Guests can enjoy meeting some of their favorite fairy tale characte...
Allan Hancock College hosts its Fine Arts Faculty Art Show in the Ann Foxworthy Gallery through Thursday, Dec. 12. Hancock instructor Amiko Matsuo, creator of the Platters and...
St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church hosts its seventh annual Gingerbread Wonderland event on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 8 p.m. Dozens of handcrafted gingerbread h...
Orcutt Community Theater presents its production of Annie at Klein Dance Arts Studio through Sunday, Dec. 22. The cast includes Frida Vega as Annie and Todd Buranen as Oliver ...
The Santa Ynez Valley Chorale presents Christmas Around the World at Solvang Veterans Memorial Hall on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 15, from 3 to 4...
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