By Spencer Cole
In a race against the clock to pass cannabis regulations before the Aug. 14 deadline, the Solvang City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance that effectively allows...
By Kasey Bubnash
In a 2-1 ruling on Aug. 9, a federal appeals court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the use of a pesticide that is widely used on California fruit and ...
By Kasey Bubnash
Two people were injured in Lompoc after what appears to be a gang-related shooting on Aug. 13, according to the Lompoc Police Department.
After receiving multiple repor...
By Spencer Cole
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors heard a proposal on Aug. 14 for an affordable housing project in Santa Maria. In total, the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara, t...
By Kasey Bubnash
Just two years into its existence, the Brandon Harper Foundation received 56 applications for its $2,000 college scholarship this school year.
The Brandon L. Harper Memorial ...
By Spencer Cole
There's no silver bullet for solving homelessness and poverty, especially in Santa Barbara County, where roughly 1 in 5 residents live at or near the U.S. federal poverty leve...
By Spencer Cole
Pristine Physique's owner Gary Gorospe knows fitness. The amatuer body builder used to compete throughout California, and the certified personal trainer says that staying in s...
By Justin Fareed, 24th Congressional District candidate, Santa Barbara
On July 18, the House voted on House Resolution 990, titled "Supporting the officers and personnel who carry out the important mission of the United States Immigration an...
By Jan Lipski, Vandenberg Village
Ladies and gentlemen, for the 30-plus years that I have lived here I've seen and read about your efforts to stop the nuclear arms race. I've never thought that these demonstra...
By Justin Ruhge, Lompoc
The propensity of the Sun Opinion page to publish outlandish, anti-Trump letters is again displayed in the recent one entitled "Misdeeds in La-La Land" (Aug. 9) by t...
By Kasey Bubnash
Up-and-coming taekwondo stars Bruce and Henry Newby are taking over the local martial arts scene.
For these boys, taekwondo is more than just a sport–it's a family af...
By Kasey Bubnash
Children who experience four or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) before they're 17 years old are more likely to experience unemployment and incarceration as adults, a...
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Just about every time I bring up the president, I get the inevitable angry letter that tells me to "go get a job in a mine," or something like that.
Well, to real...
By Rebecca Rose
On Aug. 26, the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum will host Day at the Ranch, a free event for children to commemorate the memory of museum benefactor R.H. Tesene.
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By Rebecca Rose
The DANA Adobe Cultural Center is looking for paintings from local artist Milford Zornes and is asking residents if they have any of his work to share for an upcoming exhibit....
By Rebecca Rose
Trish Campbell misses the flower fields that used to cover the lands surrounding Lompoc.
The artist, whose work is on display at Flying Goat Cellars' tasting room in the Lo...
By Rebecca Rose
When it comes to the music of 1970s super act ABBA, people either fall in one of two camps. It's either literal ear poison that makes you want to scream until the pain stops o...
By ROB KRIDER
Marriage is all about communication, and for me living alongside my wife is like doing a 24-hour-a-day word problem in a foreign language that can only be solved with algebra....
By Joe Payne
Gale McNeeley and Méami Maszewski are at polar opposite points in their acting careers, but the unlikely duo connect over one thing–the classic songs from the Bro...
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Spike Lee (Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Summer of Sam, Inside Man) directs this comedic crime biography about Ron Stallworth (John David Washington), a black rookie police o...
By Rebecca Rose
As Johnny Mathis cooly croons about forgotten lovers, a teenager behind me pipes up.
"Who is this singer?" he asks.
I shoot a glance to the table, wondering if I...
The Friends of the Los Alamos Library host Eat, Play, Love Los Alamos on Aug. 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. Participants receive a punch card to use at various local businesses includin...
Growing Grounds Farm holds its Summer Succulent Sale on Aug. 18 and 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This annual event features succulents in a variety of pot sizes to suit various p...
The Lompoc Pirate Festival takes place Aug. 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days, at River Park. Guests can enjoy live entertainment, various vendors, family-friendly a...
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