By JOE PAYNE
Somebody in Lompoc really doesn’t like the city’s mayor, Bob Lingl.
The Sun saw more than 12,000 votes pour into its online opinion poll within 24 hours between S...
By KASEY BUBNASH
A Santa Maria man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Sept. 13 by a federal judge in Montana for possessing and plotting to traffic more than 3 pounds of methamphetamine th...
By SPENCER COLE
Jeff Wagonseller, the Cabrillo High School principal placed on administrative leave by the Lompoc Unified School District on Sept. 14, was accused of sexual misconduct with a ...
By KASEY BUBNASH
Lompoc announced on Sept. 15 that fire service veteran Gerald Kuras was chosen to lead the Lompoc City Fire Department. The announcement comes about six years after Kuras&rsqu...
By SPENCER COLE
The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board will address myriad violations that occurred at three separate facilities in May, according to a staff report.
The Cali...
By SPENCER COLE
A report released by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office on Aug. 29 found that five county sheriff’s deputies acted reasonably in May of 2016 when ...
• Amid renewed efforts by Congressional Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced the Medicare for All Act, and received ...
By SPENCER COLE
For Dr. Brenda Forsythe, the 10-year span between Orcutt Veterinary Hospital’s grand opening and its decade anniversary celebration on Sept. 17 was like the blink of an ...
By JOE A. GARCIA
Lompoc City Manager Patrick Wiemiller, during the 2016 State of the City address, instructed his audience to pledge, “We deserve and expect the best in Lompoc.” Wi...
By Rebecca Gowing - Santa Maria
In a letter to this newspaper ("Dirty oil campaign," Sept. 14), a Buellton resident recently opened up regarding his concerns related to Aera Energy's oil extraction...
By Justin Ruhge - Lompoc
Regarding your article in the Sun entitled “A house divided” (Sept. 14), it covered the outward visible things happening, but did not address the “why.&rdquo...
By Jane Swanson - San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) applauds PG&E for its decision to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. However, our organization asserts that it would be in ...
By KRISTINA SEWELL
There was a time in my life when if you asked me who I was I would have answered: “Kristina Sewell, softball player.” Softball was what I knew, year round, from ag...
By KRISTINA SEWELL
It’s safe to say that running is not everyone’s idea of fun, nor is it something a lot of people do voluntarily because they enjoy it. But St. Joseph High School&r...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District announced on Sept. 7 the ratification of its retroactive 1 percent salary increase for all employees, effective July 1.
Leade...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The Guadalupe Kids Come First Foundation will host its fourth annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser on Sept. 30 in an effort to raise money for the Guadalupe Union School District...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The Allan Hancock College Concert Band will perform its annual Fall Pops Concert on Sept. 30 at Santa Maria’s First Baptist Church. The concert, according to a Hancock p...
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I was quite tickled to see the response to the Sun’s recent reporting on the Lompoc City Council (“A house divided”) and my rant on the matter (“Loop...
What are you studying at Allan Hancock College?
By REBECCA ROSE
When Alana Clumeck was pregnant with her first child, she wasn't expecting the pregnancy to indirectly lead her to a thriving career as an artist.
Clumeck, who lives in Santa...
By REBECCA ROSE
All good things must come to an end, and in the case of the Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA), its 53rd season is closing with a production of one of the most compelling and...
By REBECCA ROSE
It’s not too late for local photographers to enter the 22nd annual Winning Images photography competition. Winners will be published in the New Times and Sun’s Win...
By REBECCA ROSE
The city of Lompoc's Recreation department currently seeks vendors for its annual Arts and Vines event.
The event features artists, crafters and vendors from the Central Coas...
By REBECCA ROSE
As news broke of the horrendous and terrifying Equifax hack, which has exposed the private information of more than 143 million people, I was struck by one persistent and na...
By JOE PAYNE
It’s important to open a symphonic season strong, at least that’s what Michael Nowak says.
The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society’s music director had that in...
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Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Noah) directs this psychological thriller about a couple, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem,...
By REBECCA ROSE
It’s finally here. Following some long months of anticipation, Cubanissimo food truck has finally found its permanent home.
I grew up in South Florida, where we had a...
The Great American Melodrama presents Phantom of the Melodrama, a parody of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Frida...
Los Olivos Wine Merchant Café presents an exhibit of contemporary landscape art by local artist Sheila Krausse. Show runs through Nov. 2, times are 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p...
Lompoc High School’s class of 1972 is having a reunion. The event features dinner and dancing on Sept. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Lompoc Elks, 905 E. Ocean Ave., Lompoc....
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