By Spencer Cole
California is under a fiery siege, and emergency responders across the state and country have been dispatched in large numbers to stem the flaming tide.
Santa Barbara C...
By Spencer Cole
The Lompoc homeless emergency shelter, or triage center, closed on Oct. 9 of this year but not before county social workers were able to assist some 70 affected individuals. &...
By Kasey Bubnash
Allan Hancock College has a new club for students hoping to learn more about the local agricultural industry and legislation that affects it.
The Young Farmers and Ranchers C...
By Kasey Bubnash
After a workshop on Nov. 11 where Guadalupe community members discussed the needs and future of LeRoy Park, it's back to the drawing board for city staffers working to lay out...
By Spencer Cole
It was a packed house at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott on Nov. 8, and the topic at hand was jobs and how to bring more to Santa Barbara County.
Business ranging from Pacific...
By Joe Payne
Kaitlyn Domingues had been asleep for less than an hour in her Cal Lutheran dorm room on Nov. 7 when she woke up to a phone notification.
It was a text from a friend, Domingu...
• Santa Barbara County released its first post-election update on Nov. 9, updating vote counts for the Nov. 6 midterm elections. As of press time, approximately 56,000 ba...
By Spencer Cole
Changes are coming to Lompoc's health care industry.
On Aug. 24, Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC) announced the planned acquisition of the Lompoc Sansum Clinic and its 14-...
By Ron Fink - Lompoc
A couple of weeks ago I got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that required me to take a written driver's test in order to renew my license. You see I am ol...
By Seth Steiner - Los Alamos
If we want to continue to have clean water for drinking and ag use, we need to step up. A company called ERG is planning a huge increase in oil production between Los Alamos a...
By Erik Huber - San Luis Obispo
I once read a bestselling novel about the Great War called The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. The author vividly describes the horrors of the costly and tragic conflict; h...
By Luane Fose, 2nd tenor saxophone - Allan Hancock College Jazz Band
Thursday night is my favorite night of the week! Why? Because that is the night that I join other musicians from all over the Central Coast in performing jazz in the Allan Han...
By Kasey Bubnash
Lompoc High School's water polo team might not even exist today if it weren't for senior Jarred Torres.
Torres, who started playing water polo his freshman year, accord...
By Kasey Bubnash
Community colleges throughout California have seen big, systematic changes in the last two years, and while many of those are still being implemented, even more are coming.
I...
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It takes a lot to surprise this old bird, but the midterm elections on Nov. 6 did just that.
Well, I wasn't surprised by all of it.
I rightly predicted ("Politi...
By Rebecca Rose
The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture presents a juried exhibit of the Santa Barbara Printmakers (SBP) at the Betteravia Gallery in Santa Maria through A...
By Rebecca Rose
The latest production from the Santa Maria Civic Theatre is Boy, inspired by a true story.
The play explores issues of sexual identity and falling in love as well as the co...
Local artist Lori Mole is featured in a new exhibit at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York City.
The exhibit, titled Moulin Rouge Thanksgiving, features work celebratin...
By Rebecca Rose
Scrolling through Robert Salazar's website yields some unusual finds.
The artist, scientist, and activist, known for his intensely detailed origami works of art, has a lot ...
By Ryah Cooley
The hills of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County are dotted with wine grapes as far as the eye can see. But in those twisted vines, former Santa Maria Times journalist St...
By Rob Krider
Even though I am a grown-ass man I still like to play with cars. As a little boy all I wanted to be when I grew up was a race car driver. It was a dream I never let go of. S...
By Joe Payne
The holiday season is the perfect time to get a band back together.
First of all, everyone comes back to town for the holidays, so it's easier to get people together for a ...
Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) directs this action/mystery/horror story about two World War II-era American paratroopers—Boyce (Jovan Adepo) and Ford (Wyatt Russell)—...
By Rebecca Rose
Humberto Hernandez opened his first restaurant at the age of 16 in Jalisco, Mexico. He had spent the past five years learning to cook at home and working in kitchens and thoug...
The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum hosts its Mars InSight Landing event on Nov. 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children and their families can view the landing of NASA’s InS...
The Great Gatsby Gala takes place Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel, located at 3455 Airpark Drive, Santa Maria. This annual gala benefits the Santa Maria Philharmonic S...
Illusionist and comedian Anthony Hernandez hosts a magic show on Nov. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ethel Pope Auditorium, located at 901 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. Proceeds benef...
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