By Malea Martin
After experiencing multiple serious COVID-19 outbreaks and community groups’ continued advocacy for increased Public Health Department involvement, Santa Barbara County ...
By Karen Garcia
San Luis Obispo County is closing in on its $1.5 million funding goal for the Nipomo Skate Park with the hopes of breaking ground on construction next spring.
It’...
By Kasey Bubnash
After roughly two-dozen comments from the public and a lively debate, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted on Sept. 15 to symbolically support a controversial s...
By Malea Martin
Santa Barbara County Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso announced at a Sept. 15 Board of Supervisors meeting that this week the county is, once again, assigned to the &...
By PETER JOHNSON
Editor’s note: This article is the second of a two-part series produced as a data fellowship with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. The first part, “...
• On Sept. 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1867 into law. The legislation extends paid sick day protections to California’s workforce. “Building on ...
By MALEA MARTIN
The Lompoc mayoral race this year brings together familiar faces, with incumbent Mayor Jenelle Osborne running against 2nd District City Councilmember Victor Vega. The Sun spo...
By ZAC EZZONE
Labor shortages and government regulations tied to groundwater usage continue to hinder local farmers, but technological advancements could ease some of these concerns, accord...
By EVELYN DELANY
Recently, at one of the South County Chambers of Commerce meetings, members seemed to be rallying in support of an individual member who claimed he had lost hundreds of thousa...
By Stephen Pepe, Lompoc
The Santa Barbara Vintners have been working on a wine business improvement district (BID) for two years.
Their first proposal was a 2 percent tax on all direct to cons...
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By THE CANARY
If you think your life is bad during 2020, you can take solace in the fact that Lompoc had actual dumpster fires over the second weekend in September—well, you can take ...
In recognition of its 100th anniversary, Allan Hancock College announced its plans to host several virtual and live events, starting this month and through its spring 2021 sem...
The Dana Adobe and Cultural Center in Nipomo recently announced plans for its Fall Online Auction, which will open on Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to run through Oct. 5...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
“We have to cancel, it’s no longer a choice,” KC Thompson texted in a group chat on March 12, nine days before Los Olivos’ third annual NatureTrack Fil...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
While her choice of media varies between each artwork—from oil to watercolor, acrylic, or charcoal—the theme that ties together each piece in Liz Poulin Alvarez&rs...
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Director and co-writer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Funny People) delivers a poignant dramedy about directionless 24-year-old Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson, ...
By CAMILLIA LANHAM
It’s hard to tell whether smoke or fog hangs over Nipomo on Sept. 10 as we walk over to Birchwood Beer Garden around 5 p.m.
Field to Table Catering & Event...
The 2020 Central Coast Writers Conference begins online on Thursday, Sept. 24, and is scheduled to run through Saturday, Sept. 26. Participants of this annual workshop series ...
Simple Pleasures, a new duo show, runs through Monday, Sept. 28, at Gallery Los Olivos. This exhibition features handcrafted jewelry by Patricia Watkins and oil paintings by C...
Out on a Whim, a new art show presented by the Morro Bay Art Association, opens at Art Center Morro Bay on Thursday, Sept. 17, and is scheduled to remain on display through Mo...
The Cambria Center for the Arts Gallery presents Taming the Restless Mind, a duo exhibit showcasing abstract artworks by Marvin Sosna and Deborah Pepin, through Sunday, Sept. ...
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