By KASEY BUBNASH
An officer-involved shooting that led to the death of an armed bank robber in August 2017, was deemed a justifiable homicide by the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Of...
By SPENCER COLE
The first phase of a joint mission run by NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences—or GFZ—successfully detached from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 22,...
By JOE PAYNE
Former Santa Maria City Councilmember and 5th District County Supervisor Thomas "Tom" Urbanske passed away on May 17, leaving those in local government reflecting on...
By KASEY BUBNASH
Santa Maria city officials plan to crack down on food trucks and enforce regulations in June after receiving an influx of food truck-related complaints.
Since the beginning...
By JOE PAYNE
Local Republicans are hopeful that they can unseat incumbent Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) at the ballot box come November, but first they need to choose the candidate...
• Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order on May 10 designed to address forest recovery and wildfire prevention, and support forest management. The order includes doub...
By SPENCER COLE
A new association of business owners and activists in the the cannabis community say they want to help improve relations with skeptics and opponents of the plant in general.
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By ALENA SIMON
As someone who has watched her mother battle breast cancer twice, I am outraged by polluters that try to greenwash their image by donating to charities that fight the disease&...
By Theo Fallati, CPA - Santa Barbara County Auditor-Controller
There are two candidates running for auditor-controller, and I have supervised both the candidates. After six years working in the office, one candidate left to become the tre...
By Hector S. Navarro - Carpinteria
Lynn Hogan, a county employee since 1988, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $2 million from the county. Over the past nine years, an employee with a drug addiction ou...
By Libby Breen - Orcutt
When will any journalist say that, while Hillary Clinton was being dragged through every investigation invented by Republicans in Congress and the media, the FBI, CIA, and NSA...
By Jim McClure - Santa Barbara
Betsy Schaffer is the best choice for county auditor-controller.
My name is Jim McClure, and I spent almost 30 years in the Navy as a supply corps officer and have an MBA fro...
By Roy Reed - Santa Maria
As three area oil companies prepare to submit their plans to upgrade oil production in the East Cat Canyon oilfield, a growing chorus of familiar voices has appeared in local ...
By KASEY BUBNASH
After four years of varsity wrestling at Pioneer Valley High School, senior Gabriela Rivas plans to continue her career at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa, next fall.
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By KASEY BUBNASH
Shortly after Dioceline Araujo moved from New Cuyama to Santa Maria during her freshman year of high school, a guest speaker visited one of her classes to discuss college.
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It’s barely election season, and you can already smell the piles of platitudes pouring out of the mouths of hopeful politicians, much like the manure scent that wafts ...
By REBECCA ROSE
Liz Aguilar has become comfortable talking about her husband and his visionary photography.
She has been married to photographer Dugan Aguilar for 44 years, a fact that still...
By REBECCA ROSE
Artist and wood turner Gabriel Bustamante has no plans to put his work online.
He politely brushes off questions about where one can see photographs of his exquisite wooden p...
By REBECCA ROSE
Artists Jill Littlewood and Pamela Zwehl-Burke will lead a workshop for children ages 6 and older on June 3 at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang.
The class s...
By REBECCA ROSE
Youth Arts Alive, a free arts education program for Santa Maria youth, returns this summer to the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center and Grogan Park from June 11 through Ju...
By ROB KRIDER
There is a new phenomenon at my house. A new craze has taken over. All the women in my house—my wife, my daughter, and even our dog—began religiously watching a ...
By JOE PAYNE
The classical music world has been dominated for decades, if not centuries, by the image of a lone, baton-wielding figure. And that figure is almost always white and almost al...
David Leitch (Atomic Blonde) directs this sequel about irreverent former mercenary-turned-mutant superhero Wade “Deadpool” Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), who this time ar...
By REBECCA ROSE
Tucked in the corner of the Nielsen's shopping center in Solvang, it might be easy to miss Leonardo's Ristorante and Pizzeria.
It's separated from the busy tourist-heavy st...
The second annual Fiesta in the Vines takes place June 2 from 5 to 10 p.m. at Pence Vineyards and Winery, located at 1909 W. Highway 246, Buellton. Proceeds of this fundraiser...
Camp Buckaroo and Lil’ Rodeo will be open to Santa Maria Elks Rodeo attendees throughout the entire rodeo weekend, May 31 through June 3. Kids of all ages can enjoy boun...
The Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary is hosting a docent-led tour on May 26 from 3 to 6 p.m. Guests can enjoy exploring the sanctuary and meeting some of the mustangs th...
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