By Taylor O'Connor
Hikers and outdoor recreators can now hit the trails again in Los Padres National Forest as the U.S. Forest Service opened up access where it could. But the agency is still ke...
By Bulbul Rajagopal
The dormant possibility of Nipomo receiving a sheriff’s substation came alive again during a San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors discussion about capital improve...
By Taylor O'Connor
Downtown Santa Maria’s old Fallas building should get a facelift after the City Council unanimously approved a permit for the Vernon Group to convert the commercial buil...
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) applauded President Joe Biden for proposing a $300 million increase in funding to agricultural research and innovation in his...
By Taylor O'Connor
When the Chumash Foundation was looking for a beneficiary for its 2015 Charity Golf Classic, the organization’s team saw a need for funding to upgrade technology resourc...
By Caleb Wiseblood
An appeal filed against a cannabis cultivation project—with a proposed site in the Cat Canyon area—recently met with unanimous denial from the Santa Barbara County...
By JANET BRIDGERS
February 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the California Coastal Commission (CCC). The governing body’s role as planning commission for the 1,100 miles of California ...
By Joseph Cortez, Santa Maria
With homelessness in America spiraling out of control and homeowners and apartment managers able to rent out properties at obscenely high rates, you are in effect causing the ...
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By THE CANARY
Are residents right to be worried about a plan to update the valves on an oil pipeline that was so badly corroded it burst in 2015, spilling more than 120,000 gallons of crude...
By GLEN STARKEY
Everyone has a cherished childhood memory. Maybe it’s that feeling of freedom riding your bike down a tree-lined country road or swimming in the ocean for the first time...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Lost Chord Guitars in Solvang presents folk-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist Arielle Silver, live in concert, on Sunday, March 19, at 8 p.m. Admission to the show is $15, a...
By Caleb Wiseblood
On Thursday, March 30, the Great American Melodrama will premiere its production of Sherlock Holmes and The Final Problem, which is scheduled to run through Saturday, May 20.
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Writers-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place, Haunt) helm this sci-fi story about an alien English-speaking astronaut who looks exactly like the human being Ada...
By BULBUL RAJAGOPAL
Hungry for Chicago-style food? Head to Nipomo.
Yellow flags on Tefft Street let passersby know that authentic Vienna beef sausages are nearby. They lead to Stefono&rs...
LA-based photographer Darcy Hemley is holding a portrait photography workshop and mini portrait sessions at Alisal Ranch in Solvang on Monday, March 20. The event is being hel...
The Lompoc Valley Botanic and Horticultural Society hosts its next membership meeting at Stone Pine Hall in Lompoc on Sunday, March 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome t...
St. Patrick’s Church in Arroyo Grande will hold its annual Fish Fry services on Friday, March 24, and Friday, March 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. both evenings. During the progra...
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