By BULBUL RAJAGOPAL
Monkeypox cases in California almost doubled within a month, and the Central Coast is ramping up mitigation measures.
According to monkeypox data from the California Departme...
By Caleb Wiseblood
The architect behind a proposed gas station in Buellton and one city official recently took turns throwing fuel on the fire at a heated public hearing.
During the Buell...
By Taylor O'Connor
Voters could get an opportunity to make changes to Santa Barbara County’s redistricting process in the near future, based on recommendations from the people who sat on t...
By Taylor O'Connor
The Santa Ynez Valley Airport Authority decided against holding annual elections this year, frustrating some community members and raising questions about its voting laws.&nbs...
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) released a report detailing how Central Coast families will soon see more affordable prescription drugs for Medicare recipien...
By Taylor O'Connor
Carmen Ramirez was a trailblazer in the social justice realm of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. She was the first Latina woman to be elected to Oxnard’s City Council...
By Taylor O'Connor
The SLO Cal Roots and Element 7 cannabis dispensaries will eventually open their doors in Guadalupe, filling the city’s two permit spots after a 4-1 approval at an Aug. ...
By RON FINK
Ms. Jerri Thiel is running for an at-large seat on the Lompoc Unified School District (LUSD) board of trustees.
She says, “We need to get back to the basics: read...
By Ellis Romero, Santa Maria
So our governor asks us not to use electricity between 5 and 9 p.m. due to overburdening the electric grid. There will be rolling brownouts throughout the state. Let’s s...
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By THE CANARY
How long does it take to build a gas station?
At least six years if you’re trying to do it in Buellton—and that’s before the project even gets approve...
By CAMILLIA LANHAM
Photography-focused trips out to the Oceano Dunes can become an obsession: Chasing the perfection of repeated ridges, rain-spattered granules, optical illusions caused by laye...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Tipping Point, a group art exhibition at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery in Santa Maria, debuted in mid-September and is scheduled to remain on display through late October. The exh...
By Caleb Wiseblood
The 13th annual Solvang Scarecrow Festival, scheduled to kick off on Oct. 1, will include scarecrow entries from businesses and organizations across the Santa Ynez Valley. Thr...
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Editor’s note: New Times Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal and Arts Editor Caleb Wiseblood wrote Sun Screen this week while Glen and Anna Starkey took a break.
Olivia Wilde...
By CAMILLIA LANHAM
The biggest difference between traditional Santa Barbara County wines and Italian ones is in the way they’re treated at the table.
Pinot noirs and chardonnays ...
The Arroyo Grande Valley Harvest Festival will be held on Friday, Sept. 23, from 4 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The two-day festival’s festi...
The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society presents its next live concert, Romantic Revelries, at the Grace Baptist Church in Santa Maria on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. The orc...
The Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez hosts its next Laugh Therapy Stand-up Comedy Show on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. A handful of comedians will take the stage during the eve...
Tied + True Goods hosts its Knot and Sip workshop at Timshel Vineyards’ tasting room in Paso Robles on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. The class will be taught by Ata...
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