By Kasey Bubnash
It’s been several months since Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) introduced a bill in December 2018 that aimed to deter e-cigarette use among minors by p...
By Zac Ezzone
The Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County (CAC) is applying for a grant through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to create a more collaborative approach to r...
By Kasey Bubnash
California recently released a new pesticide reporting app that can be downloaded on smartphones, and state and local officials expect the new technology to expedite the pesti...
By Zac Ezzone
The State Lands Commission terminated three oil and gas leases and a right-of-way lease for a pipeline off the coast of Santa Barbara County after the companies holding the le...
By Zac Ezzone
Twice in the last two months the Lompoc City Council has voted against the recommendation of city staff and upheld appeals from local business owners to avoid installing greas...
By KASEY BUBNASH
While many areas in California rely at least partially on groundwater for drinking, plumbing, and irrigation, few are completely dependent on groundwater as a sole water sourc...
By ZAC EZZONE
An organization dedicated to protecting the rights of registered sex offenders is on a campaign to sue cities throughout California with ordinances in place that it believes a...
By Sun Staff
• On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion blocking a controversial question asking for a person’s citizenship status from appearing on the 2020 census....
In the Sun’s Winning Images cover story (June 20), Barry Goyette’s photograph, Gail, in the People category was incorrectly captioned. The image won 3rd place.&nbs...
By KASEY BUBNASH
Hordes of Central Coast residents took to their social media pages on June 26 to cheer the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport’s announcement that it will soon offer...
By Roy Reed, Santa Maria
I was saddened to learn that Helen Thomas’ June 27 Hobnobbing With Helen column would be her last.
I have been a member, volunteer, and board member of local nonprofits...
By Ellis Romero, Santa Maria
Thank you, New York. You have given us one of the loudest, most arrogant representatives to serve in Congress. She lacks common sense and has absolutely no scruples about leav...
By Jan Lipski, Vandenberg Village
I always look for the new edition of the Sun Thursday afternoons in the Village Center and was wondering why after three days the news rack still was bare. So Saturday I drove...
By Cynthia Replogle, president, Oceano Beach Community Association
On July 11 in SLO, the California Coastal Commission will discuss the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area permit and transitioning the park to passive uses that don&r...
By Bonita Ernst, Oceano
Please stop quoting the State Parks’ 2017 bogus Economic Impact Report. There has never been an independent, unbiased study of the financial impacts of the Oceano Dunes ...
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By THE CANARY
New Times and the Sun have brought you reader-submitted stories for the annual 55 Fiction contest. Each year, hundreds of entries come from all over the coast and world. Th...
Celebrating the National Lands of California, a new juried exhibition at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang, opens Saturday, July 20. The exhibit features 63 art...
Solvang Antiques will host oil painter Dirk Foslien as part of the gallery’s Summer Art Series, starting Wednesday, July 17, with a Champagne reception from 2 to 6 p.m. ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
There are plenty of external antagonists for Santa Barbara-based artist Kris Buck to consider before she sets out on one of her plein-air adventures—but a disruptive pho...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
“All major theme parks have delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!”
“Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Dancing to live music is fun and all, but riding a roller coaster to live music is next-level euphoria. I’m not sure what the exact layout of this year’s Santa Bar...
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Writer-director Ari Aster (Hereditary) helms this mystery-horror about young American couple Christian (Jack Reynor) and Dani (Florence Pugh), who travel with friends to Swede...
By NICK POWELL
Some weeks, you just need some ridiculously rich, stick-to-your-ribs comfort food to try and make the feelings go away. I’m not going to get into all the messy personal ...
La Purisima Mission hosts its Children’s Mission Life event on Saturday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features several hands-on activities for kids of all a...
The Santa Barbara County Fair runs through Sunday, July 14, at Santa Maria Fairpark. This annual event features livestock auctions, carnival games, rides, educational exhibits...
Stampin’ Up demonstrator Jeanne Kooker will be hosting card crafting classes at Simply Chic on Thursday, July 18, and Saturday, July 20, at 11 a.m. and 2 and 5 p.m. each...
The Great American Melodrama presents Pappa Pia!, a musical parody of ABBA’s Mamma Mia!, through Saturday, Sep. 21. Each performance is followed by The Great American Va...
The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum will offer various types of summer camps from Monday, July 15, through Friday, Aug. 9. Some of the camp options include Discovery Anima...
The Chumash Casino Resort presents The Fray on Friday, July 19, at 8 p.m. This alternative rock group is best known for hits like “How to Save a Life,” “Hurr...
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