By TAYLOR O'CONNOR
Steve DeLira wasn’t expecting to have an aunt die of COVID-19, or any relative for that matter.
His cousin held her mom in her arms as she passed away, he recalle...
By Taylor O'Connor
During the warranted search of a Santa Maria resident’s home, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Cannabis Compliance Team found more than 2 ounces of cocain...
By Caleb Wiseblood
The Solvang City Council’s latest discussion about water infrastructure took a structureless turn during a recent public hearing on utility rate increases.
Councilmembe...
By Taylor O'Connor
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approved the 2022-23 budget 4-1 (with 4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson dissenting), with a motion to divide unallocated funds b...
• The Santa Barbara County COVID-19 Community Data Dashboard will be transitioning to a new format using data from the California Department of Public Health’s (CDP...
By Taylor O'Connor
Outdoor space became more important for Santa Marians when COVID-19 hit and social distancing took over, said Dennis Smitherman, the Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Departmen...
By Taylor O'Connor
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors decided to change permit requirements for cannabis cultivation permits, which will give decision makers like the board more say o...
By JOHN DONEGAN
Sometimes important advances in science can come from a most improbable source: politics. Who would have thought that the political process could contribute so much to advance...
By Will Powers, San Luis Obispo
John Donegan is fortunate that, as far as I know, there are no state laws that make it a crime to be ignorant. Else, he’d be in danger of being incarcerated.
His diatri...
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By THE CANARY
Benign, boring budget hearings usually snooze themselves into oblivion, but every now and then a little heat enters the building—as it did during the June 14 Santa Barba...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
While working full time as a lawyer, Lida Sideris relied on nights, weekends, and scattered pockets of spare time—usually in the form of 5 a.m. writing sessions—to...
By Caleb Wiseblood
The Santa Maria Public Library will host its Teen Manga Drawing class in the Shepard Hall Art Gallery on Friday, June 24, starting at 5 p.m. Carlos Nieto III, who previously w...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Thursday, June 23, marks the premiere of the Great American Melodrama’s latest production, Butch Cassidy and the Sunburnt Kid, “a gut-busting parody filled with co...
By Caleb Wiseblood
Summer Sundays, a special weekly live music program, kicked off at Buttonwood Farm and Winery in June. Upcoming artists scheduled to perform include David Segall on Sunday, Ju...
Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Chris Evans), a tenacious space ranger, teams up with a ragtag team of rookies to defeat a vicious army of robots, led by the mysterious Zurg (voiced...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
Eric McDaniel was 18 when he started his first job, working in the kitchen of Giavanni’s Pizza in Orcutt. Could he have predicted owning the joint about two decades late...
Local artist Kathy Badrak is hosting a gourd workshop, Weaving a Web, at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang (pictured) on Sunday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....
The Oceano Train Depot’s current WWII exhibition will remain on display through the end of June. The showcase features a collection of rare WWII memorabilia, including a...
Greener Pastures Farm Sanctuary in Arroyo Grande hosts its next Sanctuary Tour Day on Sunday, July 3, from noon to 2 p.m. Visitors will have the chance to meet the sanctuary&r...
Creative Me Time hosts its next mosaic workshop at Art Center Morro Bay on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All skill levels are welcome to join the class and create ...
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