By JOE PAYNE
Hundreds of local residents, families, and couples descended on the parking lot of Santa Maria’s Town Center West on Aug. 12 to celebrate the city’s first ever Pri...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The city of Santa Maria recently posted its proposed response to a Santa Barbara County grand jury report on the city’s Task Force on Youth Safety, and in short, the cit...
By KASEY BUBNASH
Guadalupe’s Apio Inc. recently reached a proposed $5.9 million joint settlement with several employees who claimed the vegetable shipping company had abused workers&rsqu...
By REBECCA ROSE
On Aug. 11, a short message posted on the Facebook page of a popular Solvang restaurant sent shockwaves through Santa Barbara County’s foodie community.
Bacon and Brine...
• The Sun incorrectly listed the address of Ah Sir Bounce A Lot in its Best Of Northern Santa Barbara County readers poll (“The Robo-Best,” Aug. 10). The busi...
By CAMILLIA LANHAM
To hear Lompoc’s top two public safety officials talk about the legalization of cannabis is like listening to tales about a green-leafed apocalypse.
“People are g...
By HELEN ANN THOMAS
Who would have thought that hanging out at a health fair could be so enjoyable?
The Elwin Mussell Senior Center was the scene of an “Active Aging Health Fair” o...
• Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill authored by California State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) on Aug. 7. Senate Bill 725 was written to clarify California law ...
By JOE PAYNE
Kevin Fitzpatrick and his wife visit Truckee a lot, and no matter which route they take, they can always find a Black Bear Diner somewhere along the way. They’ve always ...
By SCOTT FINA
Immigrants are an irreplaceable source of labor for the United States. They are essential for many regional economies, and the support of our aging society over the long term....
By George Croll - Santa Maria
Congressman Salud Carbajal ran on the promise that he would help veterans. Considering he is a veteran himself, he should fight harder than anyone to ensure they get the care ...
By Justin and Ann Ruhge - Lompoc
A few months ago the Lompoc City Council stopped the disastrous John Linn-sponsored racetrack in the middle of town. But today, the council is faced with another challenge wit...
By Lucia Casalinuovo - Oceano
The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as, “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, colo...
By Robert McHale - San Luis Obispo
The recent lifting of our drought emergency designation by the California state government was alarmingly pre-mature and reckless. We’ve had one sort of decent rainy sea...
By Neil Havlik - Carrizo Plain Conservancy president, San Luis Obispo
The Carrizo Plain Conservancy announces that it has donated a 42-acre parcel of private land with a quarter mile of shoreline on Soda Lake to the United States of America for ...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
College Park in Lompoc occupies the same land where the original Lompoc Airport once stood, which was also used as a Navy blimp base during World War II. Although planes no lo...
By CALEB WISEBLOOD
During the 2016 to 2017 basketball season, Allan Hancock College’s Erik Kinnebrew played in all 30 of the school’s games. Kinnebrew averaged 7.2 points, 7.2 reboun...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The Santa Maria-Bonita School District recently announced its plan to once again offer free breakfast and lunch to all students through the federal Universal Free Meals Progra...
By KASEY BUBNASH
The Santa Maria High School agricultural program recently won two state awards at the California Teachers Association Annual Awards Banquet at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obis...
By KASEY BUBNASH
Orcutt Academy High School (OAHS) students will have an opportunity to break one of the fundamental rules of childhood on Aug. 21—they’ll look straight at the sun....
By KASEY BUBNASH
More than 100 online credit classes are now available at Allan Hancock College. Registration will be open until the day before fall semester starts on Aug. 21.
The courses ar...
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You can tell a lot about what someone thinks by what they say. Well, what about what somebody doesn’t say? Do you think we might be able to learn something from that?
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What makes someone a great cook?
By REBECCA ROSE
Think about the word “motion.” Does it bring forth memories of driving in a car? Throwing a ball? Watching the waves crash on the beach? Dancing?
The question was...
By REBECCA ROSE
In 1988, John Waters unveiled one of his finest films, Hairspray. It was hailed as a masterpiece, an oddball romp through Baltimore’s proudly unfit and unwanted, tacklin...
By REBECCA ROSE
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature announced two arts workshops available in September.
Exploring Color with Cynthia DeVine happens Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. and features an explo...
By REBECCA ROSE
The Lompoc Valley Art Association presents painter Neil Andersson as August’s featured artist.
“For me the landscape is a source of incredible beauty—a plac...
The Great American Melodrama will audition young local actors for the 2017 production of A Christmas Carol. Auditions will be held at the theater on Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. The Mel...
By ARIEL WATERMAN
August has arrived and school is about to commence. So start your motors, moms and dads, and rev up your charge cards—we’re all going shopping!
There’s sc...
By JOE PAYNE
A group of wine industry professionals came together years ago to talk shop, but they discovered grapes weren’t all they had in common.
Talk turned to music, and friend...
David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) directs Annabelle (2014), screenwriter Gary Dauberman’s prequel script about a possessed doll. After dollmaker Samuel Mullins (Anthony LaP...
By REBECCA ROSE
When I was handed my judging card for the Battle of the Chefs at Dierberg Vineyard on Aug. 9, I gasped in slight horror.
My panic was because at the end of the evening I woul...
Allan Hancock College presents Myanmar: Moments in Life, Aug. 23 through Sept. 29. Photographer Theresa Gingras travelled to Southeast Asia to capture images for the exhibit. ...
Transitions-Mental Health Association (TMHA) invites the community to the annual Summer Succulent Sale at Growing Grounds Farm in Santa Maria. This celebration features an ext...
Celebrate National Honeybee Day in Lompoc with speakers, book readings, and honey on Aug. 19. The theme is “For a Natural High Smoke Some Bees.” Event is free and ...
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