In the final weeks of his first term as a Buellton City Council member, Dave King lost his 2012 re-election campaign and gained something he “wouldn’t have traded for anything.” It was a new job he couldn’t have accepted if he remained on the dais. “That was kind of a godsend to me,” said King,…
I have written previously about California’s war on energy, which is destroying our economy. Yet, the war on energy is but one facet of the war on our liberties and freedoms. I sat in on a meeting decades ago with members of the Santa Barbara County Cattlemen’s Association as they listened to a warden of…
Spreading her wings Find Deborah Kalas on Instagram and Pinterest or at deborahkalas.com. Located at 2920 Grand Ave., Gallery Los Olivos is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit gallerylosolivos.com or call (805) 688-7517. Lying on her stomach in mud, Deborah Kalas shivered for hours as she photographed American avocets…
Jasmine Gonzalez’s Creating Through Chaos exhibition will be on display at the Cypress Gallery in Lompoc from July 31 to Aug. 24. “It’s a bit of a mixed media fever dream,” Gonzalez told the Sun. “I have a collection of eccentric masks, interactive assemblage, layered collage, odd photography, and interactive photo books.” Both messy and…
The Lompoc Public Library’s Charlotte’s Web Bookmobile expanded its Books, Bubbles, and Family Fun Fridays at Ryon Park. A bilingual story time with play in mind, the free summer program brings stories to life with special guests and crafts. Lompoc police cadets and Lompoc firefighters will be stopping by this summer to read. Books and…
Superman What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Fair Oaks Theatre Writer-director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) helms this new take on Superman and other characters from the…
The Mortician What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? HBO Max The business of death can be a lucrative one, and no one knows that better than David Sconce. His family’s funeral home in Pasadena became the subject of a scandal back in January 1987. David’s parents ran the funeral home while David…
My Mom Jayne What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? HBO Max Mariska Hargitay is best known as Detective Olivia Benson on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit series, but she’s also the youngest child of 1950s and early-’60s pinup and starlet Jayne Mansfield, who tragically died in a car accident in…
Pali Wine Company’s 2024 Market Price orange wine blend bursts with pineapple, mango, and tangerine. The 2023 P.C.H. rosé of pinot noir has a zip of acidity and a refreshing wave of delicate red fruit flavors. The 2021 Jetty red wine offers up raspberries, strawberries, and cherries. You’re invited Pali Wine Co. will celebrate 20…
Suspected of multiple thefts at Ulta Beauty branches across the country, Jennifer Hurtado was recently arrested in Lompoc for allegedly stealing more than $7,000 worth of cosmetics from three different Central Coast stores. According to a July 10 statement from the Lompoc Police Department, Ulta Beauty management told local authorities that Hurtado is linked to…
LeRoy Park should be the site for the Cosecha Guadalupe Farmers Market by January 2026, if everything goes according to plan. On July 8, the Guadalupe City Council temporarily waived the park’s $650 per day rental fee for the market’s first six months—clearing the way for the market to apply to become a certified farmers…
Santa Barbara County supervisors echoed one mutual frustration while discussing the July 10 ICE raids at Glass House Farms sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo: a lack of information. “I think this the first time in 15 years that I don’t even know who to go to for information. That’s the scary thing,” 5th District Supervisor…
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) released a statement about the July 10 ICE raid in Carpinteria. “Today, I was at Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria where ICE was conducting a raid using disproportionate displays of force against local farmworkers and our agricultural community,” Carbajal said in his statement. “As a member of Congress…
Trees and mountains come in many forms at Solvang’s California Nature Art Museum (CalNAM). Paintings. Photographs. Yoga poses. Unlike the various artworks that occupy the museum’s walls, Santa Ynez-based yoga instructor Lori Shirran’s new program takes up the two-story venue’s floorspace. “Right now we’re in the upper gallery. Depending on the number of participants—when we…
How will Buellton’s 4th District voters choose between their two candidates in August’s special election? Former Mayor Dave King and newcomer Carla Mead seem pretty similar when it comes to policy—and they both seem to think they’ve got what it takes to get Caltrans to pay attention to some of Highway 246’s biggest safety issues,…
