Roast host Visit zacacoffee.com or call (805) 698-4540 to find out more about Zaca Coffee’s new coffee shop, located at 240 E. Highway 246, unit 109, Buellton. It’s not every day that you see a llama riding a surfboard, unless you’re spending every day at Zaca Coffee—which opened its first brick-and-mortar shop in Buellton in […]
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Solvang City Council cracks down on unpermitted newspaper racks
Graffiti and chipped paint on the outside. Headlines and classified ads on the inside. City leaders singled out several news racks across Solvang as eyesores due to poor maintenance. During the Solvang City Council’s Oct. 14 meeting, Public Works Director and City Engineer Rodger A. Olds said staff realized during a fee program consultation that […]
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Righetti High School drama department presents The Outsiders
Performances of The Outsiders—the Righetti High School drama department’s latest production—will be held on campus in room 403, aka the Black Box Theatre, on Oct. 17, 18, 24, and 25, at 7 p.m. each evening. Adapted from S.E. Hinton’s beloved novel, The Outsiders follows a group of teenagers grappling with the challenges of young adulthood […]
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Ann Foxworthy Gallery hosts Community Arts Family Day
In conjunction with its ongoing Nuestra Vida en Arte exhibition, Allan Hancock College’s Ann Foxworthy Gallery will host its inaugural Community Arts Family Day event on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. “This is an opportunity for families to come together and celebrate creativity and the arts in our valley,” Ann Foxworthy Gallery […]
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Local view: Santa Maria Camera Club fosters competition and camaraderie between local shutterbugs year round
This must be the place Visit santamariacameraclub.org to find out more about the Santa Maria Camera Club, which holds juried photography competitions over Zoom on the third Wednesday of each month. For info on how to participate or attend the club’s additional in-person programs, email santamariacameraclub@gmail.com. For budding photographers, gaining exposure is virtually synonymous with […]
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Polls open to determine New Times Music Awards Readers’ Choice winner
To determine the winner of this year’s Readers’ Choice Award in the 2024 New Times Music Awards competition, the New Times Media Group is collecting votes through Monday, Oct. 28. The polls opened on Thursday, Oct. 10. This year marks the 16th annual New Times Music Awards competition and showcase, which will feature performances from […]
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Riptide Big Band’s next Santa Maria show transports attendees to the 1960s
The Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club hosts its 1960s-themed dance party, with live music from the Riptide Big Band, at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Admission to the event is free, thanks to grant funding from the Community Foundation of San Luis […]
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Lompoc rules in favor of $5 base electric rate without yearly increases
There are roughly 260 households in Lompoc that the city considers “zero usage customers” when it comes to electricity, according to Management Services Director Christie Donnelly. In other words, these houses’ lights are rarely ever on, and nobody’s home, “in most cases,” Donnelly said at the Lompoc City Council’s Oct. 1 meeting. “We look at […]
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Santa Barbara County Vintners Festival celebrates 40th milestone with award-winning wines, cuisine
Vintners assemble Visit sbvintnersweekend.com for more info on this year’s Santa Barbara County Vintners Festival. The grand tasting will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 4 p.m., at Vega Vineyard and Farm, located at 9496 Santa Rosa Road, Buellton. Cabanas and cabernets await the attendees of a yearly wine mecca with a […]
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Guadalupe violates water board permits due to clogged sewage filters
A recent sludge buildup at Guadalupe’s sewage treatment plant put the city in deep water with a regional authority, which prompted a plan for course correction. During its Sept. 24 meeting, the Guadalupe City Council reviewed two interrelated proposals to dredge the plant’s filtering system ponds and improve the site’s maintenance procedures. Approved unanimously by […]
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Hancock College hosts music lecture with Cal Poly professor ahead of recital
Festival Mozaic’s 2024 Artist in Residence John Novacek will present a solo piano recital at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. The performance will follow a free pre-concert lecture with Cal Poly music professor Alyson McLamore at 1 p.m. Both events will take place at Hancock’s Patty Boyd […]
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Oceano Train Depot offers free exhibits with October’s Model Rail Days
The SLO Model Railroad Association will host its next Model Rail Days program at the Oceano Train Depot with about two weekends’ worth of activities (Oct. 4 through 6, and Oct. 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day). The free series will include exhibits of working model railroads of various scales […]
