Spotlight

There’s a new place to buy flowers and gifts in Lompoc: Bella Flora Florist and Gifts. Owner/designer Diane Lane and florist Jennifer Kozlowski have more than 20 years of combined experience in floral design, home de;cor, painting, and art. They specialize in personalizing floral services to suit each customer’s needs. The new store is located […]

Peoples’ Self Help Housing is an organization that develops and manages affordable rental housing in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, and the group recently received an influx of cash from the Wells Fargo Foundation. “Wells Fargo is proud to support organizations like Peoples’ Self-Help Housing who are working to strengthen our communities. We […]

According to Lavigna homebuilders, it’s a buyer’s market out there, and the company wants to make a deal. Courtney Seeble, vice president in project management at the Towbes Group, Inc., said in a release that the group is offering to buy down a buyer’s interest rate, pay for homeowner association dues for up to two […]

A H.O.T. Hero is a person or organization that’s made a difference through efforts in the area of housing, open space, and transportation. On Oct. 26, these heroes will be honored at the Fall Harvest Picnic at El Capitan Ranch. The event is hosted by the Santa Barbara County Action Network (SB CAN) and the […]

Away from home and in need of some barbecue? Not a problem. The Hitching Post recently launched a mail-order service that can deliver its famous steak, lobster, ribs, and artichokes anywhere in the United States. The products are flash frozen and then shipped, meaning that the food is prepared exactly as it would be at […]

Starting in October, Santa Maria Community Television will be airing University of California Television programming on Comcast Cable channel 24. The new programming is provided under an agreement with Allan Hancock College, which will sponsor a daily block of educational programming from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nationally distributed and commercial free, UCTV features educational […]

The new spokesperson for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department is someone with whom a lot of people on the Central Coast are already familiar: former KCOY anchor Drew Sugars. Sheriff Bill Brown has appointed Sugars as the public information officer for the department, effective Oct. 6. Sugars has been with the department since March […]

Solvang wants to become a Preserve America Community, and the City Council is willing to work to make it happen. The council recently passed a resolution authorizing the mayor of Solvang and the Solvang Conference & Visitors Bureau to move forward with an application. The designation is a White House initiative developed with the Advisory […]

After three years of growth, Healthy Inspirations of Nipomo is ready to move to a bigger location where there will be plenty of room for the cardio, strength, Pilates, kickboxing, and “Zumba” classes. Denise Farmer, owner of Healthy Inspirations, is so confident in her program, she’s offering a guaranteed weight loss of two or three […]

Economist Kirk Lesh, with the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, will be the guest speaker at the Oct. 15 meeting of the Business Enriched Network at 8 a.m. at 411 E. Betteravia in Santa Maria. The Business Enriched Network aims to help its members meet and create relationships with other business leaders in the community who […]

Marion Minor of San Luis Obispo is the grand prize winner of the Central Coast St. Jude Dream Home giveaway. His prize is a $350,000 house located in Santa Maria in the Celebration subdivision. The giveaway raised $616,700 for the kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “We are very appreciative of Flatley Homes, KCOY […]

Low-income residents of Santa Barbara County who don’t have vision care insurance can come to a free screening day on Oct. 9, presented by Surgical Eye Expeditions International. The screening goes hand in hand with World Sight Day, an event created by VISION 2020, a global initiative to eliminate blindness by the year 2020. This […]