It feels like winter’s still here, doesn’t it? Spring came, but that Central Coast weather hasn’t seemed to come alive just yet. It almost feels like summer will never come, but it will, and with it will come the sun—hopefully. Even if the sun never comes out, though, we’ve got the fun locked down in…
The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted 4-0 (with 5th District Commissioner Vincent Martinez absent) during its May 8 meeting to push its decision on a cannabis cultivation project near Buellton to July 10 so the project could further analyze odor, viewshed, and other environmental impacts. “I’m very cognizant, because I’ve been in the middle…
A local car club’s request for a full ride expense waiver to temporarily use a Guadalupe-owned venue in June reminded the city of a lingering oversight. “We don’t have a policy [on fee waivers to use city-owned facilities], and we need one,” City Administrator Todd Bodem said at the Guadalupe City Council’s April 23 meeting,…
Shakira Miracle wants people to dream big when applying for the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network’s Food Justice Microgrant. “What I find so shocking and yet crystal clear is that we have lost the ability to dream, to be able to imagine, to have space held so we can think outside the box and…
Never been to Live Oak Music Fest? Maybe this should be your year. Even if you’ve missed the first 34 years, joining the Live Oak family is as easy as slipping on your favorite pair of jeans. “Live Oak has something special about it that’s all about community,” KCBX Director of Programming and Content Marisa…
Harvey What’s it rated? Approved (The Hays Code) When? 1950 Where’s it showing? The Bay Theater of Morro Bay on Monday, May 27 (5:30 p.m.) Directed by Henry Koster (The Bishop’s Wife) and based on the play of the same name by Mary Chase, Harvey chronicles the misadventures of Elwood P. Dowd (Jimmy Stewart), who…
WALL-E What’s it rated? G When? 2008 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Saturday, May 25 (1:30, 4;15, 7, and 9:30 p.m.), Sunday, May 26 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.), and Monday, May 27 (7:15 p.m.) WALL-E appeared on-screen in 2008, and I remember it as a time where everyone…
Tickets are currently available in advance for the Lompoc Pops Orchestra’s next concert program, The Pops on Broadway, scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 23, at 4 p.m., at Lompoc’s First United Methodist Church. The orchestra will play various show tunes from popular musicals during the performance. The show is part of the ensemble’s…
Back to Black What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, A Million Little Pieces, Nowhere Boy) directs Matt Greenhalgh’s script chronicling British R&B singer Amy Winehouse’s (Marisa Abela)…
Twenty-two original artworks from a pool of 15 participating artists will be on display as part of the Second Quarter Art Display, a reception held at the Gallery at Monarch Dunes in Nipomo on Saturday, May 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. The show’s featured artists are residents of Trilogy at Monarch Dunes and their…
Can we odor abate outdoor anything? Like sewage plants with open-air treatment ponds, for instance—Nipomo, I’m talking to you. Who doesn’t love the smell of poo on the fresh morning air? We arguably should be doing something about that smell—but can we really? “In the north, we have many complaints of odors particularly with ……
In 1969, my class from Santa Barbara Christian School walked the beach after the Santa Barbara oil spill. I was 6 or 7. I remember seeing all the tar and the large oil-stained dead fish and tried to pry an eye out of one of them because I thought it would be cool to have.…
I seriously doubt that Ron Fink has ever had an honest discussion with an electric vehicle (EV) owner (“Who will pay?” April 25). I am an EV owner and would like to respond to his claims with facts. Ron claims that EVs catch fire spontaneously or after a crash, that the electric grid will be…
Planet of the crepes Find out more about Let’s Crave It Crepes at facebook.com/letscraveitcrepes. The local brand’s first brick-and-mortar restaurant opened at 1474 E. Grand Ave., Arroyo Grande, in May. There’s a new spot in Arroyo Grande where loved ones can bond over a shared dessert one minute and sever their ties during a cutthroat…
Santa Maria Firefighters Local 2020 members planned to attend the May 21 City Council preliminary budget meeting to advocate that the city use its Measure U funds to increase firefighter salaries, Local 2020 Public Information Officer Chris Robles told the Sun. “Our position is that it’s a matter of priorities,” Robles said. “It doesn’t take…
