After driving three hours from their homes in Lompoc, they met a crowd of picketers surrounding a Los Angeles Planned Parenthood clinic. Kathleen was there with her friend, who was seeking an abortion because the fetus she was carrying wouldn’t survive after birth. “It had been determined that this child she was carrying was suffering…
A proposed space education center in Lompoc comes closer to fruition as the City Council voted 3-2 (with Mayor Jenelle Osborne and Councilmember Gilda Cordova dissenting) to approve a development agreement on 82 acres of land, including Ken Adam Park. As part of this process, the city also voted 4-1 (with Osborne dissenting) to add…
A new law will enable local airports to apply for federal grants to help replace firefighting foam laden with “forever chemicals.” On May 16, President Biden signed the Clean Airport Agenda into law. Led by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), Rep. Mike Lawler (R-New York), and Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisconsin), the slate of…
• The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation crafted by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and several of his colleagues to authorize funding the United States Coast Guard through 2026 and support for members of the service branch in their critical missions, according to a May 14 statement from Carbajal’s office. “Every single day,…
Nipomo High School recently became one of 34 schools from 29 states to join the High School Welding Education Initiative for the first time, a program offered through welding equipment supplier Airgas. “Nipomo High School was selected to participate … as the teachers and the school board had an established commitment to advancing welding education;…
Is Lompoc a place that you associate with “Earth-based lodging”? Seems a little targeted toward luxurious hippies, doesn’t it? Like some place someone would pay thousands of dollars a night to stay in the Brazilian Amazon or along the Big Sur coast, where they could zip-line through the forest, get massages under trees, eat all…
Earlier this year, a few local citizens created great concern when they tried to imply that something sinister was happening concerning the finances of Visit Lompoc Incorporated (VLI). According to a May 21 staff report, “Between the months of March and June 2023, three individuals made public comments during the regularly held City Council meetings…
At the end of the piece titled “EVs are practical” (May 23), the author states, “… and they can help save the environment at the same time.” I wonder if Charles stopped to consider the damage to the environment caused in manufacturing two vehicles for Charles to choose from stacked in Charles’ driveway, or the…
When it comes right down to it folks, we are living in a most confusing time. It’s next to impossible to discern the truth of a matter and get credible sources of info on anything you may be interested in. Media sources are sometimes biased and bought, the government is all over the map, and…
Tidal raves To find out more about Orcutt-based artist Amy Blankenship and her resin art business, Wild Alchemy, visit wildalchemycollective.com, or follow @wildalchemycollective on Instagram. Blankenship regularly sells her resin art charcuterie boards and other products during Morro Bay’s bimonthly Waterfront Market, Shell Beach’s monthly Art in the Park event, and additional art fairs and…
During the Central Coast Film Society’s 2024 Student Film and Digital Media Competition in mid-May, six film students from Ernest Righetti High School in Orcutt were honored with two of the competition’s top three awards, according to the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District. Righetti senior Rafael Atilano-Bautista won Best Screenplay for the film…
The Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club hosts its Keeping It Blue Dance, with live music from the Riptide Big Band, at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria on Sunday, June 9, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The ensemble’s frequent accompanying vocalist duo Bob Nations and Mitch Latting will be joined by special…
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 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, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande George Miller (all the Mad Max movies, The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet) directs this new installment in the Mad…
Sugar What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by writer Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend), this neo noir mystery follows LA private detective John Sugar (Colin Farrell), who’s hired to find Olivia Siegel (Sydney Chandler), granddaughter of legendary Hollywood producer Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell). As Sugar continues…
The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror What’s it rated? Not rated When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Hulu Survivor Tina Marie Risico brings audiences into the nine days she spent with serial killer Chris Wilder after he kidnapped her and used her as a ploy to lure other victims. Wilder got away with a…
Deli development Enjoy Branch Street Deli and Pizzeria’s transformation every day starting at 11 a.m. It closes at 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Check out branchstreetdeli.com and follow the restaurant on Instagram @branch_st_deli_and_pizzeria. Branch Street Deli and Pizzeria in Arroyo Grande has…
Every hotel in Lompoc currently pays a fee equal to 3 percent of its nightly revenue to the city, which keeps 1 percent of that total and submits the remaining 99 percent to its Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID). While Lompoc’s TBID organization—Visit Lompoc LLC (Explore Lompoc)—is contracted to only use the hotel funds for…
