Dust kicks up onto Stephen Gliessman’s work boots as he walks through his vineyard. A wide-brimmed hat protects his face from the Cuyama sun beating down in the 90-degree midday heat. Birds caw and squawk as he approaches a row of zinfandel grapes. “That’s our sound system playing distress calls of a bunch of pest…
Currently outlawed, overnight camping on public property in Solvang will be allowed under certain circumstances by mid-November thanks to new rules. During the Solvang City Council’s Oct. 9 meeting, City Attorney Dave Fleishman recommended the adoption of a new homelessness response ordinance, while describing the city’s current policy—unaltered since 2002—as unenforceable and at risk of…
After nearly five years going through the planning and appeals process, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 (with 4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson and 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavganino dissenting) during its Oct. 10 meeting to uphold denial of a proposal to build 15 acres of new water reservoirs in the Cuyama…
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request from the operators of Twitchell Dam to hear a case regarding water releases from the dam for steelhead trout preservation. This decision upheld a 9th Circuit District Court of Appeals ruling stating that dam operators—the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District—need to…
• U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) introduced a bicameral bill that would increase access to internet and telephone services for low-income urban and rural Americans, according to an Oct. 6 statement from Padilla’s office. The Promoting Access to Broadband Act would help states increase awareness and enrollment in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline program…
When you take a bite out of a sandwich or sip on a coffee, how often do you think about where that food comes from? It’s a question that served as the genesis for lauren Ornelas (Ornelas does not capitalize her first name) when she founded the Food Empowerment Project. “I founded the Food Empowerment…
Solvang updated its homelessness ordinance. Starting Nov. 9, you can camp overnight in a number of publicly owned spaces but for no longer than 24 hours at a time. Unless, of course, you do camp somewhere for longer. Then, the city can notify you that you have up to 72 more hours to vacate the…
The community of Lompoc is advancing a set of initiatives to provide new and motivating opportunities for its young people so they can navigate and thrive in the world beyond high school. This focus is critical given sobering national trends that reveal increasing death rates and other deteriorating outcomes among children in the U.S. National…
Get your tickets Catch a showing of Nunsense before its run ends on Oct. 15. Showings are Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. with an additional 2 p.m. showing Saturday and Sunday. Purchase your tickets at tix.slorep.org. SLO Rep is located at located at 888 Morro St., San Luis Obispo. It’s a bird! It’s a…
The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature presents Visions of Beauty, a new solo art exhibition slated to open on Saturday, Oct. 21, and remain on display through Sunday, Nov. 12. An opening reception to celebrate the exhibit, which showcases a collection of acrylic works by award-winning artist Mara Abboud, will be held on Sunday,…
To determine the winner of this year’s Readers Choice Award in the 2023 New Times Music Awards competition, the New Times Media Group is collecting votes through Monday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. The polls opened in early October. This year marks the 15th year for the annual New Times Music Awards. The competition’s awards…
Reptile What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Music video director Grant Singer makes his feature film directorial debut with this stylish police procedural he wrote with Benjamin Brewer and star Benicio Del Toro about New England Detective Tom Nichols (Del Toro),…
Poltergeist What’s it rated? PG When? 1982 Where’s it showing? The Sunset Drive-In in SLO on Wednesday, Oct. 18 (7:15 p.m.) Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Lifeforce) directs this supernatural horror story written by Steven Spielberg about a family that moves to a new home in the planned community of Cuesta Verde and soon…
Donnie Darko What’s it rated? R When? 2001 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on Saturday, Oct. 14 (1:30, 4:15, and 7 p.m.) and Monday, Oct. 16 (7 p.m.) Writer-director Richard Kelly (Southland Tales, The Box) helms this cult classic that’s still as puzzling now as when it first came out…
Of the fourth kind To find out more about Juniper on Fourth and view the new eatery’s menu, visit juniperonfourth.com, or call (805) 245-9564 for additional details. The restaurant is located at 478 Fourth Place, Solvang. With an aim to offer first-rate yet low-cost cuisine, Juniper on Fourth is one of a kind in downtown…
