Kiki’s Delivery Service What’s it rated? G When? 1989 Where’s it showing? Max Everyone knows October is the start of the spooky season, so why not start the month off with a bang and watch a movie about a young witch, her mother’s broomstick, and her black cat that happens to also be her best […]
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Kiki’s Delivery Service
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NEW FLICKS: Find Me Falling
Find Me Falling What’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Harry Connick Jr. stars as John Allman, a grumpy, failing rock star looking for solace on the beautiful island of Cyprus, in this witty and charming second-chance romance. Allman escapes to a quaint house at the top of a cliff after a […]
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Killer Heat runs out of steam fast
Killer Heat What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Bulbul? Skip it What’s it worth, Caleb? Stream it Where’s it showing? Prime Director Philippe Lacôte expands upon a short story by crime novelist Jo Nesbø in Killer Heat, which follows a troubled private detective (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is flown in to Greece from the U.S. […]
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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 […]
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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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SLO County’s 2024 Open Studios tour marks the opening of Dan Rider’s new space in Nipomo
Mixed media Sculptor Dan Rider will be showing his work on Oct. 12, 13, 19, and 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at his new studio in Nipomo, 1430 Country Hill Road, as part of the 2024 Open Studios Art Tour. For more information, visit danridersculpture.com. About 150 SLO County artists are participating in […]
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American reality is better than Trump claims
Donald Trump likes to portray the U.S. economy as being on life support as he attempts to claim only he can save us from economic, social, and political calamity. He does the same regarding immigration. He convinced his Republican faithful in Congress to not pass a bipartisan bill, which would have significantly reduced the flow […]
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Avoid the next catastrophic oil spill
Sable Offshore seeks to reopen the same failed oil pipeline that caused the catastrophic spill of May 2015. Almost 150,000 gallons of toxic and cancer-causing crude flooded our water and beaches, contaminating one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast and leaving taxpayers with the economic consequences. The U.S. remains, by far, […]
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Patrick Wiemiller is the best candidate for Lompoc’s 1st District City Council seat
There are two City Council seats in Lompoc being contested in the upcoming election; one is for mayor and the other for the 1st District, on the north end of the city. The only qualification to run for a City Council seat is to be at least 18 years old and a registered voter. The […]
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Removal isn’t easy
So far, Santa Barbara County’s spent about $2.3 million cleaning out the Santa Maria Riverbed. It’s only one of the partners involved in the cleanup efforts, and those efforts have only tackled a third to half of what’s there. There was still a lot of work left to do, last I checked, and at least […]
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Buellton children’s thrift store, Kayla’s Kidz, moves to bigger storefront
Neat racks of colorful onesies, kids T-shirts, shorts, and baby shoes line the 350 square feet of retail space Kayla Perez purchased a year ago. “I think if you came in and didn’t know it was a thrift shop, you wouldn’t know it was secondhand,” said Perez, the owner of Kayla’s Kidz—a secondhand store for […]
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Political Watch: October 3, 2024
• Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1866 into law during a signing ceremony in Inglewood, according to a Sept. 24 statement from Assemblymember Gregg Hart’s (D-Santa Barbara) office. The bill, written by Hart, mandates that oil companies meet targets to plug the estimated 40,000 idle oil wells in California. “The health of our communities […]