Barred from using the Lompoc Landfill, Vandenberg Space Force Base currently hauls its garbage to one of the dump’s competitors in Santa Maria. The city of Lompoc predicts it may be forced to do the same within the next decade, when the landfill has no space left to fill. During the Lompoc City Council’s Sept. […]
Lompoc diagnoses landfill with 10 years left to live
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Environmental groups rally against Santa Barbara County oil pipeline settlement
Santa Barbara County, Sable Offshore Corporation, and Pacific Pipeline Company reached a conditional settlement agreement that allows the two oil companies to proceed with installing 16 safety valves on the Las Flores Pipeline, despite the Board of Supervisors’ inaction nearly a year ago. Pacific Pipeline Company—a former subsidiary of ExxonMobil now under the purview of […]
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Los Olivos and Paso Robles wines find intimate harmony at upcoming dinner gathering
Pairings galore For more info on Thacher Winery and Carhartt Family Wines, visit thacherwinery.com and carharttfamilywines.com, respectively. Admission to the two wineries’ upcoming collaborative winemaker dinner in Paso Robles on Saturday, Oct. 5, ranges between $250 and $300 (plus tax). Owls often perch near the high ceiling of a historic barn where two birds of […]
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Local maestro conducts autumn performances in Lompoc and SLO
Central Coast conductor Brian Asher Alhadeff will direct the Lompoc Pops Orchestra during its next concert at the First United Methodist Church in Lompoc on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 4 p.m. Alhadeff is widely known for his longtime work with the local orchestra, as well as his full-time conductor role with Opera San Luis Obispo, […]
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Santa Barbara County artists hold Oak Group exhibit to benefit local preserve
Downtown destination The Oak Group presents Art is Restoration, a new exhibition slated to open on Oct. 2 at the Santa Barbara Central Library’s newly renovated Faulkner Gallery, where the show will run through Oct. 31. The exhibit highlights several Central Coast artists and will also be available online to view from Oct. 2 to […]
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Dance avenues
Jolene Moreno rediscovered her love for dance at Allan Hancock College. The dancer and Lompoc native had been practicing the art since she was 3 years old, but her former dance studio became a toxic environment for Moreno, she said as she sat outside of one of Hancock’s dance studios. “It was a competition in […]
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Return to the bright future
Hello voters. Do you remember how much better the U.S. and the world were during the four years Donald Trump was president? Nationally and worldwide, they were much better than they are now. After only three years of Biden/Kamala Harris, things are out of control, and chaos breeds everywhere with their weak leadership. Nov. 5, […]
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Dana Reserve is all wrong
I am very upset that the huge Dana Reserve project has been approved. This is bad for Nipomo and the entire county of SLO. It is far too large. Alyx Michell Nipomo
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‘We the people’ are obligated to speak against genocide
A humanitarian crisis is underway. For months, residents of our county have appealed to the Board of Supervisors and local city councils to agendize and support a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. They refused, saying that it is not a local issue. The bombs and bullets raining down on Gaza are stamped “Made in […]
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The right and the left live in different realities
For a party so concerned with misinformation and disinformation (all on the right), I was surprised to see Charles Linquist’s op-ed of Aug. 29 (“We are united”) so brimming with both. If the premise that all is going swimmingly is a true belief and not a political ploy, then no counterargument will have any weight, […]
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Balancing act
I’m not sure what happened at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 10. Maybe it’s just been so long since I’ve seen a productive policy discussion about a contentious issue end in compromise and unanimous agreement—but that’s what happened. What started out as a tense conversation about whether to form an […]
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Orcutt’s Old Town Quilt Shop offers a space for quilters to learn, practice, and celebrate the craft
Quilts. Table runners. Bags. Shoes. Old Town Quilt Shop teaches and provides the tools, fabrics, and classes for people to quilt a variety of wares. “We prefer bright happy colors, so when you walk into the door it’s bright, happy, warm colors. We do classes at the shop; every single month we have at least […]