Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health offers two $2,500 scholarships to those with mental illness or substance use disorder

After originally saying it didn’t have enough bus seats for every student who needed a ride to and from Mesa Middle School, the Lucia Mar Unified School District fixed the issue before school started. Dozens of parents received word that their students didn’t get bus pass applications approved, but Lucia Mar Marketing and Communications Director […]

The Dana Reserve moved one step closer to breaking ground after the Nipomo Community Services District (NCSD) voted in favor of splitting the development’s future property taxes with SLO County and annexing the project into its service area.  More than 100 community members were present at the NCSD’s Aug. 28 board meeting to show their […]

Instead of spending summers at camp when she was a child, Blanca Antonio Aquino—alongside other children of farmworkers—worked in the fields to help their families pay bills.  “At age 8, I recall my mom telling me, ‘When you’re picking strawberries, think as if you’re picking up a single cent,” Antonio Aquino told the Santa Barbara […]

Raising the sales tax in Lompoc is one path to revamping the city’s deteriorating streets, but it’s not a road some local leaders want to take.  During the Lompoc City Council’s Aug. 20 meeting, Councilmember Jeremy Ball and Councilmember Dirk Starbuck responded to city staff’s presentation on potential options to improve road health with differing […]