• U.S. Reps. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara), Juila Brownley (D-Ventura), and Jimmy Panetta (D-Monterey), along with U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) hailed the release of the Biden-Harris administration’s environmental impact study for the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, the final step that puts the federal designation on track to be finalized by the end […]
Political Watch: September 12, 2024
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Santa Barbara County supes form committee to study farmworker conditions
Farm owners are afraid of being put out of business, while farmworkers and their families are full hope. These feelings illustrate the harm in discussing whether to set a $26 minimum wage for farmworkers in Santa Barbara County, according to 4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson. “You’ve kind of rolled out the grenade right there, and […]
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NEW FLICKS: The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Peacock Writer-director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, Loving) helms this film based on Danny Lyon’s 1968 book in which the college-educated photographer essentially embedded himself in the Midwestern motorcycle gang the Chicago Outlaws. Lyon’s photo-rich book was inspired by Hunter S. Thompson’s […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice What’s it rated? PG When? 1988 Where’s it showing? Max Tim Burton directs this dark supernatural fantasy about newly dead married couple Adam (Alec Baldwin) and Barbara Maitland (Geena Davis) who are navigating their new ghostly existence in their old home. When the house is sold to an obnoxious new family who begins to […]
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a rollicking undead sequel
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Samantha? Full price What’s it worth, Camillia? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Fair Oaks, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Editor’s note: Regular reviewers Glen and Anna are out of town, so New Times Editor Camillia Lanham and Staff Writer Samantha Herrera stepped […]
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New pushback postpones Santa Ynez YMCA ruling to November
In hopes of one day operating 24/7, a local gym is changing some of its policies to appease the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission. But one box left unchecked was one too many for some officials. Although the Stuart C. Gildred YMCA—located in the Santa Ynez Valley—complied with the Planning Commission’s request in June for […]
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Park protection
Rhonda Anderson moved from Casa Del Rio to Del Cielo Mobile Estates after a corporate property management company took over and hiked her rent up by $300. Now, she’s scared it might happen again. Del Cielo, an Orcutt-based 55-and-older mobile home park, fell under new ownership just 10 days after Anderson purchased her home and […]
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Talley family of Arroyo Grande nabs Agriculturalist of the Year award and raises its next generation of leaders
For pours and produce Talley Vineyards, located at 3031 Lopez Drive in Arroyo Grande, is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reservations are recommended. For more details, visit talleyvineyards.com and follow the winery on Instagram and Facebook @talleyvineyards. To learn more about Talley Farms’ pickup and delivery options for fresh produce, visit talleyfarmsbox.com. […]
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BLAST FROM THE PAST: Little Women
Little Women What’s it rated? PG When? Monday, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m. Where’s it showing? The Bay Theatre Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Mrs. Soffel) directs this 1994 film adaptation of writer Louisa May Alcott’s two volume coming of age novel (released in 1868 and 1869) about the March sisters—Meg (Trini Alvarado), Jo (Winona […]
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NEW FLICKS: The Killer
The Killer What’s it rated? R When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Peacock Famed Hong Kong auteur John Woo (A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled, Face/Off, Mission Impossible II) directs this action flick (a remake of his 1989 film of the same name with Chow Yun-Fat in the lead) about Zee (Nathalie Emmanuel), a female assassin out […]
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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat is bighearted melodrama streaming on Hulu
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it Where’s it showing? Hulu Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned) directs this story based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s 2013 bestselling novel about a trio of friends—Odette (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Kyanna Simone as young Odette), Barbara Jean […]
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Blast 825 Brewery brings three tribute bands to Orcutt
Musical acts Kimdracula Deftones Experience (pictured), FoREVer Sevenfold, and 2L will pay tribute to Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold, and Tool, respectively, during an upcoming show at Blast 825 Brewery in Old Town Orcutt, on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets to the show are available in advance for $15 at my805tix.com, or on-site […]