Oil giant Phillips 66’s San Francisco Refinery in Contra Costa County no longer processes crude oil—a change that’s impacted the Central Coast. Aimee Henry, the company’s communications director, told the Sun that the transformation aligned with the state’s environmental goals and market conditions. “The Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex [formerly the San Francisco Refinery] supports demand […]
Nipomo’s Phillips 66 refinery is taking steps toward demolition
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Santa Ynez high school district names full-time principal/superintendent
Kimberly Sheehan will be taking the helm as Santa Ynez Valley Union High School’s new principal/superintendent starting July 1 after the school board unanimously approved her contract during its April 16 meeting. “I’m just really excited to join an already established team, an already very well-run school district,” Sheehan told the Sun. “I know for […]
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Camera demonstrates the importance of mentors
Camera What’s it rated? Not rated What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? The Fremont Theater in SLO on Monday, April 29, at 3:30 p.m. Jay Silverman (Girl on the Edge, Off the Menu, Saving Paradise) directs this poignant story—by Irish screenwriter Jamie Murphy—about nonverbal 9-year-old Oscar […]
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Vocal Arts Ensemble honors late founder, announces new director
In May, the Vocal Arts Ensemble will host concerts in both Nipomo and San Luis Obispo in honor of Gary Lamprecht, the ensemble’s founder and former artistic director who passed away earlier this year. Lamprecht was also a prolific teacher and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Choral Directors Association. For its […]
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Cinco de Mayo Senior Prom features live music from local band and students
The Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club hosts its Cinco de Mayo Senior Prom, with live music from the Riptide Big Band, at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria on Sunday, May 5, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The featured band will be accompanied by vocalists Bob Nations and Mitch Latting and band […]
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Contract holes: Santa Barbara County aims to adjust its contract with jail health care provider, Wellpath, to improve service levels
“People are thrown into the snake pit,” Santa Barbara County resident Kate Smith said about the jail and the county’s mental health care system during public comment at a recent special meeting. “You can talk about this year’s crop of buckets we could shoot people in to help, [but] it’s no different,” Smith said. “I […]
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Cake specialist and Santa Maria native Trina Galvan opens Drizzle Bakery in SLO
Open for orders Drizzle Bakery is located at The Kitchen Terminal at 4750 Allene Way in San Luis Obispo. To place an order, visit Facebook or Instagram @drizzle_bakery_llc. Pickup is offered on Saturday morning or by special arrangement, or customers can order select items via harvestly.org. For weddings and special events, delivery can be arranged […]
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BINGEABLE: Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Lawmen: Bass Reeves What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Paramount Plus Real-life Bass Reeves (1938-1910) was born into slavery and owned by Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves, and when the Civil War started, Reeves’ son George R. Reeves acquired ownership of Bass, joined the Confederate Army, and took Bass with him. […]
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BINGEABLE: 3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2024 Where’s it showing? Netflix Based on Chinese sci-fi author Liu Cixin’s novel The Three-Body Problem (from his Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy), Netflix’s nonlinear, character-rich series is about the Santi, an alien race from a dying planet that contacts Earth. The story surrounds the humans who […]
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Civil War feels frightenedly plausible
Civil War What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Full price What’s it worth, Anna? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Fair Oaks Writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men) helms this war movie set in a dystopian near-future America where Texas, California, and other states—in the face […]
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Gallery Los Olivos presents UNITY, an upcoming duo show
Local artists Wendy Brewer and Christine Marie have compiled a collection of their works that celebrate human and spiritual experiences in UNITY, Gallery Los Olivos’ next duo exhibition slated to open on Wednesday, May 1, and remain up through the end of May. The exhibit showcases mixed media mosaics by Brewer (whose work is pictured) […]
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Elverhoj Museum holds new exhibit, Under the Same Sun: From Low-riders to Farmworkers
Five artists of various media and styles are participating in the Elverhoj Museum’s new group exhibition, Under the Same Sun: From Low-riders to Farmworkers, which is scheduled to open at the Solvang venue on Saturday, April 20, and run through early July. The show’s featured artists—Jacqueline Valenzuela (whose work is pictured), Priscilla S. Flores, Narsiso […]