See the tree Visit wildlingmuseum.org or call (805) 686-8315 for more info on the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, located at 1511 Mission Drive, unit B, Solvang. It can take anywhere between 20 and 50 years for an oak tree to fully mature. But after just two months, three volunteer artists behind a new […]
Wildling Museum unveils new tree mural with environmental pledge station
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Our local leadersare selling us out to transplants, visitors
For years I have been hearing that California has a “housing crisis.” Where is this growing demand for housing coming from? It appears to me that what California actually has is a “population crisis.” The marketing forces imposed on locals by an ever-increasing population of nonnatives is driving up the cost of existing housing and […]
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Local supervisors, planning commissioners change land-use rules to punish some and reward other applicants
It never ceases to amaze me how the powers that be, including the Board of Supervisors and the county Planning Commission, can abuse the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to punish some applicants and reward others. Two recent cases demonstrate the county’s bias when applying CEQA requirements and its own land use code requirements. The […]
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On the record
Let the record show that Leah Braitman from “beautiful Lompoc” flipped 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino off during an extremely entertaining hearing about valves on an oil pipeline. In what may have been a first for the longest-serving supervisor on the dais, Braitman was over her time limit during the public comment period, took her […]
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Best Of NSBC 2023
We asked you to kick the tires and light the fires, dear readers, and you responded. In our annual Best of Northern Santa Barbara County issue, we’re giving an “attaboy” to the eateries, drinkeries, businesses, and people that you said were alphas, top dogs, air bosses. We didn’t have room for any goon ups or […]
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Santa Barbara and Ventura nonprofit SEEAG hosts annual Farm Day for residents to meet farmers in their backyard
Growing up on a dairy farm in upstate New York, Mary Maranville said she always felt a deep connection to farming and saw value in understanding where our food comes from. “When I moved to California 24 years ago, that connection continued and led me to want to educate students on where our food comes […]
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Political Watch: August 24, 2023
• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) issued a statement on Aug. 1 in response to reports of former President Donald Trump’s indictment on four counts related to his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. “Over the past two and a half years, more than a thousand […]
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Supervisors unable to take action on ExxonMobil valve project
Three rounds of presentations, 41 public comments, and an hour of deliberation led to inaction from the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on a proposal to install safety valves on the pipeline that caused the 2015 Refugio oil spill. With only four supervisors on the dais, the board voted 2-2 twice on the issue […]
Posted inMusic, Arts & Culture
NEW FLICKS: The Beanie Bubble
The Beanie Bubble What’s it rated? R When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus In 2021, Beanie Mania, a documentary on the absolute wild ride that Beanie Babies had in the ’90s was released. Now we have The Beanie Bubble, which dramatizes the story of Ty Warner (Zach Galifianakis) and his business partner, Robbie […]
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BINGEABLE: Hijack
Hijack What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Created by Jim Field Smith and George Kay and starring Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator, the series follows the hijacking of a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. Desperate to get safely back to his son, Kai (Jude […]
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Strays is crude, funny, and deserving of its R rating
STRAYS What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Josh Greenbaum (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) directs Dan Perrault’s script about a dog named Reggie (voiced by Will Ferrell), a gullible border […]
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Pico Los Alamos highlights boutique vintners with Winemaker Hang series, upcoming wine fest
Hang around Find out more about Pico Los Alamos at picolosalamos.com, or by calling (805) 344-1122. The restaurant is located at 458 Bell St., Los Alamos. Admission to the Fresh Wine Festival on Friday, Aug. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m., is $40 per person. The next Winemaker Hang, with winemaker Jason Mergenov, will take […]