On Saturday, Jan. 14, the Central Coast Film Society is partnering with Red Bull Media House to host a screening of the HBO documentary, Dear Rider, at the Palm Theatre in San Luis Obispo. The screening starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a Q-and-A with some of the filmmakers behind the documentary, […]
Allan Hancock College co-sponsors Central Coast Film Society screening of ‘Dear Rider’
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Proof and Gather’s Kaitlin Munoz crushes her career goals with the launch of two bakeries on the Central Coast
Kaitlin Munoz has had a lot to celebrate this holiday season. A little more than a year ago, she relocated her fledgling Proof and Gather Baking Company from a registered cottage food kitchen in Lompoc to a larger-scale commercial kitchen in San Luis Obispo. Her stated long-term goal at the time was to open her […]
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Orcutt Branch Library gets $2 million for new facility
With the new year comes new possibilities for the Orcutt Branch Library, which received $2 million in federal funds near the end of 2022. On Dec. 23, U.S. Rep Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) announced that $16.5 million in direct federal funding would be used to support various community projects in Santa Barbara County. One of […]
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NEW FLICKS: BABYLON
NEW FLICKS: BABYLON Where’s it playing? Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande, Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria What’s it rated? R “Excessive” is probably the best word to describe Babylon, writer-director Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash, La La Land) new film—an often gross and graphic exploration of Hollywood’s pre-code nascent days, its transition from silent films to […]
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NEW FLICKS: BEST SELLERS
NEW FLICKS: BEST SELLERS Where’s it playing? Rent on Amazon Prime, Redbox, Vudu, and Apple TV What’s it rated? PG-13 Lucy (Aubrey Plaza) inherited her book publication business from her father, whose skillful editing and salesman smarts led to Harris Shaw’s (Michael Caine) hit novel way long ago. Unfortunately, the world of publishing has changed […]
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Unnamed Animal Services employee has dubious experience
I was disappointed by part of a recent story about crowding at the Santa Maria Animal Center (“More adoption needed with overcrowding concerns at Animal Services,” Dec. 15). The end of the pandemic and inflation have resulted in animal shelters flooded with homeless animals. We are seeing our share here, although not nearly as badly […]
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Rallying for America
At breakfast I read with interest a letter to the editor in the Sun. Entitled “Rallying for President Trump” (Dec. 22), it made an enthusiastic case for continuing to fully support him. The unflinchingly ardent argument by the writer was more bracing than two cups of my morning java. The public airing of all types […]
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The metamorphosis of Elon Musk and the left
If you thought that the transformation of Jeff Goldblum from a bookish scientist into a fly in the 1986 movie The Fly was a dramatic metamorphosis, just consider the sudden conversion of Elon Musk from liberal hero to hated nemesis. And a transmogrifier wasn’t even necessary! It seems like just yesterday that Musk was the […]
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Fees needed
It’s 2023. And with that big bad announcement, I’ve got another thing in store for you: Santa Barbara County needs to facilitate the building of more than 5,000 housing units by 2031. And that’s just in the unincorporated areas of the county. Santa Maria needs to coax developers to erect more than 5,400. Santa Barbara: […]
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PG&E grant enables State Parks to pay for class field trips to coastal landmarks
For thousands of school-age kids, the San Luis Obispo County coastline is a premier destination for epic field trips. The Central Coast State Parks Association plays an important role in that. The nonprofit arm of State Parks routinely offers educational field trip tours at local landmarks like the Oceano Dunes, the Morro Bay Museum of […]
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Political Watch: January 5, 2023
• On Dec. 23, President Joe Biden signed legislation inspired by the 2019 Conception boat fire near Santa Barbara. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Act proposed by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) changes an 1851 law that can prevent victims of maritime accidents from receiving compensation from those responsible […]
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Housing development project wants Santa Maria to annex county land
A project proposal to add Santa Barbara County property to Santa Maria for residential and commercial development could help local leaders meet state housing requirements, but the development has some residents concerned about density and consistency with the surrounding areas. Richards Ranch Annexation Project requested that the city annex a 43-acre county property southeast of […]