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Alyce Barrick was excited for her daughter to transfer to Santa Ynez Valley Union High School because of Principal Michael Niehoff. As Santa Ynez Valley Pride’s vice president and the owner of a local coffee shop, Barrick works with a lot of the students either for employment purposes or as part of Santa Ynez Valley […]
Environmental advocacy groups, local fisheries, chefs, and law firms are working their way up the food chain to get President Joe Biden to revoke a Trump-era executive order allowing fish farms in federal waters—with eight potential sites identified in the Santa Barbara Channel. “This is your backyard, and they are treating your backyard like a […]
A politically fractured Oceano temporarily connected in an unintended way over an initiative put forth by SLO County 4th District Supervisor Jimmy Paulding. Long an ideological battleground that witnessed bitter conflicts in its community services district (CSD) and advisory councils, Oceano came face-to-face with a draft “unification compact” helmed by the freshman county supervisor who […]
Bird calls Call (805) 688-1082 or visit wildlingmuseum.org for info on the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature. The museum is located at 1511 Mission Drive, unit B, Solvang. In conjunction with its current group exhibition, Bird’s Eye View: Four Perspectives, the museum will host a Zoom presentation, The Art of Feather Carving with artist […]
Pioneer Valley High School parent Vanessa Valadez first heard about possible drug overdoses on campus from her daughter, a freshman, rather than getting notified by administration. “For me, it wasn’t that it was very surprising, but it was very concerning because we had no information,” Valadez said. “If we had more information, it would be […]
KNOCK AT THE CABIN Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? R What’s it worth? Full price (Anna Starkey) What’s it worth? Full price (Glen Starkey) M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, Lady in the Water, Old) co-writes and directs this apocalyptic psychological horror thriller about a family—husbands Eric (Jonathan Groff) and Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and their […]
Jobs-housing imbalance, long commutes, short-term rentals, and affordability issues are all Santa Barbara County problems. Each issue came up during the Feb. 14 Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting, when the governing body reviewed the county’s 2023-31 Housing Element. California requires local jurisdictions to look at housing needs every eight years and identify space […]
Rubber bullets. Tear gas. Armored cars. The definition of “military equipment” outlined in Assembly Bill 481 includes resources accessible to police departments in many cities across the state, including Santa Maria. The legislation became effective in January and requires every law enforcement agency in California to draft a formal policy on its use of military […]
