This is the second in a two-part series. The first, “Native return,” ran June 25. Whiteboards crowded with titles and case ...

There may be a political renaissance in the making in Lompoc. Sometimes change is good, and other times it may bring only chaos to a community. For the last couple of City Council meetings, there ...

Stephanie Krouse was trained as a scientist. In her early career, she worked for seed companies, studying different treatments that impact plant growth. But a Chicago company’s acquisition of the ...

After watercolorist Claudette Carlton’s June show at the Cypress Gallery, Chris Jeszeck recently took over as the featured artist. Her Pouring My Art Out exhibit will be up through July 26. Jeszeck—a ...

With funding from California’s recently adopted budget, health care providers in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties ...

Members of the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission recently revisited some language tied to the proposed ban on drilling ...

It will be a consequential summer for energy policy in Santa Barbara County. Currently, you can drill for oil, but you can’t put a solar farm in the same industrial site. That is set to reverse with ...

When Blake Lane was studying psychology and anthropology in college, he didn’t anticipate a future cutting stems or ...

Santa Maria’s mobile home park dwellers have been asking the city for rent control for years now, and recently, they again ...

This is the first in a two-part series. The second part is scheduled to run July 9. Some of the shelves at UC Berkeley and ...

Plant aheadVisit centralcoastcactus.org for more info on the Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society. The nonprofit’s 18th annual show and sale will take place at Nipomo High School on Saturday, ...

MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix  Oh boy, this one’s a doozy. I remember this story popping up back in 2020. I’m sure other true crime junkies will too. Reagan Simmons was a mom-to-be, just a ...