As the sun settled over the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo Wednesday night, crews hurried their final preparations while country music filled the arena and vendors prepared for thousands of attendees expected through Sunday.
CalMatters - Courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an artificial intellig…
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The Santa Barbara County Fire Department and its partner agencies have declared the onset of…
Los Alamos community members and other interested local stakeholders are invited to a public…
The Big West announced Tuesday that for the second time in school history, Cal Poly has won …
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Following years of engineering studies, environmental review and community outreach, the Los Olivos Community Services District is preparing t…
The graduating Class of 2026 at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School will accept their diplomas Friday afternoon on campus.
Veterans organizations, community members and military representatives gathered across the Santa Ynez Valley over Memorial Day weekend to hono…
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UC Santa Barbara Gevirtz Graduate School of Education doctoral candidate Munira Kairat has been selected as a 2026 National Academy of Educati…
Flying Goat Cellars has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Santa Barbara County’s controversial Wine Business Improvement District, arguing t…
In the world of dementia care, behavior that looks like bullying is rarely intentional in th…
The Central Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is presenting its annual All-Star F…
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management last week released its final environmental report on a co…
The graduating Class of 2026 at Maple, Cabrillo and Lompoc high schools will accept their di…
Vandenberg Space Force Base personnel supported a test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday morning.
An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from north Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tonight between 7:11 and 9:01 p.m., sending 24 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The U.S. Space Force has approved the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday between 3:28 and 7:28 p.m., carrying the NROL-172 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Solvang Film Society will bring an end to the six-year dry spell for movie-goers in Santa Ynez Valley when it opens its 49-seat arthouse theat…
The Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series has entered a new phase after organizers announced the long-running classical music program is now operat…
Santa Ynez Valley Pride will return this year with a month-long lineup of events, including a parade and festival, wellness activities, dance …
The Santa Ynez Valley Performing Arts Company will celebrate its 37th season next month with a series of performances highlighting ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and hip-hop dance.
Dan Walters Commentary: The bullet train saga’s latest chapter is a new “business plan,” pegging the cost of linking San Francisco to the Los Angeles area by 2040 at $126 billion.
The future is clearly with those who have found a way of making themselves indispensable by using AI, and not with those who resist or actively fight it. You may not be interested in AI, but AI is interested in you.
Kevin Merrill: The official start of summer this year will be on June 21. I think most of us think of the Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of the summer season.
Guest Commentary: GOO! has been fighting this fight since 1969 and intends to keep on until, as Lyons puts it, “Get Oil Out!” becomes “Got Oil Out!”
