The next time you’re strolling the streets of Solvang, take a pause to enjoy a gallery of art that celebrates the local ...

Catch ABRA Cadabra’s energetic, family-friendly concert at the Solvang Festival Theatre on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Audience ...

Some stories stick. They unfold slowly over time and are a constant source of news. We’ve been covering some of those in the Santa Maria Valley since this paper was founded in 2000. For 26 years, Sun ...

Some stories stick. They unfold slowly over time and are a constant source of news. We’ve been covering some of those in the ...

With 2026 marking Santa Barbara County Supervisor Steve Lavagnino’s last year in the role, his chief of staff, Cory Bantilan, ...

While polls revealed that 70 percent of Americans opposed war with Iran, why has our government, at the behest of Israel and without a vote by Congress, begun bombing Iran’s major cities? The truth is ...

Before stepping out of the Solvang City Council’s March 23 meeting, Mayor David Brown playfully handed his gavel to Councilmember Louise Smith. “We’re going to need it,” Smith joked, followed by some ...

Testy exchanges between Solvang City Council members over something their mayor built is becoming more common than it should be. Mayor David Brown’s treasure-hunt style Solvang Passport cellphone app ...

On March 23, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) announced that he secured new federal funding for multiple Santa Barbara County-based projects, including $1.2 million for a fire station ...

When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Prime If you watched or heard about Jury Duty, you already know the premise—an everyday man and all-around nice guy is surrounded by a cast of increasingly strange ...

When ChatGPT was publicly released in 2022, students in public Santa Maria high schools weren’t allowed to use it on school-issued devices. The artificial intelligence ban created a discrepancy ...

I recently read that Trump is suing California over its clean air rules for cars and trucks. I’m not exactly sure what his logic is and don’t really care. I do know that this man is the antithesis of ...