Downtown Los Olivos on Saturday will be sprawling with cinephiles and festivalgoers as NatureTrack's fourth annual film festival kicks off with the screening of dozens of documentaries and short films shot from various locations around the world, in combination with the town's annual "Day in the Country" festival.
Local students are standing a little taller after Congressman Salud Carbajal paid a visit to Santa Ynez Valley Charter School Friday morning to present a flag flown at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. and ...
Hancock College dance program's Dimensions in Dance is returning for an in-person outdoor performance on the Santa Maria campus this weekend after going virtual in 2020.
Fifteen years ago, Kenny Butler was at a low point. He had just been sentenced to life in prison.
The Cabrillo High School Aquarium reopened with a big splash recently, debuting its most extensive sea life exhibit in its 20-year history and marking over a year since the campus facility closed to the public due to COVID-19.
Clubs are important. They’re fun, not to mention they look good on college transcripts, or at least that’s what I’ve been told. Of course, that added benefit was important to me when I walked into our school’s ...
When Farm Day rolls around Saturday, residents of the Santa Maria Valley will be able to take a free self-guided tour of local farms to see how their vegetables, fruits and berries are grown, beef cattle are raised and fine wine is made.
A former Santa Maria High School football player who went on to become a football coach at the school has died, a spokesman for the Santa Mari…
To walk into the same classroom where, in 2019, I first found out about the COVID-19 virus was an out-of-body experience.
School campuses reopened across the Santa Ynez Valley last week as parents and school staff expressed cautious optimism at the kickoff of a th…
Homeschooled the entire 2020-21 academic year due to the family's set of health challenges, Letts said her children's' return to campus is mom…
A few threats made by a Pioneer Valley High School student via social media this week were determined to be a hoax by the Santa Maria Police D…
An application for a permit to grow cannabis near a career education facility just southeast of Santa Maria has been withdrawn after the high …
Lompoc school bus driver John Thompson carefully backed into his spot at the district's bus depot and sat for an extra moment behind the wheel…
The Santa Maria Joint Union High School District is opposing a cannabis cultivation project proposed on a 165-acre parcel east of the district…
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission is accepting applications through Sept. 1 for its Arts Making Impact grants to support arts and culture n…
All Hancock College students and staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 1 to enter campus buildings and attend in-person clas…
Leading the charge to repopulate campus classrooms will be Los Olivos School District and Santa Ynez Valley High School District students, who…
The Arts Outreach production runs July 28-31, at Kalyra Winery. Admission is $20 for adults and $15 dollars for children, and can be purchased…
This year, the film festival will be offered in hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual programming beginning Saturday, Oct. 16 through…
While Hancock College plans to have as many students as possible back on campus for the start of the 2021-22 school year in August, details ab…
Three teams of career and technical education students from Hancock College scored medals in the 2021 SkillsUSA Championships, held virtually …
Wearing masks is a small price to pay to escape the Groundhog Day that is attending Zoom meetings day after day to get an education. I have se…
The installation of a solar array at Cabrillo High School is estimated to be complete at the end of summer, giving way to a second green proje…
The Lompoc Odd Fellows for the fourth consecutive year is sponsoring an annual essay scholarship contest for recent graduates who reside in th…
Applications for the 2021 Danish Days Maid are currently being accepted through July 15.
Hancock College students will officially be returning to campus in the fall after the Board of Trustees on June 15 lifted the campus state of …
When I shifted my mindset and viewed my future as not something to be afraid of, but as something to dream about, it helped me to become more …