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Santa Maria drafts zone mandate for senior mobile home parks
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (488+ words) Many public speakers who appealed to the Santa Maria Planning Commission to green-light new protections for senior mobile home parks identified themselves as tenants of the facilities that would be impacted. But jurisdictional lines didn't stop one Orcutt resident from…...
Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society holds 18th annual showcase and fundraiser
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (667+ words) Plant ahead Visit 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, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. and 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. , respectively....
Going home: A push to return Native American remains and belongings back to tribes
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (1081+ words) Editor's note: 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 other institutions are kept from public view, but Kathy Marshall has seen them. In…...
Food patrol: The county aims to tackle unpermitted streetside vending with the help of a task force
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1786+ words) Northern Santa Barbara County News & Entertainment Weekly Tensions were sky-high the night Lompoc Mayor Jim Mosby went viral on Tik Tok for protesting a taco stand located behind a Conserve Fuel station. "This is not legal," Mosby told sidewalk vendors…...
Los Olivos CSD considers testing groundwater wells once a year
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (495+ words) Northern Santa Barbara County News & Entertainment Weekly A local agency's decision to postpone one of Los Olivos' regularly scheduled groundwater well tests'used to measure nitrate concentration levels'opened the floodgates to a different kind of monitoring for resident Kathryn Lohmeyer Rohrer....