5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (214+ words) Santa Ynez Valley Pride has returned this month with a lineup of events, including a parade and festival, wellness activities, dance parties and community gatherings celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and visibility. The fifth annual "SYV Pride" celebration, dubbed "Pride in Action,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (167+ words) Buellton's Arts and Culture Committee, in coordination with the City Council, is debuting a new collection of downtown banner artwork for June as part of an ongoing series themed "Up in the Air!" Continuing the series that kicked off in…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (444+ words) After a historic Super Regional run full of broken records, team accolades and individual honors, the 2026 Cal Poly baseball season finished just two wins shy of a College World Series appearance. Larry Lee's 24th campaign as head coach of the Mustangs…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (595+ words) Before the 2014 election, soda tax campaigns in at least 31 American cities had been defeated by the beverage industry. Richmond and El Monte " cities on opposite ends of the state " tried and lost two years prior, drowned by industry spending and…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (156+ words) Local businesswoman, community activist and memory maker Susan Williams, with Bentley, died April 27. The Solvang Chamber of Commerce is dedicating Solvang's annual summer programming series to the memory of local community leader'Susan Williams, "whose passion and dedication helped shape Solvang…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (125+ words) Santa Ynez Valley News Community swimming returns to the Santa Ynez Valley this month with a free public event featuring open swim, music and family activities. The Santa Ynez Valley Community Aquatics Foundation, in partnership with the cities of Solvang…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (127+ words) Campers work on a dribbling drill during the Hancock basketball camp inside Joe White Memorial Gymnasium in 2018. Registration is open for the 2026 summer camps. Campers dive back to a line in a base running drill during Hancock College's youth baseball…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (199+ words) Brownie is a 7-year-old female brown Rhodesian Ridgeback mix dog weighing approximately 61 pounds, available for adoption at the Lompoc Animal Center, at 1501 West Central in Lompoc. Center staff describe Brownie as sweet, expressive, and very talkative. They said Brownie is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (178+ words) Santa Ynez Valley News Los Padres Forest Watch is inviting the public to an open-air, multi-course dinner at a Ballard Canyon vineyard on June 7 to fundraise for public lands on the Central Coast. Los Padres Forest Watch is inviting the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1138+ words) The action and excitement continued Sunday as the 83rd annual Santa Maria Elks Rodeo and Parade weekend drew to a close. The 2026 five-day weekend began with a standalone event on Wednesday, when the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Xtreme Bulls kicked…...