If Santa Barbara County’s 2021 wine grape harvest produces the exceptionally high quality that vintners and industry experts are expecting, it…
Santa Maria students pursuing agricultural and technical careers were joined by local educators and city leaders Wednesday to dedicate the $22…
Couched in the staffing transition is former General Manager Paul Pease, who has been tapped as new director of sales, where his extensive bac…
Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch once again is open for business, peddling hundreds — if not thousands — of multicolored gourds of all sizes at th…
Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch will open to the public on Thursday, September 30, officially kicking off the autumnal season in the Santa Ynez Valley.
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 ho…
California lawmakers are looking to pass a bill that would give farmworkers more ways to vote in union elections. Business groups have labeled…
I advocated and supported the decision for the city council to authorize voters the opportunity to directly vote on modifying taxes but remain…
Former owner of Rideau Winery and Vineyard in Solvang Iris Duplantier Rideau — the first Black woman to own a winery in the United States — wi…
An agricultural pest adviser is hoping some uniquely decorated COVID-19 masks will help raise the general public’s awareness of an invasive pe…
Santa Maria officials are in the process of implementing a number of requirements for increased outreach and access to agricultural workers an…
The Santa Maria Planning Commission received over 60 written comments objecting to a proposed H-2A housing project — which at one point aimed …
Wine grapes fall to No. 5 in Santa Barbara County crop values, strawberries No. 1, cauliflower No. 2
For the first time since 1995, wine grapes fell out of the top four crops in Santa Barbara County, giving way to cauliflower, broccoli and nur…
The weekend event, slated for Thursday, Aug. 12 to Sunday, Aug. 15, will pay tribute to the establishment of Sta. Rita Hills as a designated A…
Seventy different wine grape varieties are grown in in Santa Barbara County's seven AVAs, encompassing 14,927 acres of vineyards. The average …
Santa Maria advocacy groups and state labor representatives kicked off a three-day farmworker labor rights caravan July 28 to bring multilingu…
Seaweed Dispensary and Lounge in July 2018 was awarded Lompoc’s first commercial cannabis license and became the sixth dispensary to open for …
Route One's special event will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1, and will feature food trucks, family-fun activities and live mu…
Participants are invited to walk a 4.3 miles course that includes three rigorous quarter-mile inclines across Alma Rosa's 628-acre estate loca…
More than 100 farmworkers employed by West Coast Berry Farms in Santa Maria walked off their job site on Oso Flaco Road Thursday to join a cal…
Registration is underway for the 12th annual Santa Maria Strawberry Field Day to be presented by UC Cooperative Extension as a virtual Zoom ev…
The city of Santa Maria narrowly escaped entering a costly legal battle with the federal government Tuesday, when the City Council agreed in a…
The Santa Maria City Council will be given another chance Tuesday to comply with orders from the federal government to repeal a potentially di…
Lompoc City Council suggests creating a $1.24 million Cannabis Oversight Committee consisting of an additional 10 new full-time employees.
Federal housing officials have ordered the Santa Maria City Council to repeal an H-2A housing ordinance that may be considered discriminatory …
Regional winemaker Jim Clendenen — the pioneer and visionary behind Au Bon Climat winery — died in his sleep May 15, leaving an indelible mark…
Route One Farmers Market is inviting community members to help celebrate its second anniversary in Vandenberg Village during market hours from…
The term 420 has many sprouts in the rumor mill in terms of origin and use that include reference by police as a marijuana violation code.