Lompoc News

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A Central Coast school board is under review by the district attorney's office. The Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office is reviewing a written complaint against the Lompoc Unified School Board.

If there was concern about the impact of a faltering economy on the 57th annual Lompoc Flower Festival, it was washed away in a river of root beer and funnel cakes - not to mention a mountain of jambalaya, tri-tip sandwiches, pansit and lumpia, tacos and tamales.

It's too bad about a certain movie that had a certain impact on a certain varietal that helped ignite the wine industry to its current heights in the wine consumer renaissance.

From the professional displays in the lobby to the specimens and arrangements in the gym and Panorama Room, flowers abounded at the Alpha Club's 87th Annual Flower Show on Saturday afternoon.

If S.B.a s multitude of seasonal celebrations still havena t satisfied your need to commemorate the coming of summer this year, youa re in luck.

Flower Festival is back, and so is the funnel cake. The 57th Annual Lompoc Valley Flower Festival officially began Wednesday, with the food booths, entertainment, and the carnival drawing a steady stream of celebrants to Ryon Park.

A portion of Highway 1 and Highway 246 will be closed through downtown Lompoc on Saturday for the annual Lompoc Flower Festival Parade.

The mayor of Lompoc remains in the hospital after being admitted over the weekend.

It's been a tough year for the Flower Festival Association, but the show will go on.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is gearing up to open four new California stores in July, including a Pasadena location at 603 S. Lake Ave.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the El Segundo-based grocery chain, said it will open four new stores in July.

Two America in Bloom judges finished their two-day, whirlwind tour of the Lompoc Valley Tuesday afternoon walking in a soft breeze among the downtown murals of Art Alley on their way to the Lompoc Museum and the Cypress Gallery.

Where can you get baklava-topped sundaes, authentic Greek food and shake hands with a movie star in Camarillo? Only at the 31st annual Ventura County Greek Festival.

Just two years after the Kansas City Royals made him a third round pick in the 2007 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Lompoc native Danny Duffy is named to his first minor league all-star team.

On June 12, 2009 at approximately 6:30 AM, the Lompoc Police Department's Special Enforcement Team , in conjunction with other LPD officers, served a drug related search warrant at a residence in the 500 block of North a B' Street, Lompoc.

The lawsuit of a former Lompoc police officer, who accuses the city of wrongful termination, could be headed for trial.

A brush fire breaks out at a shooting range near Lompoc Thursday afternoon. According to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the fire was called out just before 3:00 p.m. near the 3900 block of Klein Boulevard in Lompoc.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department has identified the 37-year-old Lompoc resident who died in a single vehicle accident on State Route 246 on Friday.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run will pass through Santa Barbara County next Tuesday and Wednesday.