Lompoc News

In 1979, a brush fire off Highway 166 killed four young Nipomo firefighters. The fuel for the Spanish Ranch Fire was light grass.

Lompoc, CA-- The City of Lompoc is one step closer to becoming a hot destination on the Central Coast for wine enthusiasts.

A sky soft and gray blankets the Lompoc Airport, where more than a dozen yellow Piper Cubs sit in quiet rows on the runway apron.

A major resort and wine center project gets the green light in Lompoc. The Santa Rita Hills Wine Center is one step closer to breaking ground in Lompoc.

The new, stylish, hand-printed Edhat t-shirt have arrived. And, they are truly sensational.

The 9.4-acre property at the northeast corner of North Twelfth Street and Highway 246, formerly a Grefco industrial plant, could be developed into a resort hotel, spa, wine tasting and shopping center.

Negligent property owners beware. City Councilwoman Cecilia Martner on Tuesday night spurred the city planning department on to crack down against commercial and industrial properties that have fallen into blight.

F rom Vallejo - I was 10 when Zodiac went public. Lompoc was 300 miles south, but the distance didn't seem nearly enough.

Like people in any community, military personnel get behind on bills, find their cupboards almost bare, need emergency loans for necessities, or can't afford family counseling.

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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.