Solvang News

Caltrans has completed the Environmental Impact Report for the proposed suicide barrier on the Cold Spring Bridge on State Route 154.

While the main herd of news media and mourning Michael Jackson fans migrated to Los Angeles for the memorial ceremony Tuesday, July 7, some stragglers remained behind at the gates to Neverland and watched the service on a television there.

Michael Jackson's memorial service will find people jostling for space in Los Angeles.

Reef & Run - Tuesday Is The New Run/Swim Night In Santa Barbara! The fun happens every Tuesday night at East Beach - 1 mile ocean swim, 1k ocean swim, 2 mile run, 4 mile run or 1k swim/2 mile run .

With Independence Day approaching quickly, local law enforcement and safety officials are reminding the public that setting off any fireworks, including those dubbed "safe and sane," is illegal throughout Santa Barbara County.

We're just nice guys in nice clean cabs ! We do fun low cost budget wine tours in four passenger sedans, six passenger mini-vans, and fourteen passenger MAXI-TAXIS. Combine a few wineries ,have dinner up in wine country, stop off in Solvang at a few wine bars , and then head home.

With blue skies, and a cool breeze, the 57th Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Parade marched through town Saturday morning, delivering "Childhood Fantasies." Floats and other entries displayed the theme of this year's festival and parade as children and adults watched.

Budget woes strike again, this time with the Santa Barbara Public Library System falling victim to financial constraints.

Comments on the document and the Departments responses to those comments have been incorporated into the final environmental document.

The Norwalk Senior Center, 14040 San Antonio Drive, will celebrate Green Tea Week today through Friday.

St Andrew' Presbyterian Church located at 301 Avenue D, in Redondo Beach, Calif., has become one of my favorite churches.

Summer is the perfect time to fall under the spell of theater. There's nothing like looking up at the night sky after having entered another world for a few hours in some darkened room with a stage.

So, last time I blogged I mentioned that I booked a gig. I know, that seems like forever ago.

In just over eight miles between Highways 154 and 101, Highway 246 goes from rural to bustling, a microcosm of the Santa Ynez Valley.

Though some program funding had to be held for the next fiscal year, the Solvang City Council was pleased to receive a balanced draft budget June 8, especially while other county cities' flounder in the financial crisis.

The tony Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang's wine country has promoted a few interesting theme weekends before, like the "Cowboy Ethics Bootcamp" coming up this fall, but they are going all out for September's "Outback at Alisal Weekend," and bringing in chef, cookbook author, kitchen line creator and TV celebrity, Curtis Stone, to treat ...

SOLVANG SALUTES FREDDIE HUBBARD: Although the Solvang Jazz Festival is but a toddler at this stage, with only two fests behind it so far, with this September's third annual affair, the festival will be celebrating a sense of circular history - going back to the head, so to speak.

County planning commissioners tossed out four controversial affordable housing sites from the Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan, reacting to dozens of residents who have opposed the inclusion.

In Solvang today many residents decided it was the perfect day for a picnic. Music from a local country singer entertained the crowd at Solvang Park this afternoon.

The Solvang City Council heard skeptical comments from the public May 27 during a workshop to discuss a proposed agreement with the Santa Ynez Water District for cooperative development of some Santa Ynez river wells.