A new CalFire Severity Zone Map adopted by Solvang City Council Tuesday identifies an increased proportion of the city in ...

Buellton’s former five-screen Parks Plaza movie theater is set for a transformation after its closure five years ago during ...

As the Trump administration resumes collections on defaulted student loans, hundreds of thousands of older Americans with decades-old debts are now at risk of having their Social Security checks ...

In addition to spotting wildlife, visitors come to these islands to savor the great outdoors with plentiful hiking trails, year-round camping and activities like kayaking, snorkeling, fishing and ...

The landlord/developer relocated his family to the Santa Ynez Valley in 2021 and immediately started to invest in the area. In fact, a pair of large-scale developments are underway in downtown ...

The Santa Ynez Valley was once a well-kept secret, but 20 years ago, Sideways let the cat out of the bag. The sleeper hit turned the once-sleepy wine region into a massive tourist destination ...

“Pinot is a very thin-skinned grape … very delicate.” The movie put Santa Ynez Valley on the map for vacationing A-listers who wanted to experience the locations, and locals, for themselve ...

The Santa Ynez Valley covers six distinct regions ... and helped put the sleepy town of Los Alamos on the map. Co-owners and husband-and-wife-team, Greg and Daisy Ryan, honed their skills at ...

When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the breadth of the Russian River Valley. It still doesn’t ...

Jan Crosby holds up the award presented posthumously on Sunday during the Champions of the Valley event by the Santa Ynez Valley Foundation to her late husband, musician David Crosby. The award ...

“I am not drinking any f—king merlot.” With those unforgettable words, a quaint central California wine region was forever changed — and continues to evolve, two decades after they were ...