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By Annabelle Blair / Friday, September 20th, 2019 / Destinations, East Ventura County, right, Tourism / Comments Off on Sponsors make admission free to Invesco QQQ Championship
The fourth annual PGA Tour Champions event in Westlake Village is ramping up its day sponsors and hoping to boost attendance by throwing open its doors to the community. Free general admission is a new move for the Invesco QQQ Championship, which features 54 golfers in the second of three events in the Charles Schwab Read More →
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By Marissa Nall / Friday, September 20th, 2019 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Destinations, Education, left, Nonprofits, Wine & Viticulture, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Santa Maria agribusinesses to give Farm Day tours to public
Santa Maria farmers and agriculture industry specialists plan to open their fields and facilities to the public Sept. 28 when a Ventura County tradition expands into Santa Barbara County for the first time. Created by Ventura nonprofit Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture, the Farm Day event brought an estimated 5,000 people on a roaming tour Read More →
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By Staff Report / Saturday, September 14th, 2019 / Destinations, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on Celebrate citrus at the Goleta Lemon Festival
Get your lemon fix at the 28th annual Goleta Lemon Festival on Sept. 28-29 at Girsh Park. One of Goleta’s biggest celebrations has outgrown the Stow House where it began because of the thousands of people who attend annual events celebrating the citrus. Goleta’s history with lemons traces back to the Stow family, which started Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 13th, 2019 / Destinations, Nonprofits, West Ventura County / Comments Off on Support Humane Society at ‘SPAYghetti — No Balls’ fundraiser
The Humane Society of Ventura County’s “SPAYghetti — NO BALLS” fundraiser will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 15 at Four Brix Winery in Ventura. The event will feature Italian food from LC Imports Pizza of Ventura, dessert from Danny’s Deli and Grill, Four Brix wine and hard cider, live music by Fish Fry, Read More →
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By Staff Report / Thursday, September 12th, 2019 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Destinations, Latest news, Small Business, Tourism, Wine & Viticulture / Comments Off on Wine makers, weed farmers ponder joint tourism effort
Wine makers and weed farmers are getting together in an effort to float everyone’s boats when it comes to Santa Barbara North County’s tourism industry. Good Farmers Great Neighbors, a collective of North County cultivators and advocates, and North County Farmers Guild hosted a panel to discuss the potential for industry partnerships at a packed Read More →
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 6th, 2019 / Destinations, Latest news, Nonprofits, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on SB County museums free on Sept. 21
On Sept. 21, five Santa Barbara County museums will open their doors free of charge along with hundreds of other participating national venues for the 15th annual Museum Day. The participating local venues are Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Guadalupe Dunes Center, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and Wildling Museum Read More →
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By Annabelle Blair / Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 / Central Coast, Destinations, Latest news, Tourism / Comments Off on SLO airport adding flights to San Diego and Portland
The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport will add direct flights to San Diego and Portland, Ore., with Alaska Airlines. It announced the two daily, non-stop flights in partnership with Visit SLO Cal on Sept. 4. Both services are slated to begin in 2020—San Diego on Jan. 7, and Portland on June 18. The flights Read More →
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