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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Worries cloud wine grape market as harvest starts
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Read More →Be prepared for public safety power shutoffs
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Read More →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 →
Read More →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 →
Read More →Deadly dive boat fire shakes Central Coast boating industry
The Central Coast’s dive boat industry is likely to feel pressure as investigators try to figure out what caused the blaze that killed 34 people when the Conception burst into flames early on Labor Day near Santa Cruz Island. Divers and first responders had recovered the bodies of 33 victims at press time, with one Read More →
Read More →Presqu’ile winery has one of top 10 tasting rooms in U.S.
Presqu’ile, a winery in the hills of Santa Maria, announced Aug. 23 that for the second year in a row it was honored by USA Today’s 2019 National Readers Poll of the top 10 Best Tasting Rooms in the U.S. Presqu’ile is the only winery on the list from Santa Barbara County, a region with more than 200 wineries and tasting rooms. “It’s always Read More →
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