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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Summerwood Inn in Paso Robles has been named one of the best wine country hotels in America by USA Today’s “10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards.” The contemporary farmhouse style inn and winery — which features nine suites and is located on its own estate vineyard — was ranked No. 4 on the list. The reader’s Read More →