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Carmelita Cordero Carmelita Cordero, a resident of Santa Maria, passed away peacefully in her home on June 25, 2025, after an exceedingly brief but ...

Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley returns Oct. 2-5, featuring more than a dozen events, including a special Chumash Museum and ...

On Friday at 2:14 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a fire weather watch valid from Saturday 1 p.m. until Sunday 5 a.m. for Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range.

On Friday at 2:14 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released a fire weather watch valid from Saturday 1 p.m. until Sunday 5 a.m. for Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range.

The museum, at 3500 Numancia St. in Santa Ynez, is open Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Objects on view come from a collection of more than 24,000 items, drawn from a territory once ...

The unbeaten Ventura resident will square off against Espadas on Saturday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez. The 10-round junior middleweight bout will headline a 360 Boxing ...

Elias Espadas stands in his way. The unbeaten Ventura resident will square off against Espadas on Saturday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez.

Elias Espadas stands in his way. The unbeaten Ventura resident will square off against Espadas on Saturday night at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez.

The Alcazar Theatre’s On the Couch series will continue on July 2, 6:30 p.m., with several new guests: cultural anthropologist Jonathan Malindine, Barbareño Band of Chumash Indians (BBCI) Chairwoman E ...

Santa Ynez sophomore right side hitter Nate Biron is the league MVP. He amassed a team-leading 343 kills and 54 aces for a Pirates team that went out in the Southern Cal Division 3 regional ...