Four baby turtles come in contact with a mysterious substance called ooze and then are transformed into human sized crime ...

The Sun has been published for over 24 years covering local news and entertainment each week for Northern Santa Barbara ...

On a 12-by-16-inch canvas, artist Neil Andersson intertwines shapes and colors as if piecing together a puzzle. A yellow ...

Melodrama may have enjoyed its theatrical heyday more than two centuries ago, but the artform is alive and well in Oceano, ...

Valley Speaks—a local historical speaker series sponsored by the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society, Chamber of Commerce, and the library—will feature a talk about the legacy of Knudsen Creamery on ...

Summer Membership Drive We’ve only begun spreading the word over the past year, but Sun’s membership program has enabled readers like you to support our journalism since 2020. It’s about time we ...

ANDY CALDWELLA look at the perils facing our liberties and freedoms: the California doom loop vs. the original No Kings movement ...

SANTA MARIA 100 S. Broadway at Main, Wednesdays, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Features local beekeepers’ honey and bee pollen, breads and pastries, plants and ...

COLIN LOUSTALOTDo your own research Andy Caldwell has it wrong about Katie Davis and 350.org ...

Freakier Friday,” a sequel to the beloved 2003 film with a multigenerational twist starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay ...

MEAL TICKET: Washed-up pro golfer Pryce Cahill (Owen Wilson, right) and his former caddy Mitts (Marc Maron) hope they’ve struck gold when they discover and mentor a young golf prodigy, in Stick, ...

• U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) recently announced the five regional winners of this year’s Congressional Women of the Year Award in the 24th Congressional District. “The 2025 Women of ...