Los Olivos News

A 23-year-old Santa Barbara woman pleaded not guilty Monday to the murder of a longtime senior criminal investigator with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Assembly Bill 2686 carried by Assembly Member Pedro Nava, D-Solvang, a bill that will change the name, powers, and jurisdiction of the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, Improvement District Number ...

The Santa Ynez wine industry scored a hit with the movie "Sideways." But some Los Olivos residents say it's leaving them with a Hollywood hangover.

Dinner and a movie has been one of the standby dates probably since Edison, but Restaurant Marcella at Fess Parker's Wine County Inn has decided to provide you with both in one fell swoop, if a lovely outdoor ...

While many say they enjoy the variety of wines their town has to offer, they fear its become an "Adult Disneyland of alcohol consumption." At the meeting Monday night some said there are simply too many tasting ...

Poul Palmer, proprietor of Los Olivos Homegrown holds a variety of garlic available at his garlic stand.

The wine industry is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of some people living in Los Olivos.

An upcoming hearing on a controversial proposal for changes at the Santa Ynez Valley Airport has been postponed until September amid public calls for more extensive environmental review and community concerns ...

A local water company has notified the County of Santa Barbara that it objects to the handling of a county board of supervisors hearing on legislation to transform the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation ...

For some time now, there has been a discussion between community groups, the local water district, LAFCO and the Board of Supervisors regarding the proposed changes to the name and powers of the local water ...

The Santa Barbara Fiesta Rodeo presents the Professional Bull Riders Challenger Tour featuring top rodeo athletes from around the world.

Campaign cash is flowing in the race to represent the affluent Santa Ynez Valley.

The group trying to recall the entire school board in the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District may give up its campaign, a spokeswoman said Friday, depending on who files to run for the two vacant board ...

Solvang Mayor Linda Jackson, left, Third District County Supervisor Brooks Firestone, right, and Solvang city councilmembers ring cowbells to announce the return of the tour.

Solvang Mayor Linda Jackson, left, Third District County Supervisor Brooks Firestone, right, and Solvang city councilmembers ring cowbells to announce the return of the tour.

With environmental review and public comment extended two months, final decisions on the long debated Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan undoubtedly won't be made before Brooks Firestone steps down as 3rd ...

A group of concerned residents in Los Olivos is calling for limits on what they contend is an "unrestricted proliferation" of wine-tasting rooms in the town's quaint downtown business district, a situation they ...

A federal judge's ruling in the case of two community groups against the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians' 6.9 acre fee-to-trust application has resulted in two ...

Organic is hip. Locally grown organic is even hipper, and, minus the bling and attitude, local organic farmers are the new, off-the-grid rock stars.

Preservation of Los Olivos , an organization dedicated to fighting expansion of the Chumash Casino, on 7/15 won its case against the United States Department of the Interior.