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Fifth-grader Austin Vreeland learns the importance of proper tool use as he sands a piece of wood that will become part of the new benches.//Raiza Canelon/Staff Students at Jonata Elementary School in Buellton ...

Newborn Rehbeka Juliana Torres lies on a bed Friday at the Lompoc Valley Medical Center.

The city of Santa Barbara appears to be the largest municipal victim of the ongoing recession, but Lompoc and Santa Maria in the North County also are feeling the pain of declining revenues, especially from ...

Miguel Flores, of Santa Maria, lifts weights at Family Health & Fitness Saturday in Santa Maria.

A New Year has meant some new faces in Lompoc City Hall. The change in leadership positions began in June when it was announced that both the city's top administrator and city attorney would retire by the end ...

Not since 1966, when three new councilmen swept into office during the boom years and stirred great political upheaval, have there been so many new faces in key positions at Lompoc City Hall in both ...

A man whose odd statements and mysterious packages led to the closure of Vandenberg Air Force Base's main entrance for five hours Tuesday night was later taken to a nearby hospital and apparently won't face ...

New Year's Day - a bill making it an infraction to write, send or read a text message while driving will be among dozens of California laws taking effect.

Lompoc School of Music has been selected for the 2008 Best of Lompoc Award in the Music Lessons category by the U.S. Local Business Association.

Brad Draconis works out of his Lompoc studio. He recently won an award for his music.

An unidentified woman was injured Christmas Day when she lost control of her vehicle near Laurel Avenue and H Street and it slammed against a tree, according to the Lompoc Fire Department, who used the Jaws of ...

Lompoc will conduct a citywide test in early January of the reverse 9-1-1 system that allows officials to contact local residents during an emergency.

Caden Thompson, 9, stands with his mother, Erin Thompson, as she holds Dusty in front of his kennel at the animal shelter in Lompoc.

Jaymo Baca, a friend of the late Brice Fabing, moves bikes at City Hall for delivery in the Lompoc Bikes for Kids annual drive.//Len Wood/Staff This year's Annual Brice Fabing Bikes for Kids Drive provided 40 ...

The display at the home at 717 West Ocean Ave., named "Christmas Fantasyland," was a residential winner in Lompoc's annual Holiday Decoration Contest.

Ruben Ambriz, left, and Guyne Santiago played Joseph and Mary at St. John Neumann Catholic Church's reenactment of the couple search for shelter in Bethlehem before the birth of Jesus Christ.

During the swearing-in ceremony for the incoming Lompoc City Council Tuesday night, from left, new member Bob Lingl, took the oath of office with his wife, Regina, and granddaughter Tyler; new member Cecilia ...

Three local organizations teamed up to provide holiday cheer to Vandenberg Air Force Base families.

The money- and job-saving furlough for Santa Barbara County employees begins Monday for the majority of county departments, and continues until Jan.

One of the big worries voiced by local governments back in August was that the state would try to balance its budget on the backs of already strapped cities and counties.