Even though 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr won the case brought against her by Steve Pappas earlier this year, Judge William McLafferty ruled July 6 that Pappas is not liable for Farr’s $254,000 legal bill. ...

By Lauren Crecelius, Staff Writer
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SBCAG ACCUSED OF VIOLATING BROWN ACT

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments is being accused of violating the Brown Act, California’s open-meeting law, after it approved channeling money from a Highway 101 widening project toward construction of a suicide barrier on Cold Springs Bridge. ...

By Jeremy Foster, Staff Writer
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THRONG FLOCKS TO SOLVANG FOR HOLIDAY FUN ON THE 4TH

Picture-perfect conditions complement parade, cookout, games, fireworks and good times.

On a holiday weekend that couldn’t have been more idyllic — unless money had fallen from above — a multitude lined the fairytale streets of Solvang on Saturday in celebration of America’s birthday....

By Jim Luksic, Staff Writer
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76 TROMBONES ARRIVE ON STAGE

1950s Broadway hit is reprised by PCPA this summer.

Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” comes to the stage in Santa Maria July 17 – Aug. 1, and then in Solvang’s Festival Theater Aug. 7 – 23. ...

By Staff Report
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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Public Enemies’

From its eerily silent opening shot of two sharp-dressed men walking toward an Indiana penitentiary, to its hushed closing moment of a dew-eyed woman, “Public Enemies” never fails to deliver. ...

By Jim Luksic, Staff Writer
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