Inland from Santa Barbara, Solvang offers a quaint small town to explore with Danish roots in the Santa Ynez Valley. The best ...

The city of Solvang is taking steps to shed its “paper tiger” reputation on municipal code enforcement. The City Council on Monday voted 5-0 to give ...

Over the years, my teenage daughter and I have taken countless little road trips around California, where we’ve lived her ...

"TROLLS: Save the Humans" featured a few mythical beings all boasting earthy occupations and/or interests. The new line-up, ...

Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Solvang is considering changes to its short-term ...

Families gathered in Solvang Park on Friday to ring in the New Year — Denmark time. The Danish-themed New Year's Eve celebration, billed the "Copenhagen Countdown," celebrated the start of 2026 in the ...

Urban and suburban women can challenge themselves to ride horses, shoot air-guns or rope cattle. In the process, they get to ...

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Actually, many Greenlanders say that being a Danish territory isn’t so hot, either, reeking of European colonialism. But ...

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I’m excited to introduce the newest member of the Noozhawk team: Evelyn Spence, who starts Jan. 19 as our South County editor ...

The US I grew up in was built on the rule of law. Now my Indian-born dad is scared ICE will take him from his American care home, says Mira Kamdar, a Paris-based writer ...