Jennifer Best

St. Joseph High School failed to go through the required permitting process when it built its new, on-campus softball stadium. Now neighbors are paying the price.

Union representatives Tuesday implored Santa Barbara County supervisors not to cut employment positions in the coming budget cycle.

Need to see a man about a horse in Solvang? Better negotiate from the porcelain throne. Piddling around public places will soon drain offenders’ wallets, but there’s no telling just how much that squat will cost.

Residents of Alisal Glen turned out in force at Monday’s Solvang City Council meeting to express their dismay over an 88-unit, three-story housing development proposed for Alisal Commons Open Space.

Raymond Dickson didn’t choose the tough row life gave him to hoe, but through Hope Village, its staff and programs, he is choosing a new path with a growth mindset.

Buy Now A man crosses First Street in front of Solvang's former Hans Christian Andersen Square at Molle Way in June 2017, shortly after a construction fence was erected around the property in anticipation of construction starting to renovate the property into a 25-room upscale resort hotel with a restaurant, outdoor dining patio and bar. The building was razed last week by its owner.

Solvang’s Hans Christian Andersen Square is no more.

The former Space VR in Solvang, owned by Jamie Baker, is making way for a new 49-seat arthouse theater which will open June 1.

The cities of Buellton and Solvang have begun exploring a potential change in law enforcement contractors, a move that could end Solvang’s 41-year working relationship with

One corporate takeover, a work assignment shuffle, and eventual cutbacks pitched John Reeley aside, first to the unemployment line, then as a middle-aged man sleeping on the streets of Santa