Lompoc News

Michael and Angel Gasca board a COLT bus with their children Tuesday near the corner of Pine Avenue and North H Street.//Glenn Wallace/Staff Rising gas prices caught up with City of Lompoc Transit bus riders ...

It is back to school for Lompoc students Wednesday, and for some it will be a big adjustment.

Whoever said, "If you build it, they will come," could have been talking about Lompoc's River Park.

The public is invited to a fundraiser for Mayor Dick DeWees from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug.

The Coastal Valley Orchid Society of Lompoc will hold its annual plant sale and auction at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Grossman Gallery inside the Lompoc Public Library, 501 East North Ave.

Aug. 18, 1916 - The new electrical plant at Betteravia is now in continuous operation supplying light and power in accordance with original plans.

The following arrests, incidents and information are from reports by law enforcement and other public safety agencies between 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

Lompoc police say an employee of the Lompoc Valley Festival Association is at the center of an embezzlement investigation.

Patty Schor, a kindergarten teacher at La Canada Elementary, writes a welcome message to her new students as she gets her class ready for the upcoming school year.//Bryan Walton/Staff Summer may not be over, ...

With adoration in her eyes and a hitch in her breath, one Bakersfield woman waited in anticipation for national radio show host George Noory to arrive Saturday at the first Central Coast Science-UFO Symposium.

Phil Payne of Lompoc holds a photo of the launch of a Thor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1964.

More than a dozen members of the public lined up before the Lompoc Planning Commission late Wednesday night to debate the merits of the proposed Ocean Plaza development.

Local new vehicle dealers watched as another of the big three American manufacturers closed a dealership with local ties.

The Lompoc Valley Youth Center will hold a fundraiser barbecue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Vons Shopping Center parking lot, corner of North H Street and West Pine Avenue.

The Orcutt Volunteer Fire Depart has closed after 80 years and merged into the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District.

Editor's note: Lompoc High School student Joey Hess had a bad attitude and an even worse grade point average.

Coldwell Banker Select Realty in Lompoc was recently acquired by Tammy Atkin and Susan Gallacher both of Lompoc.

The Lompoc Islamic Society will host a community outreach event titled "Simply Islam: An Open Invitation," beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday at Lompoc Public Library, 501 E. North Ave.

The following arrests, incidents and information are from reports by law enforcement and other public safety agencies between 4 p.m. Friday and Monday.

Senior Queen, Paige Rios, walks down H Street Sunday during the 88th Portuguese Holy Spirit Festa parade.