The Island Breeze Cannabis Project Stumbles Again
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif- In an unusual move, the county Planning Commission signaled this week that it may deny a zoning permit for a cannabis…
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Draining Groundwater and Pocketbooks in the Cuyama Valley
A water rights lawsuit by giant carrot corporations, well into its third year, is driving up legal fees and gumming up the plans for sustainability,…
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Island Breeze Farms goes back to the drawing board
The cannabis operation next to the Polo Condos in the Carpinteria Valley must install carbon scrubbers for odor control, county planning commission…
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Cannabis tax reform limps to an uncertain finish line; “It’s so frickin’ complicated,” a county supervisor says
As the county supervisors prepare to vote next week whether to propose a cannabis tax increase for the November ballot, they are facing a dilemma…
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Lompoc Cannabis Lab will pay $1.3 million penalty for air pollution
Lompoc Cannabis Lab will pay $1.3 million penalty for air pollution – the operator will install a state-of-the-art clean-air technology, setting a…
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County CEO: Cannabis tax revenues are falling short — again
County CEO: Cannabis tax revenues are falling short — again. Four pot shops in unincorporated areas were expected to open but didn’t, officials…
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After a state audit, Santa Barbara County will tweak cannabis licensing
After a state audit, Santa Barbara County will tweak cannabis licensing. Small changes such as “blind scoring” will enhance fairness, officials…
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County Supervisors punt on cannabis odor control: Board votes 3-2 for another study on how to solve a six-year-old problem
A long-awaited county Board of Supervisors hearing on cannabis odor control ended in a split vote this week, as three board members voted for more…
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Election Post-Mortem in Carpinteria, the “Land of Weed:” How Roy beat Das 2-1 in their hometown, and what it could mean for cannabis
Election Post-Mortem in Carpinteria, the “Land of Weed:” How Roy beat Das 2-1 in their hometown, and what it could mean for…
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A test oil and gas well will move forward in the Cuyama Valley
An exploratory oil and gas well, the first such project in recent memory in Santa Barbara County, and the first believed ever to be approved for a…
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Dreaming of oil in Cuyama, next to Harvard’s Grapes
A Michigan-based company wants to drill an exploratory well two miles…
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Fan noise from Ever-Bloom Cannabis Greenhouses creates a stir, but county says it does not exceed the legal threshold
The owners of one of the largest cannabis operations in the Carpinteria Valley, leaders in the effort to prevent the smell of pot from drifting into…
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Lompoc Cannabis Lab Averts a Shutdown Order … For Now
Central Coast Agriculture, a major polluter, has 60 days to get clean-air permits, regulators…
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The Cuyama Valley launches a carrot boycott
Farmers and ranchers take aim at Bolthouse and Grimmway, the carrot corporations that are suing all other landowners over water…
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Marilyn McMahon, veteran News-Press reporter, is dead at 93
Marilyn McMahon, a Santa Barbara News-Press features writer and a fixture at the now-defunct paper for 48 years, died at her home across from the…
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Feds petition D.C. judges to find News-Press owner Wendy McCaw in contempt of court
Feds cite News-Press owner’s “willful refusal to comply” with 2017 court…
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Showdown in the High Desert
Faced with mandatory pumping cutbacks, the biggest water guzzlers in the Cuyama Valley are forcing farmers, ranchers, water agencies and the school…
Continue Reading Amid a glut of pot on the market, county supervisors back stiffer penalties for growers who file taxes late or not at all
Against a backdrop of sinking cannabis tax revenues, the county Board of Supervisors took steps this month to get tough with growers who fail to…
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Mixed messages: county sues a Carpinteria valley cannabis grower, then okays a permit
It’s been a smelly five years with little relief at the Polo Condos, neighbors of Island Breeze…
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County planners deflect a Cuyama Valley “Water Grab” by Harvard University
Local ranchers, joined by Harvard students, oppose the university’s plans to build reservoirs at its large vineyard off Highway…
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