Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. LOMPOC, CA, February 18, 2025 – This spring, the Lompoc Public Library System is thrilled to announce its participation in ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. LOMPOC, CA, Feb. 20, 2025 – The Lompoc Public Library is excited to partner with NASA to host two special pre-launch events ...

About 50 people were on the corner of Ocean Avenue and H Street, many holding Mexican flags as well as homemade signs. Concerned local residents gathered in Lompoc on Friday to protest potential ...

LOMPOC, Calif. - A growing tradition gets started today as Restaurant Week kicks off in Lompoc. For nearly a decade now, Lompoc has celebrated Restaurant Week, providing unique opportunities to ...

LOMPOC, Calif. – As ICE agents continue operations in Hispanic neighborhoods across the Central Coast, community members are mobilizing in protest against the agency. Rallies are planned in ...

Credit: Contributed screenshot An early childhood educator has been placed on paid administrative leave after her interaction with peaceful protesters in downtown Lompoc during the weekend.

In Lompoc, people lined up early Friday morning for the grand opening of a new El Pollo Loco location. According to restaurant officials, the Lompoc establishment serving fire-grilled chicken and ...

Lompoc police officers initially shut down southbound Highway 1 as a precaution until Caltrans crews could get to the scene to assess the status of the span. The road was closed south of Highway ...

According to a Caltrans post on X, the highway was closed from Highway 101 north of Gaviota to Highway 246 near Lompoc. The incident began around 4:40 p.m. with a report that the bridge on Highway ...

The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found. Now, scientists in Norway are ...

Now, researchers have traced a path back in time to the world’s oldest recorded rune stone — and it’s full of secrets. Archaeologists unearthed a large, carved stone in an ancient cremation ...

April Chavez and Lisa Andre [email protected] [email protected] Feb 3, 2025 Feb 3, 2025 Updated Feb 4, 2025 School districts in the Santa Maria and Lompoc valleys reported a ...