SLO airport adding flights to San Diego and Portland
The San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport will add direct flights to San Diego and Portland, Ore., with Alaska Airlines. It announced the two daily, non-stop flights in partnership with Visit SLO Cal on Sept. 4. Both services are slated to begin in 2020—San Diego on Jan. 7, and Portland on June 18. The flights Read More →
Summer tourism numbers are up across the Central Coast
The Tri-Counties fought off June gloom and signaled disaster recovery resilience with a strong pulse for the tourism industry as summer travel winds down. Although overcast skies in June and July may have dampened tourism, especially from Los Angeles driving markets, destination marketing officials in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties all reported Read More →
Flights canceled after plane crash at Santa Barbara airport
Story updated at 5:20 p.m. Aug. 26: Santa Barbara Municipal Airport re-opened its main runway at 4:46 p.m. on Aug. 26 after 19 hours of closure and nearly two dozen cancelled flights. Flights were cancelled on Aug. 26 after a private C-130 cargo plane crashed at the airport at 10:20 p.m. Aug. 25. Runway 15L Read More →
Presqu’ile winery has one of top 10 tasting rooms in U.S.
Presqu’ile, a winery in the hills of Santa Maria, announced Aug. 23 that for the second year in a row it was honored by USA Today’s 2019 National Readers Poll of the top 10 Best Tasting Rooms in the U.S. Presqu’ile is the only winery on the list from Santa Barbara County, a region with more than 200 wineries and tasting rooms. “It’s always Read More →
Vandenberg Air Force Base may land enterprise zone
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Central Coast leaders tout space industry to spur economy
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Rosewood Miramar Beach hosts celebrity wedding
Nobody likes a shiny new object more than a luxury wedding planner. The Sunday New York Times on July 28 devoted a half page to recent nuptials at the newly opened Rosewood Miramar Beach Resort. The couple was YouTube sensation Giselle Lazzarato aka Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty, the daughter of Getty heiress Ariadne Getty. Read More →
