One of Rincon’s most dedicated fans, Brent Flaaten, has morphed from an avid surfer who lived a stone’s throw from behind ...

Thank you to Save Our Seals (SOS), especially Dr. Susan Mailheau, for the opportunity to protect Carpinteria’s harbor seals ...

Shortly before Christmas, I heard one of the various songs that wishes it could be Christmas every day. The longing is not ...

In response to the article “Youth tennis players ask for first call for courts” (CVN, Vol. 32 No. 14). I strongly support ...

As I sat in my mother’s living room on Christmas morning, holding my five-month-old nephew in my lap with the intention of watching an NFL game together, I had the ...

Photos of the prothonotary warbler, the Grace’s warbler, and the male Allen’s hummingbird — the hummingbird not in a nest — ...

Student athletes at Carpinteria High School provided a wealth of highlights in 2025, from the basketball and tennis courts to ...

First responders put out a structure fire on Ocean Oaks Avenue in the Carpinteria Valley on Christmas Eve. Units with the ...

Rob Reiner films, a Led Zeppelin tribute concert and a love songs-themed night are on The Alcazar Theatre’s early 2026 ...

Meet Gigi, a pug and French bulldog mix who has found her forever home with the George family in Carpinteria. The family took ...

The Lions Club of Carpinteria recently received a large lawn vacuum for the Carpinteria Lions Community Building Association ...

Chief Robert Kovach of the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District is retiring on Jan. 23 after 40 years in the fire ...