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The rapper is being sued by a man who claims a mixtape cover misappropriates his likeness.

This settlement will go towards members of two classes in the lawsuit – the fishers, fish processors and shoreline property residents – for the damages caused seven years ago when a corroded pipeline spilled an estimated 15,000 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean.

John Palminteri CARPINTERIA, Calif. - A zoning permit for SFS Farms, 87 acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation at the western end of the Sta. Rita Hills, the county’s most successful wine region, was approved by the county Board of Supervisors this week with few concessions to the neighboring vintners. SFS Farms, owned by investors in Colorado and Manhattan Beach, is the largest “grow” approved by the county to date. If it were up and running today, it would be one of the largest cannabis ...

A zoning permit for SFS Farms, 87 acres of outdoor cannabis at the western end of the Sta. Rita Hills wine region was approved by the Santa Barbara

By Melinda Burns | 2:49 p.m. It is the winter of discontent for many Buellton-area vintners and residents, as two more outdoor cannabis projects, one of them the largest in the county to date, have been approved for the picturesque Sta. Rita Hills wine region. How and whether the county requires odor controls on these early projects – SFS Farms OpCo 1 at the western end of the Sta. Rita Hills and Central Coast Agriculture at the eastern end near Buellton – will set a precedent for nea...

Bitter Feud in Wine Country: Will the county rein in the skunky smell from outdoor pot farms? Central Coast Agriculture, a 32-acre project for cannabis cultivation under hoops at 8701 Santa Rosa Rd., was approved in January by the county Planning Commission. The project includes stricter requirements for odor control than other outdoor cannabis projects, but a citizens’ coalition says they do not go far enough. (Photo by Melinda Burns) It is a winter of discontent for many Buellton-area vintn...