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Keeping Score: The sounds of spring Published: 3/12/2021 6:00:22 PM Good morning! This week, I clomped through the mud in my yard, raking leaves and picking up broken branches in the company of Will Flemming and Rob Bradford, who were calling the Red Sox-Braves game for WEEI Radio. Bradford’s voice reminds me of Kevin Ball, the character on “Shameless” who owns a bar called the Alibi. Flemming, however, in no way sounds like Ball’s partner Veronica, not even close. His brother Dave Flem...

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...

The plan for the Cravens Lane greenhouses says marijuana odor will not go beyond the property lines Thirty-seven cannabis greenhouse cultivation projects have been proposed near Carpinteria. Only a handful, shown in yellow, have received land use permits, while the rest have applications under review. Most of the locations are currently operating, according to the county. (Contributed photo) By Melinda Burns | 8:05 p.m. For the past three years, the “skunky” stench of marijuana swirli...

Melinda Burns The odors from a marijuana plant are strongest after it starts to flower. One grower makes a pact with neighbors and sets the “gold standard” for odor control. Will others follow suit? CARPINTERIA, Calif. - For the past three years, the “skunky” stench of marijuana swirling around Carpinteria, penetrating homes, schools, parks, beaches, freeway lanes and even funerals at the cemetery has pitted neighbor against neighbor as the cannabis greenhouse industry exploded just bey...