BLOSSOMS AND THE GREAT BEYOND: So many terrific California towns rock their own distinctive "thing," with tall trees, date shakes, gorgeous lakes, hidden coves, and fanciful food traditions serving as ...

WHILE MAY IS THE SWEETEST OF MONTHS, what with all the graduations and the mom-honoring brunches and the weather warming and such, it can be a bit blue-making for those Californians who dig flowers.

Lompoc Valley Flower Festival Queen Madison McCarley, second from left in back, and her court practice their parade waves with Lompoc Comprehensive Care Center King and Queen Guadalupe Aguirre and ...

LOMPOC, Calif. - Today was the Lompoc Valley Flower Festival’s second of its four days of activities. It offers two more days with features of fanciful family fun. For more than seven decades, the ...

Much of the morning rain showing up on Vandenberg Space Force Base Doppler radar didn't reach the ground.

On Saturday morning, the Flower Festival Queen's Parade began at the intersection of North H Street and College Avenue, headed south along H Street. Spectators enjoyed a procession of colorful floats ...

6/28/05 Officials anticipated 100,000 visitors to this year/s five-day Flower Festival, but judging by the casual observations of parade viewers, food booth operators and festival officials, the ...