Solvang nominated 'Best Historical Small Town'

Solvang has been nominated for the Newsweek Readers’ Choice Awards in the category of “Best Historical Small Town.”

The awards contest and online voting for the history-themed category launched Thursday, July 17, and is now live on the Newsweek site at www.newsweek.com/readerschoice .

Voting is open to the public and all official contest rules may be found at www.newsweek.com/readerschoice/best-historical-small-town-2025

Limit is one vote per person, per category list, per day. Voters must be 18+.

Online voting runs through Thursday, Aug. 14, at 8:59 a.m.

Free outdoor nature film series continues at Refugio

NatureTrack Foundation has partnered with California State Parks to host a free summer film screening series at Refugio Stat

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