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The Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC), founded in 1971 as part of the Northcoast Environmental Center, is one of America's oldest non-profit recycling facilities. [citation needed] The center promotes environmental awareness in the North Coast and facilitates diversion of materials from landfills in Arcata and Eureka, California.
City of Lompoc Transit, known as COLT, is primary provider of mass transportation in Lompoc, Mission Hills, and Vandenberg Village, California. Six local routes are provided, plus one interurban line to Solvang, California and a twice-weekly shuttle to Santa Barbara.
The Lompoc arts scene features a number of artists, musicians, and bands, ranging from singer-songwriters to psychedelic blues-rock bands. At the center of this scene is Certain Sparks Music, a music store and frequent venue for Lompoc's musicians. Certain Sparks opened in 2006 and moved in 2015 from the corner of H & Laurel to South H Street.
The Lompoc Museum is a museum [1] preserving and interpreting the history of the Lompoc area and is located in the town of Lompoc, California. [2] The museum offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations and special events. The museum is located in a former Carnegie library building, built in 1910.
The Federal Correctional Complex, Lompoc (FCC Lompoc) is a United States federal prison complex for male inmates in California. It is run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice, and consists of two facilities: Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc (FCI Lompoc): a low-security facility.
Lompoc Valley Medical Center (formerly Lompoc Healthcare District) is a community-created, government entity authorized by California state law to deliver healthcare services to the residents of the Lompoc Valley. The District is a political agency and receives operating property taxes annually based on the assessed value of taxable real ...
In the late evening hours of January 21, 1980, Christopher Boyce, who was serving a forty-year sentence for spying for the Soviet Union, escaped from FCI Lompoc. [3] With the assistance of fellow inmates, he hid in a drainage hole, used a makeshift ladder and small tin scissors to cut through a barbed wire perimeter.
Originally located at 508 East Hickory Avenue, new building safety requirements mandated by the California Senate Bill 1953 (SB 1953) led to a decision by the Board of Directors to propose the building of a new hospital at 1515 East Ocean Ave. Lompoc Valley voters approved the $75 million Measure I [1] in June 2010 by 87 percent—reportedly the highest success rate for a special district bond ...