Santa Maria city officials opened a recent community forum with a clear call for more resident participation in city ...

New state laws will bolster student protection policies at schools and higher education institutions. Educators say they feel ...

On Saturday, December 13, 2025, around 5:28 p.m., a Santa Maria Police Department officer spotted a man trying to leave a secured parking lot next to a closed business.

Re: People v. Alfredo Junior AlanizSanta Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 21CR04149 SANTA MARIA, Calif., December 12, 2025 - Santa Barbara County ...

With a chill in the air and despite some Grinch costumes along the route, the annual Santa Maria Parade of Lights filled ...

Alfredo Junior Alaniz was convicted of murder in the first-degree for the benefit of a criminal street gang in connection ...

Both Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo County are responsible for clearing the riverbed of homeless encampments - but the ...

Highway 166 between Guadalupe and Santa Maria needs two lanes each direction, a new traffic signal, turn lanes, better ...

Santa Maria Police officers are investigating a shooting that injured one woman in the 1000 block of West Morrison Street.

Candace Owens has sparked backlash after alleging the late conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was “in love” with another ...

Students on the Central Coast are invited to participate in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's National Civics Bee ...

A Santa Maria man has been convicted of first-degree murder in a deadly 2021 shooting. A jury found 25-year-old Alfredo ...