The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reports that the crash happened around 6 p.m. near Santa Maria, on southbound Highway 101 ...

Detectives say they began investigating 79-year-old Ernest James Lattimer back in 2019 when people came forward to report sexual abuse that happened at an in-home childcare facility in the 800-block ...

The Santa Maria Valley Chamber recently kicked off its annual Dine Out Santa Maria Style promotion in an effort to help boost ...

A transitional shared living home is now open in Santa Maria, facilitating reentry pathways for formerly-incarcerated ...

Santa Barbara sheriff’s detectives say the abuse occurred between 1995 and 2012 at a daycare operated out of a home in Santa ...

A Santa Maria man has been arrested for sexual abuse of children and are urging any additional survivors to come forward.

The City Council will address a wide range of issues next week; including a potential raise for City Manager David Rowlands, ...

Clerks who sold to a minor face a minimum fine of $250, and 24 to 32 hours of community service for a first violation. In ...

The Santa Maria City Council has approved $16.9 million in amendments to the 2025-26 city budget, including an extended ...

Nearly four decades after the killing of a mother of three in Santa Maria, a prosecuting attorney detailed scientific ...

The loan funds horizontal and vertical construction for phase one, a 302-unit multifamily community situated on 12 ...

Restaurant deals and special menus are returning to the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys this month as part of two regional dining promotions, with a ...