Downtown Fridays will return to Santa Maria on Friday for its 11th year, with a new location along McClelland Street downtown ...

Santa Maria police officers responded to a call involving a suicidal individual who had expressed a desire for officers to ...

A groundbreaking is scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon for a new innovative healthcare facility for seniors that is ...

A trauma surgeon in Santa Maria says brain injuries resulting from incidents with electric bikes are on the rise.

Leilany Diaz Vazquez was struck and killed in a marked crosswalk at Broadway and Fesler Street in Santa Maria last Friday.

Santa Maria Police officers responded to a report of an intoxicated individual threatening residents with a knife at a local ...

Some stories stick. They unfold slowly over time and are a constant source of news. We’ve been covering some of those in the ...

An 83-year-old man was sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter in a 2024 crash that killed a 39-year-old woman in Santa Maria, the Santa Barbara County ...

Downtown Fridays returns to Santa Maria for another season this week. This year, the event – featuring 25 food trucks, 70 ...

The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Bureau identified a Santa Maria man as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 101 near Los ...

David Baskett of Orcutt pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter on March 24, 2026, for a fatal crash involving a heavy-duty ...