More than 600 people gathered at the Santa Maria Fairpark Convention Center Thursday to celebrate the academic ...

California's Central Coast is throwing down the gauntlet this May, positioning Santa Maria Valley as the undisputed home of ...

In all of the years that I’ve been here, I’ve never seen it this clean and this nice,” speedway board member Chad Weber said.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) last week celebrated its new office in Santa Maria — at 1011 West McCoy Lane — with a ribbon-cutting ceremony ...

APCD Executive Director Aeron Arlin Genet prepares to cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the new Santa Maria office. Next to her are Board Members Bob Nelson, (County Supervisor, Fourth ...

A father and son in Santa Barbara County were arrested this week on suspicion of committing lewd acts against a child, authorities said Wednesday. Mark Pearse, 64, and his son Allen Pearse, 34 ...

Santa Maria and Santa Barbara County have sent firefighting resources to Los Angeles to help fight disastrous wind-fueled wildfires that have been raging since Tuesday. April Chavez is the Santa ...

Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Due to minimal staffing, the public is encouraged to contact the department by telephone at (805) 681-5600 (Santa Barbara), and (805) 934-6200 (Santa ...

25 in the Santa Maria Court Complex. Pictured are, from left, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors chair Steve Lavagnino, Sheriff Bill Brown, Santa Maria Police Officer Erik Hesch ...

Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley ... director of Santa Barbara County’s Office of Emergency Management. She says in anticipation of this weekend’s storm ...

“Reports of flooded roads throughout Santa Barbara County are coming in,” the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management said on Facebook just after 10 a.m. “Stay off the roads and ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A unanimous Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has voted to approve an emergency restoration project for the lower Santa Maria River near Guadalupe. The massive ...