Orcutt News

A Central Coast businessman could be facing more than 50 years in prison. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department arrested and served two search warrants to Orcutt resident Michael Wilson Friday.

A Solvang man on Pine Street contacted deputies about vandalism. He said he'd learned three weeks prior about some minor graffiti damage in the area, and several unknown youth had been seen in the area in the past.

At a glance What: "Italian Motorcycles: Incredible Classics to Modern Marvels" exhibit.

Pre-sale discount tickets are now available for the 118th annual Santa Barbara County Fair, which will run from July 15 through 19 at the Santa Maria Fairpark.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is gearing up to open four new California stores in July, including a Pasadena location at 603 S. Lake Ave.

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the El Segundo-based grocery chain, said it will open four new stores in July.

Alcoholic beverages have been banned in the new 26-acre Orcutt Community Park complex, under a resolution passed Tuesday by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

When Jason Christenberry first learned to use the Santa Maria Area Transit bus, his mother Janet said she felt "scared to death." That's because Jason has Asperger's Syndrome, a communication disorder on the Autism spectrum.

An American Medical Response ambulance driver has been found at fault in a collision last month in Orcutt that involved the ambulance and a Honda Accord, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Junior rodeo competitors hit the arena Thursday morning at the Santa Maria Elks/Unocal Event Center to the cheers and applause of thousands of their peers.

Authorities charge a man in connection to a three and a half hour standoff in Orcutt.

Insight Management Corporation today provided additional details of the specific potential target companies it is seeking to acquire in the near term through its pending subsidiary, Microresearch Corporation of Orcutt, California.

A proposed municipal landfill in the Solomon Hills would give Santa Maria 90 years of waste capacity and hundreds of acres for recreation areas.

Central Coast school districts experienced mixed results in statewide rankings, according to the 2008 Base Academic Index Report released Thursday by the California Department of Education.

California residents headed to the polls Tuesday and soundly defeated five propositions designed to create revenue to close a projected multibillion-dollar deficit.

Sandra Cantu was sometimes observed by her neighbors picking flowers. The 8-year-old loved pink and purple.

Central Coast patients seeking to soothe their pain with medical marijuana will have to continue to wait for relief.

Jessica Weekley/Herald-Leader Amanda Orcutt, owner and operator of Amandromeda on Broadway Street in downtown Siloam Springs, can often be found with her laptop waiting for customers to enter the new local furniture and accessory boutique.

It was a hotly-contested topic just months ago, but now the developers of affordable housing projects in Orcutt are moving right along with their plans.

A man whose involvement has touched a wide spectrum of the community was honored as the Santa Maria Elks Lodge Citizen of the Year during a dinner Wednesday night.