Santa Maria News

Ashley Johnigan is led into the courtroom to be sentenced for murder in a DUI crash death of DA Investigator Laura Cleaves.

As part of my inclusive Thanksgiving approach, it seemed right to find diverse examples rather than drill down into one particular thing.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department is offering an H1N1 vaccine clinic in Carpinteria on Saturday, adding an H1N1 clinic in Santa Barbara on Monday and planning additional clinics in Santa Maria and Lompoc.

People in Santa Maria join together with law enforcement to win the battle against drug abuse in northern Santa Barbara county.

Santa Maria police arrested a man they say was selling meth, marijuana, and cocaine.

Police are investigating a shooting that left a 22-year-old injured. Hospital officials at Marian Medical Center called police after the victim arrived suffering from a minor gunshot wound.

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Reporting from Nipomo, Calif. - Just a week after several of the highest-profile members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gathered in New York for the hall's 25th anniversary blowout concerts at Madison Square Garden, another member of that elite pack was setting up in a very different environment.

Volunteers support Forest Service crews in adding erosion control features to trails burned during the Jesusita Fire.

Police in Santa Maria are looking for a man who stabbed and robbed an 83-year-old man Thursday afternoon.

The Santa Maria Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 300 block of S. Western Avenue at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday.

As holidays go, El Dia de los Muertos - known in English as "The Day of the Dead" - is far from bleak.

A train crashes into a SUV near Santa Maria, and thankfully, all five people inside the vehicle survive.

Family and friends of a woman killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 101 hold a Celebration of Life in her honor.

Santa Barbara County holds its first H1N1 community clinic for pregnant women. The clinic opened Wednesday afternoon in Santa Maria.

Deceased French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, making 350 million U.S. dollars, has beaten Michael Jackson in the list of top-earning in 2008 dead celebrities compiled by Forbes, according to media reports Wednesday.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's department says Pacific Christian School was locked down Monday morning after a report of a man with a knife on campus.

The California Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Nancy Simmons, of Santa Maria, has died in a motorcycle accident.

A woman was killed in a motorcycle crash along northbound Highway 101 at the Santa Maria River bridge Saturday morning, where traffic into San Luis ObispoCounty was backed up for several miles for a couple of hours.

One man is dead after the pick-up truck he was driving slammed into the back of tractor Wednesday morning.