Santa Maria News

For over 112 years, Family Service Agency has been working in the community to provide hope, strength and stability to those who need it most.

Pigeons roost under the pier in Pismo Beach this week. The birds, which at one point numbered more than 450, are blamed for the poor water quality around the pier and for beach contamination.

A recent audit of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department gave the department high marks for efficiency and response time, but warned increased funds are needed to maintain current service levels.

When it comes to the culinary arts, Darwin Santa Maria is Peruvian gold. The former Selva Grill owner and chef took over the Rosemary Districta restaurant space formerly occupied by Mad Crow Brewery and opened his own restaurant and brewery, Darwin's on 4 th last month, where has met instant success.

A prosecutor in a case against a North Carolina woman accused of snatching a newborn from a New York City hospital more than two decades ago says she will plead guilty Friday to criminal charges.

Head to Santa Barbara for a day or weekend without your car and save on hotel accommodations, restaurants, and activities.

A defense attorney says the man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan has shown he is not dangerous and should be allowed to spend more time outside a Washington mental hospital.

Chris Jensen announced Thursday that Jensen Guitar & Music Co. will close its Santa Maria store, located in the Albertsons shopping center on Clark Avenue in Orcutt.

Events leading up to the shooting death of Santa Maria police Officer Alberto Covarrubias Jr.

Santa Barbara Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old Arkansas man suspected of burglarizing a number of Goleta homes in the Scripps Crescent Street area.

If I wanted to show a foreign visitor what was meant by the quintessential American small-business man, I could have done no better than to send him over to The Woodshed on North Batavia in Orange to spend some time with Mike Sharpe .

With Valentine's Day coming up, the Santa Barbara County Animal Services is offering discounts for anyone that wants to adopt a pet and make a perfect match.

Today Congresswoman Lois Capps announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated $6.089 million in federal funding to complete construction of an additional section of the Santa Maria River Levee and provide complete flood protection to the City of Santa Maria.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A Los Angeles County law enforcement watchdog has been asked to examine Santa Maria police actions in the shooting death of a policeman when officers moved in to arrest him on teen sex charges.

The attorney for a Santa Maria mother who allegedly punished her 2-year-old daughter with scalding tap water has declared a doubt as to her mental competency, which in turn canceled her trial that was slated to start next week.

Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo will become the county’s sole Level III trauma center March 1, allowing it to heighten its level of trauma care to area residents.

Those who knew Alberto Covarrubias Jr. understood that a large piece of his life was missing from his memorial service Monday when he was honored by family and friends, but not colleagues, and buried in a dark suit rather than the uniform he wore as an officer for the Santa Maria Police Department.

The Economic Alliance of Northern Santa Barbara County is aiming to reshape the local economy in a little less than three years through a plan it calls the "1,000-Day Roadmap to Economic Recovery." The organization, EconNSBC, will begin building economic development teams to target specific industry sectors at an orientation meeting from 6 to 7:30 ... (more)

UPDATE: Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo is under an order by its accreditation commission to produce an exit plan for closure of the college by Oct.

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