Santa Maria News

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.

Nurses across the State of California are threatening a one-day strike because of what they say, is a lack of H1N1 preparedness.

A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness.

A panel of experts will be ready and waiting to answer your Mac maintenance and repair questions at the October meeting of the San Luis Obispo Macintosh Users Group.

CHP officers say a preliminary investigation shows the transfer truck was traveling west on Betteravia when the white vehicle pulled out in front of it.

Local organizations on the Central Coast help parents understand a developmental disorder.

Michael Jackson departs the Santa Barbara County courthouse after hearing jury instructions June 1, 2005 in Santa Maria, Calif.

Federal, state and local officials are expected to join in a special groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday to highlight the beginning of the $40 million Santa Maria River Levee Improvement Project, the single-largest project funded to date in Santa Barbara County under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act .

Final 1 - Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported a dip in third-quarter profit, but posted results and a fourth-quarter outlook that exceeded Wall Street expectations.