Surprising his colleagues and city staff, Santa Maria Councilman Carlos Escobedo resigned abruptly and immediately Tuesday ...

Santa Maria Police are investigating two shootings that happened Tuesday, one near Santa Maria High School and the other at ...

A shooting in an off-campus neighborhood near Santa Maria High School on Tuesday afternoon prompted a decision to place the campus in “secure mode." ...

Santa Maria Police officers arrested three teens just after 10:00 p.m. Saturday on weapons charges after their car failed to ...

A Georgia man, Aloysius James, has been found guilty in the 1988 cold-case murder of Ofelia Sandoval, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Students at Rice Elementary School in Santa Maria are connecting with their heritage through a new Ballet Folklórico program ...

A Santa Barbara County jury this week found a man guilty of the rape and murder of a Santa Maria woman back in 1988.

Prosecutors said the verdict finally brings justice in the death of 30-year-old Ofelia Sandoval, who was found inside a room at the Town Center Motel on Sept. 18, 1988. An autopsy determined she had ...

The Santa Maria City Council approved a statement of support for the local immigrant community on Tuesday, though efforts from Councilmember Gloria Soto to include stronger language denouncing ...

During her interview, Cisneros referred to the recent death of Oscar winner Robert Duvall. She remembered meeting him in the 1990s at an event at the University of North Texas that included tango ...

So much diversity and creativity were on display at State Street Ballet’s (SSB) Evenings 2026! The styles ranged from ballet to Broadway, expressing emotions from pure delight to deep love, from witty ...

AVE MARIA, Fla.—Now 57 cases of Measles have been reported at Ave Maria University, seven of which are contagious, according to the school's latest update. Per their Wednesday, February 11, 9 a.m.