With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning to mark the beginning of the redevelopment of a high-profile building in ...

What was once an empty department store in the heart of downtown Santa Maria is now at the center of a multi-million dollar ...

Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband Brandon Blackstock dead at 48 North Korean, Wrapped in Plastic Foam, Floats to Freedom in the ...

Footage shot from a helicopter showed columns of smoke billowing up from the Gifford Fire in California on Tuesday.

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

These Santa Maria BBQ spots in California still use authentic red oak grilling to serve smoky, tender tri-tip and ribs locals ...

The family of a Fourth of July homicide victim fears they won’t get justice because of a state law that prohibits young defendants from being tried as ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ...

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

Despite emotional objections from neighbors who have dubbed an affordable-housing project a monstrosity and an albatross, the Perlman Apartments won the ...

Santa Maria men explore an automobile showcase on West Main Street in this photo circa 1910. Those identified in the photo include Jeff Jones (third from left) and Dean Laughlin (standing by car).