The shop opened at the start of the month and has been “slammed” with customers since, owner Christian Salinas said.

The Hitching Post offers more than a meal; it’s a taste of California’s culinary heritage. Savor Santa Maria-style barbecue ...

When a friend asked Veronica Medina whose job she would want out of anyone in the world, Medina immediately had an answer: her high school ceramics teacher. The question came after Medina graduated ...

Across the street, Zelma Cooper hurried to help our family, offering my parents her home as a refuge. John Cooper. Jr., then ...

Elizabeth Taylor, Julia Roberts, Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana were among the women who famously wore the Italian ...

UPDATE (3:47 p.m.): Santa Maria police say Saturday morning, officers located a vehicle believed to have been involved in the collision. Magdaleno Valentin-Mozqueda, 32, was arrested and booked into ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A Santa Maria woman died after the 2009 Audi she was driving Friday afternoon collided with the median's concrete barrier on southbound Highway 101. The identity of the ...

After 47 years of shaping parks, programs and public service in Santa Maria, Recreation and Parks Director Alex Posada is retiring, closing out a career that began in 1978 and ultimately helped define ...

In 2001 Doris Walker, the mother of James Walker who was killed in Vietnam, visited the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce carrying the memory of her son deep in her heart. Bob Hatch and Dave ...

WATSONVILLE — Following a discussion that lasted more than three hours, the Watsonville City Council voted 4-3 to revoke its initial Project Labor Agreement resolution, while still allowing for the ...

She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the awful price she paid. Maria Riva in an undated photo. The daughter of the movie star Marlene Dietrich, ...

Ready for a sunny getaway? Santa Maria Airport just added direct flights to a popular desert destination. American Airlines recently launched nonstop flights from the Central Coast airport to Phoenix ...