Gamaliel Anguiano remembers when Santa Maria Regional Transit (SMRT) received its first electric bus in 2022. “It’s amazing to see how much the technology has improved over the last three years,” the ...

Rock 12, a Lompoc distillery, grows its own fruit to infuse homemade spirits. It’s the county’s first farm-to-glass distillery, according to its website, growing apples, apricots, and quince that make ...

The historic vessel sank due to a "system malfunction" on Friday, Oct. 10 The Marigalante ship sank off the Mexican coast on Friday, Oct. 10, due to a system failure The historic vessel, built in 1987 ...

The Weber Master Touch 22 kettle got an upgrade, so I put it to the test with a rack of baby back ribs. Using the diffuser plate for low and slow cooking, the results were incredible — perfect bark, ...

Jaw-dropping footage captured the moment an iconic pirate sailing ship sank off the coast of a Mexican resort town — leaving locals mourning the loss of a piece of their “soul.” The Marigalante, a ...

A replica of Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria sank off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, the company that owns the vessel said Friday. The ship, known as Marigalante, was built in 1987 and officially ...

Plans to fast track the closure of Santa Rosa City Schools’ last traditional middle school and merge it into Maria Carrillo High School had their first public airing Monday, when district officials ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. In another signal of Santa Rosa City Schools’ dire financial outlook, trustees are poised to discuss the acceleration of a plan to merge Rincon Valley Middle and Maria ...

About 260 passengers were on an Amtrak train that collided with a truck crossing the tracks west of Santa Maria on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 1, 2025. The injured truck driver was transported to Marian ...

A Righetti High School student was arrested Monday afternoon after a loaded revolver was found in his backpack, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. At around 1:30 p.m., a staff ...

SANTA CLARA — A teen driver was killed in a two-car collision on Lawrence Expressway on Saturday night, police said. The crash was reported at 9:36 p.m. in the northbound lanes approaching Benton ...