The Santa Maria Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects on Wednesday, Feb 11, for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors during a shoulder tap operation conducted in the city.

Building homes inside a factory has long been seen as a way to revolutionize the American housing industry, ushering in a new era of higher quality homes at ...

State deficits have been running about $20 billion a year, and projections of future shortfalls are in the same range. Truly closing the gap would require increases ...

Our most challenging project was a medical clinic in the remote mountain village of El Porvenir. There are no roads — normally visitors ride a homemade sled pulled by tractor ...

The City of Lompoc Transit division is offering free rides across all fixed-route bus lines, ride on-demand, and ADA Paratransit through Feb. 28.

The Medical Safe Haven Clinic in Santa Maria is raising $30,000 to purchase a laser tattoo removal machine, expanding recovery resources for survivors of human trafficking on the Central Coast.

Dozens of subsistence farmers and ranchers in the Cuyama Valley, enmeshed in a water rights lawsuit that was filed against ...

Community members can learn lifesaving emergency skills during a free “Stop the Bleed” lecture at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Dick ...

Even though political figures wind up behind bars when their schemes are revealed, it doesn’t seem to deter others from ...

Lompoc's West Coast Cub and Antique Fly-in event will land at Lompoc Airport July 11-12, showcasing a wide range of antique, vintage, and experimental planes.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the casual signoff, “Let’s talk about it later?” Jill Ebstein is the author of the "Alfred's Journey to Be Liked" series and editor of the “At My Pace” series.

A Lompoc family’s recovery from a serious highway crash has inspired the publication of a new children’s book by local author and illustrator Moani Lewis.