By JOSH FRIEDMAN Assailants beat and stabbed a 14-year-old boy while he was walking home from school in Santa Maria on Monday. The attack was reported at 3:19 p.m., according to the Santa Maria ...

OPINION by STEW JENKINS Would you pay $1 per election to blunt the political influence of Elon Musk and George Soros? Proposition 4 will end a prohibition on public campaign financing plans that ...

By KAREN VELIE A semi-truck trailer burning on southbound Highway 101 in Santa Maria led to the closure of mutiple lanes of traffic on Tuesday morning, according to the CHP. Shortly after 1:20 ...

OPINION by DORIAN BAKER As a retired classroom teacher and former Paso Robles school board trustee, I care deeply about our schools. I also believe that caring about schools means asking hard ...

By  KAREN VELIE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a man after he dropped his daughter off at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria on Monday morning as part of an increase ...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday that 14-year-old Diana Galvez Ortega, the girl whose father allegedly raped her, has been rescued by Mexican law enforcement. Mexican ...

By KAREN VELIE The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office today reporting the death of a 79-year-old Santa Maria man who remained in custody while receiving medical care outside of the Northern ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A dog died and residents were displaced as a result of a house fire in Los Osos on Monday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m., firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2200 block ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following a mass-casualty incident at Avila Pismo RV Resort & Campground on Saturday, the pool at the recreational vehicle park remains closed, as of early Sunday afternoon.

Americans aren’t nearly as divided as the press wants you to believe. On several of the biggest issues facing the country, voters across party lines have spoken with unusual clarity. The problem isn’t ...