Jaylah Gonzalez Identified as Santa Maria Girl Fatally Injured in Two-Vehicle Accident on State Route 1 at Santa Lucia Canyon ...

A Santa Maria man has been booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on charges of arson and felony vandalism, according to ...

Martin Rodriguez A Santa Maria man has been arrested in connection with vandalism and arson after a fire damaged a vacant ...

The blaze, dubbed the Dino Fire, broke out in the area of East Highway 152 and Dinosaur Point Road. Cal Fire said travelers ...

The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday handed down a state-level complaint against the suspect ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A 33-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested in connection with two arsons in Santa Maria. On Oct. 1, around 12:09 a.m., officers responded to a reported structure fire in the 1900 ...

Martin Rodriguez, 33, of Santa Maria, has been arrested in connection with several fires and building damage, and booked into ...

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A new wildfire was reported today at 4 p.m. in Santa Barbara County. Willow Fire has been burning on federal land managed by ...

Authorities released the name of the 11-year-old girl who died in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday near Lompoc.  Jaylah Gonzalez of Santa Maria was the ...

In Tennessee, they're called the Nashville Chew Crew — hundreds of sheep that spend months in the city's parks as ...