For now, the Santa Maria lease remains in the cannabis budget for the narcotics team, for $239,000 for the coming fiscal year. With some of the funding freed up from cannabis enforcement, the board ...

CAL FIRE CZU says that multiple resources are responding to a vegetation fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Currently, the Hermon Fire is holding at 2.3 acres and is fully contained.

The engines are running again at the Santa Maria Speedway, thanks to a local family determined to bring new life to a track that’s been part of the Central Coast’s identity since 1964.

ORCUTT, Calif. — When Michael Zoppo of Santa Maria bought his Meta Glasses three months ago, he never expected to capture the body of a woman being dumped while filming his young son at a park.