Your chance to nominate your favorite businesses, nonprofits and community events in the 2026 Best of Santa Maria Valley ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will consider banning federal agencies from using county property for civil ...

Allen Graves came off the bench to score 19 points and Santa Clara beat Pacific 76-68 on Sunday night in a West Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinal.

The first round of projects funded through Lompoc Unified School District’s Measure M is moving forward on schedule, with stadium lighting completed and additional safety, infrastructure and campus im ...

State investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that ...

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To offset more than $900 billion in federal Medicaid, clinics in Los Angeles County have banded together in support of a half-cent sales tax.

Commissioner Joseph Dane sentenced several individuals to serve time for unlawful camping, while studies show that criminalizing homelessness is costly to taxpayers and fails to address the underlying ...

Jury selection has begun in the trial of four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap ...

By age 23, Emma MacTaggart was already noticing how rare her free time was — and how it was seldom screen-free.

This article explains why gas lines fail during seismic events, what a seismic gas shutoff valve does and how to get one installed, and what a proper post- ...