I’ve been living with kidney failure since 2019. Like so many Californians, I’ve faced more than just one diagnosis—diabetes, ...

Helen Yanez said she was always the kid walking around with a coloring book when she was little. In class, instead of taking ...

Summer is just around the corner, and so is the Orcutt Youth Basketball program for second through sixth graders, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Maria Valley. The six-game season runs June ...

You can say a lot in 55 words. You can kill someone, love someone, or save someone. Tell stories about torture, divorce, or family drama. Make political statements. Riff on societal issues. But there ...

The 50th annual Beard-A-Reno showcased facial hair of the blackest, wildest and most original varieties. Belt buckles went home with all the winners at Elks ...

Beginning Sept. 1, Allan Hancock College is offering free General Education Development (GED) preparation classes to students who haven’t yet received their high school diplomas. GED classes help ...

Commemorating 10 years in Santa Maria, Sisk’s Life Time Martial Arts is giving away martial arts testing, free balloons for the kids, and T-shirts to ...

Normal 0 0 1 45 258 New Times Media Group 2 1 316 11.1282 0 0 0 Warm up your feet: The annual Obon Festival ...

Normal 0 0 1 108 621 5 1 762 11.1282 0 0 0 THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN presents a New Year’s Eve party featuring ...

On Jan. 31, the Missile Defense Agency conducted a flight test of its ground-based ballistic missile defense system. A target missile was launched at around ...

Hometown Pharmacy is now open in Santa Maria, promising fast, professional, and confidential prescription fillings and free medication delivery. Locally owned and operated by pharmacist and veteran ...

The Wildling Museum is featuring the works of six local plein air artists through Dec. 15. The painters are members of Plein Air Artists of ...