Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. Community members gathered outside Santa Maria City ...

Ahead of the Fourth of July, the City of Santa Maria is offering free yard signs for Santa Maria pet owners, veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), people with autism, and others with ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Members of various Northern Santa Barbara County law enforcement agencies held the Special Olympics Torch Run through Santa Maria on Tuesday. Known as the "Flame of Hope," the ...

Of all the tangents Santa Maria leaders veered into while discussing a resolution to support immigrants, nostalgia for the 1950s was one of the most disheartening, an Oxnard official stated. “People ...

Community members and activists from across the Central Coast will gather at Santa Maria City Hall, noon Friday, Aug. 1 for La Marcha de la Puebla: Heroes Not Villains, a rally and march supporting ...

The Santa Maria City Council meeting recorded January 20, 2026 at Santa Maria City Hall chambers. More information is available at cityofsantamaria.org.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Protesters marched in Santa Maria down Broadway this afternoon, and they were headed for the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement office. A gathering in front of Santa Maria ...

More than 300 people from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties attended a youth-led rally in front of the Santa Maria City Hall. Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo Led by youths, protesters ...

People gathered outside the Santa Maria City Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Organizers say demonstrators were urging the City Council to address immigration issues in Santa Maria. After the rally, ...