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A Santa Maria community says its final goodbyes to shooting victim George Robertson.

BEIJING - It took four days for the USA to win its first track and field gold medal of the Beijing Olympics - and then by someone not even on the radar screen of most prognosticators.

A Santa Barbara man faces charges of seeking out a guide to find children for sex in Thailand.

Dan Burns posed for this photo at Ralph Baldiviez Stadium at Dave Boyd Field after being hired at Santa Maria High School's new head football coach in mid-May. Three months after accepting the position, Burns ...

Elementary and junior high students head back to class in Santa Maria. Monday marked the official start of the 2008-2009 school year in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District.

The woman accused of crashing into a Santa Barbara County district attorney investigator tells a Santa Maria judge she did not do it.

Stephanie Brown Trafton won a gold medal in the women's discus throw competition Monday evening in Beijing.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Nearly 90,000 acres of the Los Padres National Forest remained closed Sunday while firefighters battled five wilderness blazes ignited by lightning last week.

Officers in Santa Maria are on the looking for a man wanted in connection with a murder earlier this month.

Families in Santa Maria say so long to summer and hello to a new school year. Elementary and Junior High students in the Santa Maria Bonita School District start Monday.

Gilberto Garcia Junior was wanted for shooting George Robertson multiple times outside his apartment complex last Saturday.

Santa Maria -- Two murder suspects are on the run in Santa Maria. Investigators say 24 year old Gilberto Garcia Jr.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Firefighters struggled Friday to reach several remote fires sparked by lightning along the Central Coast.

A Santa Maria man accused of killing his girlfriend's son by burying the youngster in the sand on July 4 at Pismo State Beach still doesn't know whether he'll stand trial for the boy's death.

Negotiations for the potential new jail in near Santa Maria are moving ahead. In May, the county received the state's conditional award of $56.3 million to construct a 300-bed county jail with an up to 500-bed ...

From minority to majority in a matter of 14 years - that is what the newest Census Bureau figures reveal.

Santa Maria police are searching for two murder suspects. Arrest warrants have been issued for 24-year-old Gilbert Garcia Jr.

A convicted sex offender is back behind bars - accused of molesting another child.

Now it looks like bacteria could be affecting our pets. Local grocery stores are pulling 20 pound bags of Pedigree Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites off their shelves.

" Greka Energy reported another oil spill Thursday. The spill was reported at Grekas' 3 Island Facility on Telephone Road in Santa Maria just before 9:00 a.m. Santa Barbara County Fire Hazmat crews responded to ...