With the Gifford Fire burning just a few miles away east of Santa Maria, the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base is providing ...

What was once an empty department store in the heart of downtown Santa Maria is now at the center of a multi-million dollar ...

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this morning to mark the beginning of the redevelopment of a high-profile building in ...

Ground was broken Thursday on a downtown project to redevelop the former Mervyn's and Fallas stores in Santa Maria's Town ...

Footage shot from a helicopter showed columns of smoke billowing up from the Gifford Fire in California on Tuesday.

Rising temperatures pose new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in ...

The Gifford Fire has scorched more than 83,000 acres of California’s Central Coast, becoming the state’s largest wildfire of ...

These Santa Maria BBQ spots in California still use authentic red oak grilling to serve smoky, tender tri-tip and ribs locals ...

The Gifford Fire is burning on both sides of Highway 166 near the burn scar of July’s Madre Fire. Evacuations have been ...

A fast-moving vegetation fire burning along both sides of Highway 166 east of Santa Maria had blackened an estimated 12,400 ...

The Gifford Fire was first reported Friday near the Gifford trailhead in Los Padres National Forest, around 15 miles east of ...

Despite emotional objections from neighbors who have dubbed an affordable-housing project a monstrosity and an albatross, the Perlman Apartments won the ...