The smell of red oak smoke and sizzling meat will fill the air this weekend as Santa Maria’s signature event, the Santa Maria BBQ Festival, returns for its seventh year. The event takes place ...

John “Gus” Guthrie passed away ... In 1997, after 25 years of living in Honolulu, Gus and Win moved to Santa Cruz, California, to be closer to family. They were both very active, volunteering ...

Santa Maria Fire Marshal Jim Austin assesses the Lassens Natural Foods and Vitamins store in Santa Maria on Wednesday morning, April 16, 2025, after a blaze damaged the structure. Janene Scully ...

The Sonoma County native was one of the nation’s most extraordinary youth baseball coaches, managing the A’s of Santa Rosa’s Westside Little League for 50 straight seasons. Though John Perry ...

Jo Ann is survived by her son, Nick (Shenandoah) Santa Maria; her grandchildren, Arlan and Hazel; brothers, Ray, John (Linda) Kingsley and sister Ruth Wells; and many nieces and nephews.

Nutrien Ag Solutions officials gather for a photo during Thursday’s open house/ribbon cutting at the company’s new innovation farm near Tolono. Shown are, from left, Billy Slade, Rob Clayton ...

John Albert Pollard, 74, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, passed away on February 3, 2025, at home. John was born October 18, 1950, in Pawtucket, RI, the second of two children of Albert and Catherine ...

BELLFLOWER — The St. John Bosco basketball team led for almost the entire second half but Santa Margarita junior guard Brayden Kyman’s 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining lifted the Eagles to ...

John William Ebell Jr. died peacefully in Woodland, CA on January 18, 2025, at the age of 77. John (Bill) was born on June 22, 1947. He was preceded in death by his parents John and Helen Ebell ...

John Deere and its integrated Blue River Technologies team have rearchitected what it is calling its Next Generation Perception System autonomy retrofit kits for tractors and tillage tools. John ...

John Thomas Shannon; Born September 30, 1943 in Oroville, CA, passed away December 11, 2024 at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, CA. John was 81 years old. John was raised in Feather Falls ...

BELLFLOWER – The St. John Bosco football team overcame a 13-point deficit to begin the second half and held on for a 31-29 win over Santa Margarita in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals on ...