Our atmosphere's heat-trapping gases are like steroids for weather, supercharging wildfires and other severe events. Last ...

That remote stretch of highway has a history of dangerous emergency response incidents, from fires to road collapse.

Living in the U.S. brings its fair share of weather extremes, with some areasmore prone to natural disasters than others.

A large brush fire continues to grow off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria and near Cuyama prompting numerous evacuations.

Santa Maria Regional Transit (SMRT) is helping local families get ready for the new school year by offering free rides on all ...

More than 800 structures are being threatened by a massive wildfire burning through Los Padres National Forest in central California ...

Police took a male burglary suspect into custody Friday afternoon in a Santa Maria neighborhood after a nearly ...

Santa Maria Regional Transit is offering free rides on all SMRT routes during the first two weeks of school, starting on ...

Weymouth is waving bon voyage to a replica of a 15th century Spanish galleon after it gave the town a boost in tourism ...

The possible intermittent full traffic stops in both directions of US 101, approximately two-miles north of the Santa Maria River ...

First responders are on the scene of a barricaded suspect on Muirfield Court in Santa Maria Friday. According to Santa Maria ...

The map above shows Gifford’s evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line. Shown as a gray tone ...