SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The City of Santa Maria's new police chief was sworn-in on Tuesday night, marking the official beginning a new era for city's police department. "It's a bit overwhelming ...

It's been missing for more than 500 years. But now there are reports that the Santa Maria, the largest ship among the trio that made Christopher Columbus' first expedition to North America ...

Nathaniel McGuire, the 20-year-old arrested for the explosion at Santa Maria Courthouse UPDATE (5 p.m.) - At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Santa Barbara County Undersheriff Craig Bonner ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – A 59-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested Sunday night after a man died at the hospital following a stabbing on East McElhany Street earlier the same evening. On Tuesday ...

Santa Maria police arrested a father Casey Pacheco Hernandez, 41, of Santa Maria, and his son, Casey Hernandez Jr., 19, of Oceano in connection with a double shooting that wounded two teenagers.

"All the geographical, underwater topography and archaeological evidence strongly suggests that this wreck is Columbus’ famous flagship, the Santa Maria," team leader Barry Clifford is quoted as ...

An underwater explorer says he may have found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus' famous flagship, the Santa Maria, which was wrecked in a storm 500 years ago. The shipwreck was found in ...