California’s Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted 64 years ago, envisioned that three systems — the University of California, California State University and dozens of community colleges — would ...

A while back, I wrote a hint that America's favorite dessert was ice cream. It outsells all other desserts! I also asked ...

Rana Robillard came very close this year to losing her life’s savings and with it her dream home, when she wired nearly ...

The area around the Santa Maria Superior Courthouse is locked down after an explosion in a courtroom a little after 8:30 a.m.

Community colleges are designed to help students get an associate degree and transfer to a four-year university. Most ...

Promoting viewpoint diversity helps ensure all members of a community are heard. It sparks the kind of healthy debate a town ...

Two Northern Santa Barbara County rivals will face each other Friday night when Santa Ynez goes against Santa Maria. Kickoff ...

My sister-in-law "Bethany" has been diagnosed with PTSD from her military service. For the past 15 years, Bethany has picked ...

Yes, the border situation is chaotic, and yes, newcomers can strain local services and budgets. But Trump is wrong and DeWine ...

California might or might not avoid environmental disasters from wind turbines. That’s unknown. But some risks are now known ...

Two Santa Maria residents were arrested Sunday and booked on felony charges related to a shooting outside at an agricultural ...

A disastrous first half and a decent second half for the Hancock College football team added up to a 41-19 loss to ...