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Man suspected of hit-and-run, crashing into Lompoc church airlifted for medical treatment

State of the City: Santa Maria has seen significant development, but challenges remain

Local News

State of the City: Santa Maria has seen significant development, but challenges remain

Razi Syed rsyed@leecentralcoastnews.com

Santa Maria city leaders on Wednesday delivered an overview of the city’s finances and economic growth during 2018, asserting that the city has seen remarkable growth and development while noting budgetary challenges remain.

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Hancock College holds Meet the Bulldogs night for men's, women's basketball teams

Hancock College holds Meet the Bulldogs night for men's, women's basketball teams

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Ocean League Qualifier Results

Ocean League Qualifier Results

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Photos: Dodgers top Brewers to take 3-2 NLCS lead

Photos: Dodgers top Brewers to take 3-2 NLCS lead

Updated 1 hr ago

Photos: Hancock hosts Meet the Bulldogs event to introduce basketball teams

Photos: Hancock hosts Meet the Bulldogs event to introduce basketball teams

Updated 8 min ago

Banda Carnaval to perform at Chumash Casino

Banda Carnaval to perform at Chumash Casino

2 hrs ago

College roundup: Patrick Laird takes rushing lead for Cal

College roundup: Patrick Laird takes rushing lead for Cal

2 hrs ago

Ocean League Golf: Orcutt's Karli Lundberg earns medalist honors at CIF Central Section qualifier

Ocean League Golf: Orcutt's Karli Lundberg earns medalist honors at CIF Central Section qualifier

Updated 1 hr ago

Week Nine: Nipomo, PV to meet in Ocean League showdown; Cabrillo, VCA play Thursday night

Week Nine: Nipomo, PV to meet in Ocean League showdown; Cabrillo, VCA play Thursday night

2 hrs ago

Autumn is for planting – especially bulbs

Autumn is for planting – especially bulbs

3 hrs ago

Man suspected of hit-and-run, crashing into Lompoc church airlifted for medical treatment

Man suspected of hit-and-run, crashing into Lompoc church airlifted for medical treatment

Updated 2 hrs ago

Dear Abby: Man's online reconnections upset wife

Dear Abby: Man's online reconnections upset wife

3 hrs ago

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Updated 1 hr ago

Top Stories

Soup, bread and Empty Bowls to raise money for Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Local News

Soup, bread and Empty Bowls to raise money for Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County repairing damage to Point Sal access road

Local News

Santa Barbara County repairing damage to Point Sal access road

Hancock's 'Frightmare Forest' returns Friday for fourth year

Education

Hancock's 'Frightmare Forest' returns Friday for fourth year

Eric Peterson honored by Santa Barbara County supervisors for 31 years of service to Fire Department

Local News

Eric Peterson honored by Santa Barbara County supervisors for 31 years of service to Fire Department

Local News

Man suspected of hit-and-run, crashing into Lompoc church airlifted for medical treatment

Local News

Man suspected of hit-and-run, crashing into Lompoc church airlifted for medical treatment

Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Panel to discuss emergency planning

Local News

Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Panel to discuss emergency planning

Over 100K illegal marijuana plants eradicated in Santa Barbara County last year; grows reportedly run by Mexican drug cartels

Crime and Courts

Over 100K illegal marijuana plants eradicated in Santa Barbara County last year; grows reportedly run by Mexican drug cartels

Hurricane Hunters inside eye as Michael makes landfall

Vandenberg Air Force Base

Hurricane Hunters inside eye as Michael makes landfall

Local sports

Hancock College holds Meet the Bulldogs night for men's, women's basketball teams

Basketball

Hancock College holds Meet the Bulldogs night for men's, women's basketball teams

Ocean League Qualifier Results

High School

Ocean League Qualifier Results

College roundup: Patrick Laird takes rushing lead for Cal

High School

College roundup: Patrick Laird takes rushing lead for Cal

Ocean League Golf: Orcutt's Karli Lundberg earns medalist honors at CIF Central Section qualifier

High School

Ocean League Golf: Orcutt's Karli Lundberg earns medalist honors at CIF Central Section qualifier

Lifestyles and Entertainment

Banda Carnaval to perform at Chumash Casino

Music

Banda Carnaval to perform at Chumash Casino

Autumn is for planting – especially bulbs

Tony Tomeo

Autumn is for planting – especially bulbs

Dear Abby: Man's online reconnections upset wife

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Man's online reconnections upset wife

Picking Pumpkins 2018! Send us your Pumpkin Patch Photos

Lifestyles

Picking Pumpkins 2018! Send us your Pumpkin Patch Photos

Lifestyles

Los Olivos Rotary saves the day: Buellton Senior Center monthly dinner

Our Community

Birth Announcements

Recreation

To keep bears safe, don't feed them

Opinion

Letters to the Editor: Cut out meat, save planet; Frightened by liberals; Yes on Measure Y

Letters

Letters to the Editor: Cut out meat, save planet; Frightened by liberals; Yes on Measure Y

Our View: Is drought our new normal?

Editorial

Our View: Is drought our new normal?

Hilda Zacarias, Larry Lahr: Measure Y is important to North County

Columnists

Hilda Zacarias, Larry Lahr: Measure Y is important to North County

10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow

Columnists

10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow

Editorial cartoon: Sears and now

Editorial

Editorial cartoon: Sears and now

Dan Walters: Four measures would do little about housing crisis

Columnists

Dan Walters: Four measures would do little about housing crisis

Letters to the Editor: Lots of reasons to vote Nov. 6; Inaugural AirFest was outstanding; Backing Mark Steller for Orcutt school board

Letters

Letters to the Editor: Lots of reasons to vote Nov. 6; Inaugural AirFest was outstanding; Backing Mark Steller for Orcutt school board

Letters to the Editor: Measure E needed for the children; Vote against spreading hate; Misjudging a big event

Letters

Letters to the Editor: Measure E needed for the children; Vote against spreading hate; Misjudging a big event

Central Coast Airfiest

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Central Coast Airfiest

Heart of the Valley

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Heart of the Valley

San Luis Obispo County

Get your canvas bags ready! Farmers Markets in your area

Home and Garden

Get your canvas bags ready! Farmers Markets in your area

Central Coast schools mark homecoming with football, fireworks and dances

Education

Central Coast schools mark homecoming with football, fireworks and dances

Our Nipomo: Stump is doing well, a BBQ and a trip to Paso Robles

San Luis Obispo County News

Our Nipomo: Stump is doing well, a BBQ and a trip to Paso Robles

In the Military: Esmeralda Sanchez Avila

In the Military

In the Military: Esmeralda Sanchez Avila

En Espanol

Candidatos a comités educativos de los distritos escolares de Santa María participarán en un foro público

Noticias Locales

Candidatos a comités educativos de los distritos escolares de Santa María participarán en un foro público

Candidatos al Consejo Municipal de Santa María expresaron opiniones opuestas en un foro público

Noticias Locales

Candidatos al Consejo Municipal de Santa María expresaron opiniones opuestas en un foro público

Medida Y: $75M en fondos para abordar proyectos de Hancock College en Santa María, Lompoc, Solvang

Noticias Locales

Medida Y: $75M en fondos para abordar proyectos de Hancock College en Santa María, Lompoc, Solvang

Susan Salcido: Conviertan sus ideales en acción mediante su voto el 6 de noviembre

Noticias Locales

Susan Salcido: Conviertan sus ideales en acción mediante su voto el 6 de noviembre

Photos

Photos: Dodgers top Brewers to take 3-2 NLCS lead

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Kershaw dominant, Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2, lead NLCS 3-2

Baseball

Photos: Dodgers top Brewers to take 3-2 NLCS lead

Photos: Ocean League hosts individual qualifier

High School

Photos: Ocean League hosts individual qualifier

Friend wedding etiquette: Don't do these things

Lifestyles

Friend wedding etiquette: Don't do these things

13 spooky spots around the world

Travel

13 spooky spots around the world

Today’s top pics: Canada just legalized recreational pot and more

Archives

Today’s top pics: Canada just legalized recreational pot and more

Today's Birthdays, Oct. 17: Eminem

Archives

Today's Birthdays, Oct. 17: Eminem

Today's Birthdays, Oct. 17: California Earthquake

Archives

Today's Birthdays, Oct. 17: California Earthquake

Local columnists

Hilda Zacarias, Larry Lahr: Measure Y is important to North County

Columnists

Hilda Zacarias, Larry Lahr: Measure Y is important to North County

10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow

Columnists

10 insights on today's news that will make you smarter tomorrow

Dan Walters: Four measures would do little about housing crisis

Columnists

Dan Walters: Four measures would do little about housing crisis

Commentary: Farewell to the Grand Old Party

Columnists

Commentary: Farewell to the Grand Old Party

Latest video

Who is Don McGahn?

National Politics

Who is Don McGahn?

Your brain on marijuana

Health, Medicine and Fitness

Your brain on marijuana

Trump administration's big exits in 2018

Video

Trump administration's big exits in 2018

What you should know about hurricanes

Santa Maria weather

What you should know about hurricanes

Local video

Video: Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District board candidates forum 10/10/2018

Video

Video: Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District board candidates forum 10/10/2018

VIDEO: SpaceX launch and landing

Video

VIDEO: SpaceX launch and landing

Video: Central Coast AirFest ready to take over the skies of Santa Maria this weekend

Lifestyles

Video: Central Coast AirFest ready to take over the skies of Santa Maria this weekend

Video: Solvang City Council Candidates Forum at Bethania Lutheran Church 10/04/2018

Video

Video: Solvang City Council Candidates Forum at Bethania Lutheran Church 10/04/2018

Nation & World

Follow the trek of Venezuelan migrants fleeing on foot

Follow the trek of Venezuelan migrants fleeing on foot

Country women lift each other up at CMT Artists of the Year

Country women lift each other up at CMT Artists of the Year

The Latest: Trump asks for journalist video 'if it exists'

The Latest: Trump asks for journalist video 'if it exists'

South Carolina gov hopefuls clash in 1st of 2 debates

South Carolina gov hopefuls clash in 1st of 2 debates

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What goes into the fast food meat you eat? Most burger chains fail on annual antibiotics report card

What goes into the fast food meat you eat? Most burger chains fail on annual antibiotics report card

From whiskey to champagne: Every U.S. president's favorite drink

From whiskey to champagne: Every U.S. president's favorite drink

The 9 most devastating earthquakes to hit the US

The 9 most devastating earthquakes to hit the US

Blue Sky Science: Why do leaves change color in the fall?

Blue Sky Science: Why do leaves change color in the fall?

From whiskey to champagne: Every U.S. president's favorite drink

Food and Cooking

From whiskey to champagne: Every U.S. president's favorite drink

Slideshow: See what’s hot this week in TV, movies, books and apps

Entertainment

Slideshow: See what’s hot this week in TV, movies, books and apps

Friend wedding etiquette: Don't do these things

Lifestyles

Friend wedding etiquette: Don't do these things

13 spooky spots around the world

Travel

13 spooky spots around the world

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Local businesses

Tripp Painting

Serving Santa Maria and the entire Central Coast, as well as Oakhurst, Bass Lake and the entire Mountain area, Santa Maria, CA 93455

Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation

Serving Santa Barbars County , Santa Maria, CA 93455

Donna's Interiors, Furniture and Design, Inc.

1069 E Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

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Military Cannon Ball

Military Cannon Ball

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BUSINESS AND SERVICE OCTOBER