Heeding the impassioned requests of youth activists, the Lompoc City Council this week directed staff to draft a resolution spelling out support for ...

The Lompoc Police Department recently honored several department and community volunteers for their 2024 efforts and achievements at the second annual ...

The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office: CONCEALED DIRK OR DAGGER: Timothy ...

On Tuesday, a 25-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested in connection with a report of shots fired on Guiterrez Street in the early ...

One driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol during a Saturday night DUI checkpoint ...

The discussion centered around the Lompoc Police Department’s relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...

The Lompoc Police Department (LPD) says staff at the middle school reported that a female student was followed as she walked to school on the morning of Feb. 26. During the incident, an adult male ...

As Trump remakes the federal government, he has assailed the department as wasteful and responsible for spreading “woke” ideas such as programs to support diversity, equity and inclusion and ...

President Donald Trump followed through Thursday on a 2024 campaign promise, signing an executive order calling for the elimination of the federal Department of Education. Since only Congress can ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – On Friday, the Santa Maria Police Department identified 23-year-old Jonathan Villa Gutierrez and 22-year-old Jose Cajero Rueda as the two men hit by a vehicle while ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a ...

Congress created the department in 1979, and the Constitution doesn't give the president the power to shut it down by executive order alone. But technicalities haven't stopped Trump's agenda so far.