OPINION If members of the California Legislature truly want to make this state strong and economically bullet-proof, they will vote to defeat …
Here’s an interesting factoid — there are more people living in California than there are cigarette smokers in the United States.
OPINION Americans really need to ask themselves whose side our federal government is on? Judging from decisions made recently by one powerful …
OPINION The governor’s plan may not be the perfect solution to what has become a crisis for prescription drug consumers, but like most everyth…
OPINION The national Point in Time count of homeless people happens in two weeks, and this time around getting the most accurate numbers possi…
OPINION Ever get the feeling someone’s watching you? You know you do.In fact, just about everyone — and everything — is watching you. That rea…
Seems to us we should be able to handle disaster costs without borrowing money.
The last time the Santa Maria Public Library was open on Sundays the nation was recovering from the Great Depression. In other words, about th…
Santa Maria officials have managed to get the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center into the National Safe Places Network. When kids and their…
You managed to survive the holidays, and now find yourself drifting at the start of a new year. Time to stop binge-watching “The Orville,” put…
The local United Way is looking for a few good volunteers. Well, more than a few. The crew will play a central role in the Homeless Point-in-T…
Um... isn't it a bit late to celebrate the new year?
Jeff Stahler CARTOON: Trump has united the country ...
OPINION Is the long-running shadow war between the U.S. and Iran now certain to escalate into a full-scale shooting war entangling the entire …
