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Highway 166 was shut down from Santa Maria to New Cuyama on August 1. Motorists will encounter delays on the reopened highway.

As of Monday morning, the 119,000-acre Gifford Fire was at 33% containment. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for parts of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.

The Madre Fire, burning between Santa Maria and New Cuyama, is now 30% contained. The 80,000+-acre fire has grown only minimally during the last few days.

Guadalupe and Santa Maria are combining transit systems to improve regional service and create savings through economies of scale.

They say in some cases, victims were left without money for end-of-life care.

Victim was one year old Santa Maria girl.

Nathaniel James McGuire is now accused of using a weapon of mass destruction, and two other new federal counts stemming from the September 25 attack.

Investigators say they linked the man to a string of fires, and vandalism incidents Tuesday morning.

Santa Barbara County prosecutors file charges including attempted murder, and use of an explosive device with the intent to murder

City reaches outside of its staff for a new City Manager for the first time in six decades.