To make itself eligible for millions of dollars in state money to address the rising number of homeless in the city, the Santa Maria City Council will consider during whether to declare a shelter ...

Aiming to make the city eligible for millions of state block grant funds which could be used to address rising homelessness, the Santa Maria City Council voted unanimously to declare a “shelter crisis ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Santa Maria homeless shelters are gearing up for the cold months ahead. Shelters, warming centers, and various donation drives are seeing an increase in demand as overnight ...

Santa Maria residents who live near the riverbed are expressing concerns over growing homeless encampments near their homes, but Santa Maria city officials say the area is more than just their ...

Located about two miles south of the university, many people in southern Tucson depend on Casa Maria for food, clothes and showers. Krista Bolin, a UA physiology senior, helps minister at the Newman ...

Santa Maria city officials say a recent cleanup resulted in the removal of 62,000 pounds of trash from a homeless encampment on Santa Maria Valley Railroad property. The area borders neighborhoods ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – The city of Santa Maria filled up more than 24 truckloads and removed 62,000 pounds of trash from a city homeless encampment over the course of a week, according to city ...

Mar 16, 2023 Mar 16, 2023 Updated Sep 1, 2023 The number of people who are homeless in Santa Barbara County fell slightly from 2022, but the number of those living in Santa Maria and the Santa Ynez ...

Approximately 50 volunteers turned out early Wednesday morning in Santa Maria to conduct the local component of the annual Santa Barbara County Homeless Point-in-Time Count. April Chavez is the Santa ...

In the coming months, construction on 30 one-bedroom apartments for the formerly homeless and those with serious mental illness will begin at 1141 West Cox Lane in Santa Maria. The project was already ...

Maria Salazar dreads the evenings. During the heart of this summer's hottest days, she's gone to the county-sponsored cooling center at the Demuth Community Center in Palm Springs, where she’s been ...