In late April 2025, I had the opportunity to visit a new area along the coast: the Santa Maria Valley. In the past, I drive through it on my way north to Big Sur or the Bay Area. Oh, how wrong I ...

Three students out of 101 entries won the Pioneer Valley High School Digital Arts Movie Poster Design Competition this year. “Judging was especially difficult this year, as the quality of work was ...

Following a closed session Tuesday evening, the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District decided to reassign Shanda Herrera from her position as Principal of Pioneer Valley High and keep ...

Credit: OmniTRAX, Inc. Rail management company OmniTRAX has expanded its operations by entering into a joint venture (JV) with Coast Belle Rail for the Santa Maria Valley Railroad in California, US.

Allan Hancock acquiring the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. Local non-profit Friends of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad held a centennial ceremony at the railroad's former offices to commemorate the ...

A call from Pioneer Valley High School to Santa Maria police department dispatch gave officers the intel that students planned to walk out of their classes in a peaceful protest against U.S ...

A Pioneer Valley High School student has been named as the person killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon at a park in northwest Santa Maria, and police are seeking additional witnesses.

At the urging of their principal, Pioneer Valley High School graduates let ... make up the 17th graduating class for the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District’s newest high school.

UPDATE (2:16 p.m.) - Shortly after the lockdown was lifted at Pioneer Valley High School, another was issued at Santa Maria High due to a reported bomb threat Wednesday. A Santa Maria Joint Union ...

(Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) After a pandemic altered their education, Santa Maria Valley high school ... About 715 members of the Pioneer Valley High School Class of 2022 made history as ...

Pioneer Valley will travel to Santa Maria High Friday night for the game dubbed the Main Street Classic. St. Joseph, meanwhile, will travel to Righetti for the Battle for the Shield.