With two years left on his Santa Maria City Council term, Carlos Escobedo resigned from his role as the 1st District’s representative in early March. Eleven minutes into the council’s March 3 meeting, ...

Surprising his colleagues and city staff, Santa Maria Councilman Carlos Escobedo resigned abruptly and immediately Tuesday night. Escobedo, who served on ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Maria Salguero, a local immigration attorney, and Adilene Rojas Alejo are challenging incumbent Carlos Escobedo to represent District 1 on Santa Maria's city council. Salguero ...

Assistant City Manager Chuen Wu says they’ll be accepting applications until March 26. But, there’s no guarantee that the city council will pick someone from that application pool.

The Santa Maria City Council will consider appointing someone to replace former councilman Carolos Escobedo who abruptly quit ...

A Santa Maria City Council member unexpectedly resigned during a meeting Tuesday, surprising his fellow council members.

Audience members also chanted “shame” after the Santa Maria City Council voted against creating an ad hoc committee on ...

Applications to fill the District 1 seat on the Santa Maria City Council will be accepted between Monday and March 26 as the panel faces its first vacancy ...