WATSONVILLE — Clovis driver Dominic Gorden won the fast dash to earn the pole and dominated the 30-lap Ocean Sprints main event at Ocean Speedway ... Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz dominated ...

Pope Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St Peter’s Basilica. While not the first pope to be buried ...

But Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, as he requested a “simple” tomb a couple of miles away in the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore ...

Fire crews responded to a quarter-acre fire at the intersection of Hutton Road and Joshua Street just north of the Santa Maria Speedway Thursday. The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department advised ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. – On Wednesday, the City of Santa Maria announced that Rebecca Campbell has been hired as the new Finance Director. Campbell first day in the new position will be May 5 ...

Santa Maria has hired a finance director, the third department leader vacancy filled in recent months by the new city manager. Since arriving in late 2024, Rowlands has filled vacancies for three ...

A 78-year-old Santa Maria man has been named as the motorcyclist who died last week in a Santa Maria crash with an agricultural bus. At 11:15 a.m. April 16, emergency crews responded to the scene ...

Pope Francis (C) laying a wreath prior a prayer at Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica early on his first full day as the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. Picture: AFP / OSSERVATORE ...

Every time Pope Francis came back to Rome after a trip abroad, he made sure to pay a visit to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. It was a fitting choice: Francis was particularly devoted to the ...

Pope Francis wished to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore with a simple tomb bearing only the inscription “Franciscus,” awaiting the day of resurrection. Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-Pope Francis expresses his desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in 2023. As reported by Al Jazeera on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, the basilica is located in the ...

For centuries, the icon stood above the baptistery within the church of Santa Maria Maggiore until the 13th century,y when it was moved to a special marble case for its protection. In the icon ...