Fire briefly closes Highway 166 near Santa Maria
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire burned 54 acres along Highway 166 on Sunday, resulting in a road closure near Santa Maria. The blaze started at approximately shortly after noon northeast of Read More …
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Driver airlifted after Highway 166 crash
A woman was extricated from her Honda sedan and airlifted to the hospital after driving the vehicle off Highway 166 Sunday morning. Read More …
Big rig truck carrying chickens overturns on Highway 166
A big rig truck that was carrying live chickens overturned on Highway 166 early Friday morning after reportedly colliding with another semi truck. Read More …
Three Cal Poly students survive Highway 166 crash, one in critical condition
Three Cal Poly student survived a fatal crash on Highway 166 in Santa Barbara County on Saturday, and one of them may still be in critical condition. Read More …
Person dies in head-on collision between oil tanker and pickup on Highway 166
An oil tanker collided head on with a pickup early Wednesday morning on Highway 166 in Santa Barbara County, killing one person and resulting in a road closure.
Shortly before 2 a.m., the tanker and the truck collided Read More …
Vehicle catches fire on Highway 166, blaze spreads into brush
A commercial vehicle caught on fire Monday morning on Highway 166, which then sparked a brush fire east of Santa Maria, according to Cal Fire. Read More …
Wildfire breaks out near Highway 166
A wildfire that broke out Sunday near Highway 166 and the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County line has burned more than 1,000 acres. Shortly before 2 p.m., the Front Read More …
ExxonMobil applies to truck offshore oil and gas on Central Coast
ExxonMobil is seeking permission from Santa Barbara County to restart its offshore operations and to then truck the oil and gas it produces to the Phillips 66 Nipomo Mesa refinery, as well as along Highway 166 to a location in Kern County. Read More …
Two people killed in collision with oil tanker on Highway 166
A man and a woman were killed and a truck driver was injured in a violent crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 166 in northeastern Santa Barbara County. [Cal Coast Times]
At about 4 p.m., a black Honda sedan collided head-on with an oil tanker at the intersection of Highway 166 and Hubbard Avenue in New Cuyama which ejected the woman from the vehicle, Read More …
Three people die in head-on crash on Highway 166
Three people died after two SUVs collided head-on Sunday afternoon on Highway 166. The SUVs collided at approximately 4:20 p.m. about one mile west of Cuyama, according to the Santa Barbara Read More …