Darcie Fulkerson, owner of Webeclectic.com of San Luis Obispo, has been named the Central California Women in Business Champion of the year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Six fire engines and crews from the Santa Maria city and Santa Barbara County fire departments spent the better part of a hot Sunday afternoon battling a smoky, stubborn blaze that ignited cardboard packing boxes in a business yard at 110 Industrial Parkway.
A Santa Maria man who allegedly injured a pregnant woman and killed her unborn fetus while driving drunk on Dec. 30 has pleaded no contest to a single felony charge and will spend up to two years in state prison.