Santa Maria Times is the Central Coast paper serving Santa Maria, Orcutt, Guadalupe, Nipomo and nearby communities.
Reports say reporters from Noozhawk and KEYT were detained near a private missile-operators training facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of a groundbreaking ceremony. A Space Launch Delta 30 official calls the incident a breakdown in communication; detainees were released after about 30 minutes, with no injuries reported.