A Santa Barbara County Superior Court jury found a Santa Maria man guilty of first-degree murder this week for killing a rival gang member from Guadalupe in 2021 after shooting him 15 times in the ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif., December 12, 2025 – Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch announced today that Alfredo Junior Alaniz, a 25-year-old resident of Santa Maria, was convicted by a jury ...

A Santa Maria man with outstanding warrants was arrested on narcotics and weapons charges after a Friday night traffic stop by Santa Maria Police. Information in this report was provided by the Santa ...

A juvenile has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal shooting tied to gang activity on the Fourth of July in Santa Maria. At 11:22 p.m. July 4, Santa Maria police officers were dispatched ...

Santa Maria resident Alfredo Alaniz Jr., 25, has been convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in the 2021 gang related shooting of a 19-year-old Guadalupe man. Information in this staff report was ...