The first of four meetings aimed to inform parents of Santa Maria junior high students about the dangers of gangs and drugs in the area took place at El Camino Junior High on Tuesday night. School ...

Officer Jesus Caro of the Santa Maria Police Department shows examples of illicit drugs at the end of the first of four forums planned by police and the Santa Maria-Bonita School District. Credit: ...

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 ...

A man who died following a gang-related shooting in Santa Maria Saturday has been identified as Miguel Pablo-Morelos, 27, and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the shooting. A second ...

Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today that charges have been filed against a 16-year-old in the Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court and 18-year-old Jesus ...

A Santa Maria man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the 2021 murder of a 19-year-old. A jury found 25-year-old Alfredo Junior Alaniz guilty of first-degree murder and ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Santa Maria Police Department Gang Suppression Team conducted a traffic stop that led to a felony arrest for firearm possession. On Friday around 3:10 PM, officers ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Alfredo Junior Alaniz was convicted of murder in the first-degree for the benefit of a criminal street gang in connection with the death of 19-year-old Mario Merino ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif., March 5, 2026 — Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch announced today that Alfredo Junior Alaniz, a 25-year-old resident of Santa Maria, was sentenced to fifty ...

Charges have been filed against a 16-year-old in the Santa Barbara County Juvenile Court, Jesus Lopez-Ramirez, 18, and Alex Brandon Lopez-Ramirez, 21, in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in ...