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 27-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested Saturday after a reported gang-related fight at Preisker Park. Santa Maria police responded to 2400 N. Preisker Lane at 6 p.m. on Saturday after reports of a ...

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 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. (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's Gang Suppression Team arrested a juvenile in possession of an illegal assault rifle and various accessories.

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 ...

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 ...