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A driver facing two counts of vehicular manslaughter for a crash that killed a Santa Maria couple changed her plea to guilty earlier this month in Santa ...
A juvenile already in custody has been identified as the suspect in a fatal shooting on the Fourth of July in Santa Maria. At 11:22 p.m., Santa Maria police officers were dispatched to the 300 ...
Janet Silveria, president/CEO of Community Bancorp of Santa Maria, parent company of Community Bank of Santa Maria, released the company’s following earnings report for the period ending June 30 ...
The Santa Maria Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred late in the evening on the Fourth of July.
A 25-year-old man died in a shooting late Friday night, Lt. Paul Van Meel of the Santa Maria Police Department said Tuesday. At 11:22 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 300 block of West Lolita ...
A state prison inmate from Santa Maria has been killed in what officials have described as a homicide. At 6:21 a.m. Friday, Kern Valley State Prison staff ...
Two men are in custody as suspects in a pair of store robberies that occurred in Santa Maria — one in February of this year, and the other in November 2024.
Two people suspected of committing armed robberies in the City of Santa Maria over the past several months are now in custody, according to Santa Maria police.
An arrest was made Thursday as part of an ongoing operation by Santa Maria police to target the sale of illegal fireworks.
Firefighters were battling a raging vegetation fire off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria that had charred 35,350 acres as of shortly before midnight ...
Santa Maria is once again using aerial surveillance and $1,000 fines to deter illegal fireworks ahead of the Fourth of July, holding property owners accountable for launches from their addresses.
In a room filled with quiet urgency and note-taking, people gathered Tuesday in Santa Maria for an immigration forum that combined legal training, community support, and personal testimony.