A pair of former Hancock College basketball players received sentences Monday of life in prison without the possibility for parole for a late 2014 botched robbery of a drug dealer that ended in a murder. Read More …
A Santa Maria man who shot and killed his 13-year-old brother in what authorities described as an accident received a four-year prison sentence on Thursday. Read More …
Santa Maria police officers arrested a juvenile Sunday for making a criminal threat against Pioneer Valley High School.
Earlier in the day, officers learned of a threat posted on social media that was directed at the Santa Maria school. Read More …
A pair of brothers living in Nipomo are alleged to have committed a murder in Santa Maria early Saturday morning in which a 49-year-old man was shot and stabbed to death. One of the brothers, who is currently on the run, is wanted for an additional three Santa Maria murders. Read More …
An unidentified man stabbed a woman at a Santa Maria motel early Tuesday morning.
The woman survived the stabbing which occurred at about 2:30 a.m. at the Colonial Motel at 1866 South Read More …
A man suspected of stabbing a person in Santa Maria was caught and arrested on Thursday in Paso Robles.
At about 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, the suspect allegedly stabbed a man multiple times in the 900 block of North Palisade Drive Read More …
In separate incidents, one man was shot multiple times and another was stabbed multiple times in Santa Maria on Tuesday. Read More …
A gathering of gang members at a local park morphed into a police chase and six arrests on Wednesday, according to the San Maria Police Department. Read More …
A fire broke out inside a Santa Maria department store Tuesday night, and fire officials suspect the blaze may have been set intentionally.
At about 10 p.m., the fire started in Fallas, located in the Town Center West Shopping Center at 201 Town Center West. Read More …
Santa Maria police have arrested three men who are accused of involvement in an apparently gang related murder that occurred last September.
Early in the morning On Sept. 3, 2017, Edward Ramirez, 19, was shot and killed in the 2000 block North Lazo Way. Officers found Ramirez’s body near the roadway. Read More …