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 ...

Jacob is your community news reporter covering the Santa Maria Valley. In recent weeks, there have been two reported separate shooting incidents in the City of Santa Maria involving local teens. In ...

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 ...

Santa Maria Police Department officers arrested a 47-year-old gang member for gun and narcotic possession just before 10:00 ...

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 ...

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: ...

Santa Maria Police officers are investigating a stabbing that left one man with multiple stab wounds Friday night. At about 9:30 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the stabbing in the area of Blosser ...

Jurors heard from the victim’s mother and a friend at the scene during the 2021 homicide in a Santa Maria Superior Court trial for a man accused of a ...

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 ...

Dunkle, who was admitted to the bar 20 years ago after having attended USC law school, has been a partner in the well-known criminal defense firm of Sanger Dunkle Law. In that time, Dunkle has ...