The judge ruled in favor of the city, finding there were no disputed facts that would warrant the case going forward.

On a trip from California to Georgia in 2024, Julia Tatarian brought a photo of a woman she knew a lot about but had never met. It was a portrait of Ofelia Sandoval, who was found dead at age 30 in ...

Santa Maria Police arrested three suspects who were seen on video stealing a handgun from a local resident and fleeing the scene.

The new president won office by promising to clean up crime, but his background is red rag to a bull for many ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Chaldean Catholic bishop of San Diego, California, a decision announced Tuesday by the Vatican after the bishop was arrested on embezzlement ...

A Los Angeles federal judge last week rescheduled the trial date for a Santa Maria man accused of bombing the Santa Barbara County Superior Court after a defense attorney requested ...

The Santa Maria Police Department arrested a Santa Maria man on Monday morning, after a traffic stop and subsequent search ...

The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, ...

A man was arrested after he pushed a store clerk while attempting to steal two 18-packs of beer from a convenience store on Santa Maria, Laredo Police said.

A California gang member was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the shooting death of a man in Santa Maria. Alfredo Junior Alaniz, 25, of Santa Maria, was sentenced for the murder of Mario Merino ...

Referring to the viciousness and callousness of the crime, a Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge handed down a 50-years-to-life state prison ...