By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Santa Maria woman to 35 years to life in prison for murdering a man whose remains were found on a Nipomo golf course in 2020. Following a trial... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The official registrar for St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria has accused the principal of altering transcripts and ordering others to falsify high-performing athletes’ grades on official transcripts. Connie Plata, the school’s registrar, filed a blistering... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County jury has convicted a Santa Maria woman of striking an Arroyo Grande police officer with her car, as well as driving under the influence of alcohol causing serious injury. Shortly before 6... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police arrested a man who allegedly robbed two children on Tuesday. Shortly after 8 a.m., a witness reported a suspect physically assaulted and robbed two juveniles of property in the 800 block of E. Orange... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County sheriff deputies arrested a Santa Maria man on Thursday while also seizing nearly 100 pounds of black market cannabis flower from a home on S. Smith Street. During the early morning raid, detectives seized... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A 51-year-old Santa Maria woman and her 30-year-old daughter pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit mail fraud for submitting fraudulent unemployment insurance claims to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) in the names of inmates, U.S.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A deputy shot and killed a suspect during a domestic dispute in Santa Maria on Saturday. Shortly after 5 p.m., a caller reported a family member had brandished a gun during an argument. The other family members... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers are asking the public for help with locating a missing teenage girl. Investigators are not aware of any possible whereabouts of Yuliema Ambrocio Cruz, 14. Police ask that anyone who has information about... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A wrong-way driver and his passenger both died in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by a Pismo Beach man on Highway 101 in Santa Maria over the weekend. Two males were traveling southbound on northbound... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria Police officers on Sunday arrested a man and a woman for allegedly robbing a United States Postal Service mail carrier and then stealing residents’ mail. On Tuesday, a suspect robbed a mail carrier at knifepoint.... (Continue reading)