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 sentence for a Santa Maria man found guilty of ...

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 ...

A Santa Maria man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the 2021 murder of a 19-year-old. A jury found 25-year-old Alfredo Junior Alaniz guilty of first-degree murder and ...

Santa Maria resident Alfredo Alaniz Jr., 25, has been convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in the 2021 gang related shooting of a 19-year-old Guadalupe man. Information in this staff report was ...

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 ...

A 27-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested Saturday after a reported gang-related fight at Preisker Park. Santa Maria police responded to 2400 N. Preisker Lane at 6 p.m. on Saturday after reports of a ...

A Santa Maria man with outstanding warrants was arrested on narcotics and weapons charges after a Friday night traffic stop by Santa Maria Police. Information in this report was provided by the Santa ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif., December 12, 2025 – Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch announced today that Alfredo Junior Alaniz, a 25-year-old resident of Santa Maria, was convicted by a jury ...