A Georgia man, Aloysius James, has been found guilty in the 1988 cold-case murder of Ofelia Sandoval, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

Santa Maria Police officers arrested three teens just after 10:00 p.m. Saturday on weapons charges after their car failed to ...

Santa Maria Police officers and the department's SWAT Team took a suspect accused of rape and robbery into police custody on Saturday. The suspect, ...

Students at Rice Elementary School in Santa Maria are connecting with their heritage through a new Ballet Folklórico program ...

A pair of high-profile developments in the heart of downtown Santa Maria are beginning to take shape in their construction ...

One of Santa Maria's oldest unsolved killings is no longer a mystery. A Santa Barbara County jury on Friday convicted 58-year-old Aloysius Winthrop James of first-degree murder and found true the ...

The Santa Maria Police Department is looking for 13-year-old Gracie Kahn, who was last seen at noon Thursday in the 200 block ...

The family of a woman who died in a Santa Maria vehicle fire has started a fundraiser to help with funeral costs as they deal with their second tragedy in ...

Sandra Cisneros joins the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and she says the honor feels like a long-awaited invitation.

Two people were killed in separate hit-and-run collisions at the same Santa Maria intersection, and one driver has been ...