The body of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard was found by authorities in Utah on Dec. 6 after she went missing in October.

A Santa Barbara County Superior Court jury found a Santa Maria man guilty of first-degree murder this week for killing a rival gang member from Guadalupe in 2021 after shooting him 15 times in the ...

A Santa Maria man has been convicted of first-degree murder in a deadly 2021 shooting. A jury found 25-year-old Alfredo Alaniz guilty of killing 19-year-old Mario Merino Gonzalez, and confirmed ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Alfredo Junior Alaniz was convicted of murder in the first-degree for the benefit of a criminal street gang in connection with the death of 19-year-old Mario Merino ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., December 26, 2025 – Santa Barbara County District Attorney John T. Savrnoch announced today that Ashlee Buzzard of Lompoc, California, was arraigned on the felony complaint ...

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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 ...