A 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody after a report that he allegedly pointed a laser at passing vehicles and pedestrians led police to find multiple firearms in his home. At approximately 10 ...

Santa Maria Police were called to a disturbance in the parking lot of 1505 S. Broadway Sunday morning at 11:25 a.m. and upon arriving, learned that federal agents from Immigration and Customs ...

On Friday afternoon, officers from the Santa Maria Police Department made an warrant related arrest, and in the process of a search of the related vehicle found a loaded shotgun.

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While much of the U.S. government remains shut down, federal immigration enforcement operations continue to sweep through Latino neighborhoods on the Central Coast, with the 805 Immigrant Coalition’s ...