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Investigators looking into the cause of the damaging Monday blaze

Drivers can expect temporary delays on North Depot Street and North Railroad Avenue in Santa Maria due to the city’s Pavement Repairs Project.

Santa Marias high-tech aerial enforcement operation on the night of July 4 was successful in capturing multiple illegal fireworks launches at various properties throughout the city, according to Mark van

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Incident occurred at gas station at the corner of North Broadway and West Donovan Road

Police identify 20-year-old male killed in shooting on West Donovan Road A 20-year-old Santa Maria man was identified Tuesday as the victim of a shooting Friday on West Donovan Road.  After receiving a report of shots heard in the 800 block of West Donovan Road shortly before 4:30 p.m., officers arriving on scene located Kevin Nunez-Escamilla with a fatal gunshot wound, according to Lt. Jesse Silva.  The shooter fled before police arrived, Silva said, and suspects have yet to be ide...

UPDATE: 1 dead in Santa Maria shooting Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KSBY Santa Maria Police Department investigators at the scene of a deadly shooting in the 800 block of W. Donovan Rd. on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. and last updated 2020-12-19 02:45:18-05 UPDATE (11:45 p.m.) - The Santa Maria Police Detective Bureau is investigating this crime and asking for the publics help. Police said upon arr...

Brayton Metzger / NC12 Brayton Metzger / NC12 SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Santa Maria police are investigating a shooting that took place along Donovan Road Friday evening and left one person dead. Officers said they received reports of gun fire near the 800 block of West Donovan Road. Police said they located one man at the scene who is confirmed to have died, upgrading this to a homicide investigation. A crime scene was established and the investigation is underway. Police said there is currently ...

Two women and a man from Santa Maria pleaded not guilty last week to fraud-related charges in which they’re accused of using a California home to collect more than $390,000 in state medical benefits over more than a decade while living in Nevada.  Seferino Hernandez and Eden Bautista, both 59, and Thelma Pedroche, 62, appeared via Zoom before Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Kelly on Dec. 7 and entered their pleas to the charges, including presenting a false Medi-Cal c...