UPDATE (7:30 p.m.) — The Santa Maria City Council voted 4-0 on the issue and denied the appeal. U-Haul's plans to expand will move forward. ORIGINAL STORY (5:30 p.m.) — A Santa Maria U-Haul site is ...

The old Kmart property in Santa Maria has become the home to U-Haul, with plans to add mini-storage units inside the building. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) Despite opposition, U-Haul can move ...

Saying that moving a trial is “an exceptional remedy,” a judge Friday denied another change of venue motion — or expansion of the jury pool — made by attorneys representing six defendants in a Santa ...

The first witness to take the stand in the U-Haul murder trial Tuesday broke into tears as she described the sounds of torture she said she heard coming from the master bedroom of the house in which ...

A sting operation headed by the Santa Maria Police Department which resulted in the arrest of 16 alleged MS-13 gang members earlier this month will be the largest judicial proceeding in Santa Barbara ...

After a Superior Court judge granted a separate trial for the youngest U-Haul murder defendant, Ramon David Maldonado Jr., the 16-year-old appeared in court Tuesday afternoon and waived his right to a ...