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 ...

The trial for a 25-year-old Santa Maria man accused of the alleged gang-related shooting death of a rival in 2021 is underway, as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift through potential jurors.

Santa Maria resident Alfredo Alaniz Jr., 25, has been convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in the 2021 gang related shooting of a 19-year-old Guadalupe man. Information in this staff report was ...

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 ...

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 ...