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Search for suspect in Santa Maria shooting underway
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and last updated 2021-07-28 23:06:11-04
Santa Maria Police officers are responding to reports of a shooting Wednesday night.
It happened at around 7:30 p.m. on the 800 block of S. Western Ave.
The street from W. Morrison Road and Knudsen Way is blocked off as police are on scene investigating.
The public is asked to stay away from the area while the scene remains active.
A search for the suspect or suspects in the shooting is underway.
It is unknown at this time if there are any victims in the shooting.
Suspicious device prompts evacuation of Santa Maria park
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Rotary Centennial Park in Santa Maria was evacuated on July 13, 2021, after the discovery of a suspicious device near the bathrooms.
and last updated 2021-07-14 02:46:30-04
UPDATE (6:12 p.m.) - Police say they received a call about a suspicious device found at Rotary Centennial Park in Santa Maria at about 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday.
Officers who responded to the scene reportedly agreed that the item seemed suspicious and they called in the Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Bomb Squad.
After July 4, local law enforcement share stats on illegal fireworks
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and last updated 2021-07-05 16:44:20-04
If you saw illegal fireworks last night on the Central Coast, you re not alone. July 4 brought celebrations to local communities, including both legal and illegal fireworks.
After Independence Day, two local police departments have shared what they saw.
Grover Beach Police say they issued eight fireworks citation and received 56 fireworks related calls on July 4. In Grover Beach, Safe and Sane fireworks were legal from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4.
From June 30 to July 5, the City of Santa Maria updated a daily tally of fireworks-related citations and warnings on their Twitter feed. The numbers came from the Santa Maria Police. Police issued warnings along with several $1,000 citations over the time period. On July 4, they issued three of the $1,000 fines.
Santa Maria police stepping up enforcement of illegal fireworks
SANTA MARIA, Calif. The Santa Maria Police Department is ramping up its efforts to curb the use of illegal fireworks that are lighting up the city s sky nightly. We know they re going off, said Lt. Mark Strecker, Santa Maria Police Department. We can hear them and see them from the police department.
Strecker said the numbers of calls coming each day is impacting the city s dispatch system. We ve had a significant number of increase in the number of calls coming into dispatch for firework complains, said Strecker. The people that it is affecting and mostly the people who are calling, we get a lot of elderly that call, people with pets, our veterans and we are very sensitive to that and we have to be responsive to that.