The Santa Barbara County Fire Department’s Hazardous Material (HazMat) team responded to a suspicious package in Santa Maria on Friday.
Crews arrived in the 500 block of Plaza Drive in the early afternoon with the HazMat team and trailer in a mostly empty parking lot off E. Stowell Road.
The crew secured the package and conducted all appropriate tests, which came back negative. Crews were able to clear the scene and return to service…