Couple suspected of committing suicide in Goleta
Investigators suspect two elderly people found dead in a vehicle parked in Goleta Thursday afternoon took their own lives, according to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department. Read More …
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Sheriff’s office cook identified as victim of crash with Cal Poly student
The 43-year-old Los Osos man who died in a crash early Wednesday morning that also killed a Cal Poly student was Anthony Au, a cook for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. Read More …
Men who tried to snatch ATM stole Atascadero school vans, police say
Atascadero police have caught the men who allegedly tried to steal an ATM from a bank last month. Investigators also suspect the men recently snatched two vans from the Atascadero Unified School District. Read More …
Cal Poly student dies in crash shortly before her graduation
Cal Poly has apparently identified the 22-year-old Washington woman who died in a wrong-way driver crash on Highway 101 early Wednesday morning as Nicole Scalone, a fourth-year student who was set to graduate this weekend. Read More …
Photo sharing app helps deputies nab Los Osos burglar
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies caught an alleged burglar in Los Osos on Tuesday with a little help from residents circulating photos of the suspect on a neighborhood app. Read More …
Shandon fire burns 2,000 acres, 75 percent contained
The vegetation fire scorching an area around Shandon has burned 2,000 acres and is 75 percent contained, as of late Thursday morning, according to Cal Fire. Read More …
Grover Beach church leaders accused of misappropriation
A group of parishioners fighting to retain control of Bethel Baptist Church in Grover Beach has accused a former pastor of misappropriating church money. They say that Ronald Kennedy used church money to pay off personal credit card debt and gave more than $20,000 to a defunct nonprofit corporation while saying that the church needed to be dissolved because it was in financial trouble. Read More …
Shandon fire burns 1,000 acres
A vegetation fire quickly spread across the Shandon area Wednesday afternoon, burning approximately 1,000 acres. Read More …
Two people die in crash on Highway 101 in SLO
Two people were killed Wednesday morning in a head-on collision on Highway 101 south of Hiquera Street in San Luis Obispo, according to the CHP. Read More …
Detectives bust another illegal pot operation in Santa Barbara County
Less than a week following its last pot bust, Santa Barbara County’s Cannabis Compliance Team again seized marijuana from an illegal grow, this time just outside the city of Goleta, according to the sheriff’s office. Read More …