Man lying in roadway struck and killed near Santa Margarita
An Atascadero man who was lying in the middle of a roadway near Santa Margarita early Saturday morning was struck and killed by drivers going in both directions. Read More …
Category: News Briefs
Patient carjacks ambulance and leads police on chase in Southern California
In a bizarre sequence of events on Sunday, a man went from being strapped to a gurney and on his way to the hospital to leading Southern California law enforcement on a nearly 70-mile chase in a stolen ambulance. Read More …
SLO police searching for missing Men’s Colony psychologist
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a missing 49-year-old man who works as a clinical psychologist at the California Men’s Colony. Read More …
Deputies searching for Templeton alcohol thief
San Luis Obispo County deputies are searching for an allegedly armed man who attempted to steal some alcohol from the Chevron gas station in Templeton on Friday afternoon.
After the owner of the Las Tablas Road store confronted a man he spotted attempting to abscond with some alcohol Read More …
Gap shutting store in SLO
The Gap company is closing its clothing store in San Luis Obispo at the end of January along with hundreds of other underperforming stores. The Gap store in Santa Barbara is slated to remain open. Read More …
Canadian pastor convicted of trying to meet underage girl for sex in AG
A San Luis Obispo jury convicted a former Canadian pastor on Friday of a felony count of arranging to meet a minor for lewd purposes, a charge that came as a result of a sting operation conducted by Arroyo Grande police. Read More …
As strike ends, SLO County administration signals fiscal troubles ahead
Following the first strike in SLO County government history, officials are not planning on any further salary negotiations for the current fiscal year. Early next year, the county will discuss increases in pay for the 2019/2010 fiscal year. Read More …
Central Coast agencies targeted in nationwide bitcoin bomb threat
A Central Coast school and a hotel received emails Thursday demanding bitcoin payments and threatening to detonate bombs if their demands were not met, as part of a possibly worldwide failed Read More …
Nationwide E. coli outbreak linked to county supervisor’s farm
Federal investigators have traced a nationwide E. coli outbreak involving contaminated romaine lettuce, in part, to a Santa Maria farm that is owned by the family of Santa Barbara County Supervisor Peter Adam. Read More …
Man who threatened Women’s March trolls judge during sentencing
The Atascadero man convicted of making criminal threats on Facebook against the organizers of the Women’s March San Luis Obispo appears to have a habit of trolling. Read More …