By KAREN VELIE Amid allegations of drug dealing, vaping and sex in bathrooms, Paso Robles High School administrators are locking the bulk of student restrooms for much of the school day, Read More …
Both hemp and marijuana are cannabis plants. But hemp has 0.3 percent or less THC, the intoxicant in cannabis, and usually sells for about one-fourth the price. The hemp market is currently saturated and many local growers are having trouble selling their crop. Read More …
A private investigator who spent 23 years as an IRS special agent and whose work helped dismantle a Colombian drug cartel is suing San Luis Obispo County’s waste disposal agency and District Attorney Dan Dow to force the release of records that have been sought for more than seven years. Read More …
County Counsel Rita Neal is claiming the family of a 60-year-old man who died at the San Luis Obispo County Jail accepted a nearly $42,000 settlement, while the family’s attorney is saying no such settlement occurred. Read More …
San Luis Obispo police are taking a second look at the death of a 21-year-old Atascadero man who died in a fall from the Marsh Street parking garage. Thomas “Tommy” Jodry had a blood alcohol of 0.38, more than four times the legal limit, Deputy Coroner Rory Linn said. Read More …
San Luis Obispo firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at the PetSmart off Froom Ranch Way on Friday morning. Read More …
The Grover Beach City Council voted unanimously Monday to remove a partially constructed protected bike lane on Newport Avenue, shorty after residents advertised the idea of a recall. Read More …
The citizens of Morro Bay have won the right to vote on a referendum challenging a city ordinance that allows annexation of a property where the city plans to build a $126 million sewer plant. Read More …
The signs say “hemp.” But at multiple grows throughout San Luis Obispo County it is as likely to be marijuana. Read More …
Workers at a cannabis cultivation site on York Mountain Road in Templeton interrupted three burglars early Monday morning. Read More …