The family of a 20-year-old Ventura woman who died last year after falling ill at a the Lightning in a Bottle music festival in southern Monterey County has filed a lawsuit against the promoter of the event. San Luis Obispo County’s former coroner is also named in the lawsuit. Read More …
Authorities confiscated methamphetamine, marijuana and a variety of weapons during a drug bust Tuesday morning in Morro Bay. The drug bust also netted three arrests.
For several weeks, Morro Bay officers had been investigating reported drug activity at a home in the 2300 block of Hemlock Avenue. Read More …
A total of 15 Atascadero State Hospital patients recently tested positive for methamphetamine, while others quartered in ASH could, as well, have been under the influence of the drug. Read More …
After hearing of alleged drug activity occurring in an SUV on Sunday, Arroyo Grande police found a loaded shotgun and a police-style baton, as well as drugs, and arrested three men.
Police searched for a Ford Explorer after getting tipped off to drug activity involving the vehicle in the 400 block of South Elm Street Read More …
Grover Beach police have identified a man and woman who died earlier this month in a suspected drug overdose. On the evening of April 12, Grover Beach officers found the bodies Read More …
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson announced a large drug bust — valued at about $1.5 million — as well as the breakup of a methamphetamine and heroin ring in Read More …
A hatchet-wielding man who reportedly announced, “I hate Teslas,” confronted the driver of a Tesla car in Santa Barbara on Wednesday.
Witnesses said the man approached a Tesla traveling in the 100 block of Arrellaga Street in downtown Santa Barbara. Read More …
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested three illegal immigrants on various charges in San Luis Obispo Wednesday morning.
The suspects were reportedly living on Johnson Avenue near French Medical Center. Read More …
A 300-pound 56-year-old Atascadero man who has been sitting in San Luis Obispo County Jail since November is now accused of sexually assaulting four underage girls.
Officers arrested Jess Drue Brasusell III on Nov. 9 following an alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. Read More …
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Gang Task Force nabbed a wanted felon Wednesday who had been on the run since fleeing deputies last month in South County. Detectives also netted Read More …