After starting a fight at Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, a man allegedly attempted to stab a person who tried to break up the altercation and then punched the individual who intervened in the face. Read More …
San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man who allegedly set a recreational vehicle trailer on fire Sunday morning, in which individuals may have been living. Read More …
In the span of a little more than a year, San Luis Obispo County has had five fatal officer-involved shootings. Read More …
SWAT officers shot and killed Steven Adam Calderon, 32, when he lunged toward a gun he had placed on a porch at the end of a more than eight hour-long standoff, which included several exchanges of gunfire, Paso Robles Police Chief Ty Lewis said at a press conference on Tuesday. Read More …
The mentally ill man who shot and killed a San Luis Obispo police detective and wounded another officer suffered 14 gunshot wounds during the deadly shootout. Read More …
In the lead-up to a reportedly mentally ill man shooting and killing a San Luis Obispo police detective and wounding another officer, police responded to eight 911 calls about the suspect. Read More …
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An alleged drunk driver slammed into a light pole in San Luis Obispo Thursday evening, leading to their vehicle catching on fire. Callers reported the crash shortly Read More …
San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man who was allegedly sleeping inside a vehicle Sunday morning with a replica handgun on his lap and methamphetamine inside the car. Read More …
A San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s investigator last month spotted a Cal Poly student removing blue ribbons honoring slain police detective Luca Benedetti while driving Benedetti’s widow, leading to a heated confrontation. Read More …
Despite calls from members of the public to defund the police and shift money into other programs, the city of San Luis Obispo is increasing the SLO Police Department’s budget. Read More …