A long police chase through both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties ended in a five-vehicle crash in Santa Maria on Thursday, according to the city’s fire department. Read More …
A judge sentenced the brother of slain runaway teen Dystiny Myers to 13 years and eight months in prison on Wednesday for a gang-related robbery of a medical marijuana delivery service in San Luis Obispo. Read More …
Seven vehicles collided early Monday morning in Santa Maria, after which officers arrested a person for DUI, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. Read More …
San Luis Obispo County prosecutors charged a Santa Maria man with murder over a DUI crash in Nipomo that killed an 82-year-old woman. Read More …
Two Santa Maria men showed up at the home of a 65-year-old man early in the morning, claiming to be sheriff’s deputies, then robbed and brutally beat the victim, fracturing his skull, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Read More …
An Orcutt man received a sentence on Friday of 54 years to life in prison for shooting and killing a man outside a bar in the northern Santa Barbara County city. Read More …
A second juvenile has been charged with the murder of a Santa Maria man who was shot and killed in November. Read More …
A driver struck an 85-year-old pedestrian who was walking on a Santa Maria street Wednesday evening, and the elderly man ended up dying as a result of the collision. Read More …
A San Luis Obispo judge ruled Wednesday there is enough evidence for an Uber driver who allegedly raped local intoxicated college students to stand trial. Read More …
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 …