By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a former local Cal Fire captain earlier this month for sexual battery. James Peter Thomas, 56, recently retired from the San...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police tracked the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old man last week to a location in Tulare County and arrested him for murder. On Dec. 18, witnesses...
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While California reports a modest decline in new coronavirus cases, San Luis Obispo County continues to set new daily case records. On Tuesday, the county logged 258 new cases. During the past two...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill the United States Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Newsom then selected...
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Is procrastination your middle name? If you haven’t started your holiday shopping, and the thought of battling department store crowds is giving you nightmares, one of the following unique local...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated woman drove an ATV off a cliff along Highway 1 near Harmony early Monday morning killing a 34-year-old woman from Paso Robles, according to the CHP. In addition to the two women, two men...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Highway Patrol has identified Nicole Grantham, 31, of Paso Robles as the motorcyclist who died after colliding with a vehicle on Highway 101 near Buellton on Saturday. Shortly before noon,...
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The 30-year-old man who shot and killed an elephant seal in San Simeon in 2019 is facing six months in prison after pleading guilty on Monday. On the evening of Sept. 28, 2019, Jordan Gerbich left...
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With coronavirus outbreaks at congregate settings throughout San Luis Obispo County, on Saturday the county logged 229 new cases, the largest daily number of new cases since the start of the...
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By KAREN VELIE The city of Morro Bay has hired a familiar face to serve as its interim finance director. In November, former San Luis Obispo city manager Katie Lichtig joined Morro Bay’s...
Read MoreBY JOSH FRIEDMAN One person died and three others were injured after an ATV drove off a cliff along Highway 1 between Cambria and Cayucos near Harmony early Monday morning. At approximately 3:15 a.m., the ATV went over a cliff...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time in less than a month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in quarantine, despite having tested negative for coronavirus. The governor’s office released a statement...
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Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Buried in a pile of trash, he was being hauled away en route to the landfill, but then Santa Maria firefighters came to his rescue. A man who was inside a dumpster in Santa Maria...
Read More By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot and killed a man in Santa Maria on Friday. Witnesses heard multiple gun shots in the 800 block of W. Donovan Road at about 4:20 p.m. Police officers arrived at the...
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