Why was a SLO County sheriff deputy demoted?
By CCT STAFF The president of the San Luis Obispo County Deputy Sheriff’s Association filed a petition asking the court to review his demotion for excessive force at the jail, which he says...
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San Luis Obispo police arrest suspected serial prowler
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police caught a serial prowler Tuesday night who had allegedly been peeping at women as they prepared for bed. Recently, police detectives had been investigating...
Read MoreArroyo Grande top staffer let go, SLO creates a position
By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande’s Community Services Director Teresa McClish was the first of three top staffers to leave the city this month. All three have taken lower level positions with other public agencies. [Cal Coast...
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SLO City Council votes to immediately prohibit large rent increase
By CCT STAFF As landlords, including San Luis Obispo City’s housing agency, began spiking rents in advance of a new state law that limits the amount rent can be raised each year, the council...
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Auto thief slams into wall in Grover Beach
By JOSH FRIEDMAN While being chased by a CHP officer, a man allegedly slammed a stolen vehicle into a wall outside a Grover Beach home Tuesday afternoon, ultimately resulting in his arrest, as well...
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Jury deadlocked on Paso Robles man’s rape charges, third time
By CCT STAFF For the third time, a San Luis Obispo County jury deadlocked in a case of a man accused of raping his then-girlfriend’s aunt while she was blacked out. The prosecutor has now...
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Lawsuit challenges city’s right to ban natural gas appliances
By KAREN VELIE A mere six weeks after the Berkeley City Council voted to ban natural gas appliances in new construction, the San Luis Obispo City Council followed suit. And now Berkeley is battling...
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Two Cambria men arrested for counterfeiting and drug sales
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police arrested two Cambria men on the Morro Bay Embarcadero early Tuesday morning after finding them in possession of drugs and more than $1,000 in counterfeit money. At 2 a.m.,...
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Cave Fire burns more than 4,000 acres near Highway 154
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire broke out near Highway 154 in Santa Barbara County Monday afternoon, and as of Tuesday morning, it has already burned more than 4,000 acres with little to no containment....
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SLO Housing agency’s disgusting pre-Christmas rent increases
Opinion by James Lopes, an open letter to the San Luis Obispo City Council I recently learned that my affordable housing neighbors are being slapped with 300 percent plus rent increases, right...
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In-N-Out settles lawsuit over rural Arroyo Grande fire
By CCT STAFF In-N-Out has settled a law suit filed by Cal Fire over a 2017 fire that started on a rural Arroyo Grande property owned by the restaurant chain. In the lawsuit, Cal Fire accused...
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Vehicle drops 20 feet down riverbank in Paso Robles
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A car plunged about 20 feet down landing in a riverbank in Paso Robles Sunday evening, but the driver emerged from the crash with just moderate injuries. [KSBY] At about 8 p.m.,...
Read MoreNipomo house fire leaves victim in critical condition
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A neighbor rescued a person from inside a burning home in Nipomo Sunday afternoon. The victim of the house fire is in critical condition. [KSBY] At about 2 p.m., a fire broke out at a home in the 200 block of...
Read MoreCal Fire sues In-N-Out for fire in rural Arroyo Grande
By CCT STAFF Cal Fire filed a lawsuit last week against the In-N-Out burger chain seeking approximately $1.2 million, the cost of fighting a 2017 fire in rural Arroyo Grande which the chain was responsible for starting. On Sept....
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Abel Maldonado’s cannabis plant tests inconclusive
By KAREN VELIE The lab tests former Lt.Gov. Abel Maldonado offered to prove he is growing hemp and not marijuana in his farm in San Luis Obispo County were based on samples that could not be used to...
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