By KAREN VELIE Following pleas from the public not to raise their salaries, the Arroyo Grande City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to give themselves a 60 percent increase and Mayor Caren Ray-Russom a...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities have confirmed the man whose dead body was discovered in the surf off Pismo Beach on Tuesday as missing 28-year-old Costa Mesa resident Jacob Potter. Potter’s death was...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Atascadero City Council voted on Tuesday to approve the planned development of a community of micro-homes along El Camino Real. Grand Oaks Paseo, a development proposed by Cal...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council approved a project on Tuesday night that will bring a large parking garage and theater to a downtown SLO corner. [Tribune] More than 15 years after...
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Opinion by Chief Ronald Lawrence, California Police Chief Association president As police chiefs, it is our sworn responsibility to protect the public, which includes holding our own officers...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A total of 11 current and former law enforcement officers have been charged with and convicted of crimes in San Luis Obispo County since 2013, according to records obtained by UC...
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By CCT STAFF The dead body of a man was discovered in the surf off Pismo Beach Tuesday afternoon. Police have not yet identified the man. Shortly after 3 p.m., a person walking on the beach noticed...
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By CCT STAFF Several power outages knocked out service for more than 19,000 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday afternoon. At about 1:24 p.m., power went out to nearly 10,000...
Read MoreBy CCT STAFF The California Highway Patrol has identified 57-year-old Cynthia Hawkins as the Pismo Beach woman who suffered major injuries in a crash Sunday evening. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before midnight, Justin Koslosky,...
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By CCT STAFF A man called 911 on Monday to lodge a threat against the Los Osos Middle School, and then hung up, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. While investigators are...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Cal Poly student died Sunday inside his apartment close to the university campus. [Mustang News] Brenden Nichols was a sophomore agricultural business student from Orangevale,...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A study conducted by three academics has found California’s law requiring companies to have female directors on its boards has already negatively impacted stock prices. SB 826...
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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...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN At least two people suffered major injuries and one person was arrested following a crash late Sunday night on Highway 101 near Highway 166. Shortly before midnight, a white sedan was traveling at a high rate of...
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By CCT STAFF San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies are asking the public to help locate a 25-year-old Paso Robles man who was reported missing on Sunday. Jeremiah Alexander Starr last spoke to a...
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