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By CCT STAFF The city of Santa Barbara lost a $1.28 million lawsuit to a former employee who said she was terminated after voicing safety concerns. [Santa Barbara Independent] Amid a shortage in...

By CCT STAFF A San Luis Obispo man filed a lawsuit Thursday against Juul over alleged injuries he suffered while using the company’s vapes. [KSBY] In the suit he filed in the San Luis Obispo County...

By CCT STAFF A fire destroyed a barn on the 5900 block of Rocky Canyon road east of Atasadero on Friday night. The blaze posed no threat to area vegetation, according to Cal Fire. Units from Cal...

By CCT STAFF After more than 40 years in business, Kmart will close its store in Atascadero in February. In the latest round of closures, Transformco is set to shutter 45 Kmart stores and 51 Sears...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The man whom a California Highway Patrol officer says intentionally crashed his car into an oncoming vehicle on Highway 154 last month, killing a mother and her two young children,...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Less than two years into her first term on the Morro Bay City Council, councilwoman and Women’s March SLO leader Dawn Addis has announced she is running for a seat in the California...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities chased an allegedly violent, wanted man around Santa Margarita Wednesday morning and ultimately arrested him, as well as a second suspect. At about 6 a.m., the Sheriff’s...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The possibility of causing harm to the endangered red-legged frog has caused the city of Morro Bay to halt breaking ground on its new sewer plant, and construction could now be...

By CCT STAFF Two Paso Robles schools were placed on lockdown Wednesday while officers arrested a man wanted on three felony warrants, including a charge of kidnapping. [Cal Coast Times] Initially,...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The two inmates who escaped Monterey County Jail while facing gang-related murder charges were caught by the United States border patrol Tuesday night. At about 11:35 p.m., federal...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 56-year-old man who shot a juvenile relative of his and then shot himself Monday night has died of his injuries, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. Police have...

By CCT STAFF California Department of Insurance detectives arrested insurance agent Mark Lynch, 40, of Santa Barbara on Tuesday for allegedly pocketing his clients’ premium payments; leaving them...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An elderly Templeton man is believed to have lost approximately $700,000 in a phone scam over the last few months, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. On Oct....