By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Los Osos woman who struck and killed a Morro Bay pastor while driving intoxicated was sentenced to state prison for six years and four months on Monday, though she could quickly...
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Editor’s note: This is part one in a series about a loophole in the state and county’s hemp regulations and those taking advantage of the lack of oversight. By KAREN VELIE The signs say “hemp.” But...
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By CCT STAFF A group of Santa Maria police officers appear to rough up a suspected DUI driver after ordering him to crawl on the street, while multiple bystanders videotape the incident. Officers...
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By CCT STAFF Workers at a cannabis cultivation site on York Mountain Road in Templeton interrupted three burglars early Monday morning. Shortly after 6 a.m., workers discovered the thieves in the...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A car struck and injured a father and his two-year-old daughter as they were crossing a street in Santa Barbara on Sunday afternoon. [KCOY] At about 3 p.m., a Jaguar sedan struck...
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By CCT STAFF A San Luis Obispo County jury on Monday found a man guilty of the brutal stabbing and murder of his mother at her Grover Beach home. Levente Laszlo Lazar, 27, is facing life in prison...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN A horse trailer overturned on Highway 101 in Pismo Beach Sunday morning, requiring firefighters to extricate two large animals. At about 10:30 a.m., the horse trailer crashed near Spyglass Drive. Cal Fire rescue...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A slow-moving fire broke out in vegetation at the Oceano Dunes on Sunday and burned four to five acres, according to Cal Fire. The blaze started at about noon in an island of...
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By CCT STAFF Kenneth Schwartz, best known as the father of Mission Plaza, a mayor of San Luis Obispo, a Cal Poly professor and an associate dean, has died. He was 94 years old. Schwartz died...
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By CCT STAFF A woman who lives in the Railroad Square area of San Luis Obispo has twice been the victim of a home invasions in less than two years. [KSBY] Shortly before 5 a.m. on Sept. 20, Katya...
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By CCT STAFF The former president of a Santa Barbara County family construction company pleaded guilty on Friday to three felony charges related to ripping off a Hollywood director, according to the...
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Southern California Edison is considering cutting off power to thousands of residents of southern Santa Barbara County amid a period beginning Friday of expected high winds and increased wildfire...
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An Indiana man accused of driving to California, murdering his mother in her Grover Beach home, and driving back took the stand in his own defense this week. He testified the purpose of the...
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By KAREN VELIE Three days before Governor Gavin Newson signed a bill banning schools from shaming children for not having lunch money, police officers arrested a 13-year-old 8th grade student at...
Read More By CCT STAFF A 55-year-old Morro Bay man is in critical condition after a motorist crashed into his bicycle on Quintana Road and then fled the scene. At approximately 7 p.m., the victim was headed...
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