Santa Maria man carjacked at gunpoint
Santa Maria police are looking for seven people who carjacked a man who was praying in his car Saturday morning. The man was parked outside his home in a quiet neighborhood on the 700 block of East...
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SLO woman receives pardon for felony conviction
Gov. Gavin Newsom pardoned a 41-year-old San Luis Obispo woman earlier this week for a prior felony conviction. [Cal Coast Times] While working as a corrections officer, in 2004, Laurie Gardner...
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Civility, transparency, or hypocrisy?
OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE San Luis Obispo’s city government has to feel that it’s under siege these days. Recent revelations by CCN about the city’s police chief losing her firearm, her day-long...
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Proposed Buellton pot grows pit a vintner against weed farms
The owner of a rural Buellton winery has appealed proposals for two large marijuana grows that would be located next to his vineyards, a matter that came before the Santa Barbara County Planning...
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Three people injured in accidents at Oceano Dunes
Emergency responders transported two people to the hospital following separate crashes at the Ocean Dunes Thursday evening, with one of the individuals being airlifted out of the off-road riding...
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Another mother jailed after kidnapping her son in Paso Robles
For the second time in the span of a month, a woman whose young son had been removed from her custody kidnapped the child, prompting Paso Robles police to issue an Amber alert on Thursday before...
Read MoreCHP identifies Creston man killed in Highway 46 crash
The California Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a head-on collision at the Cholame “Y” Wednesday night as Juan Silva Casares, 48, of Creston. [Cal Coast Times] Casares, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was a...
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Mountain lion spotted wandering around Cuesta College
Cuesta College is warning students and staff about a mountain lion that was spotted walking near the edge of the college campus on two different evenings this week, according to the college’s police...
Read MoreOne person killed, eight injured in crash on Highway 46
One person died and eight others suffered injuries after at least two vehicles collided near the Cholame “Y” Wednesday night, according to Cal Fire. [Cal Coast Times] At about 10:00 p.m., a minivan and a pickup truck collided...
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San Luis Obispo water company sells to Nestle
A water company headquartered for decades in San Luis Obispo has sold to the world’s largest food and drink business, Nestle. [Cal Coast Times] This month, Nestle took over ownership of Crystal...
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Fact check: No meth found in home during search for chief’s gun
Clarification: SLO Police officers found a pipe at Cheyne Orndoff and Vanessa Bedroni’s home they listed as a meth pipe in their report. However, the pipe, which is sold for cannabis use, was...
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CHP officers chase suspect through Los Padres forest, video
The California Highway Patrol has released aerial footage of last week’s chase from Pismo Beach to the Los Padres National Forest that shows the suspect driving off-road, dodging spike strips and...
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South SLO County Sanitation district labor agreement in trouble
A controversial project labor agreement for the construction of a redundancy project at the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District appears to be dead in the water after union...
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California commission to meet in SLO over planned PG&E rate hike
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a pair of meetings in San Luis Obispo this week to gather input from local residents and ratepayers on PG&E’s plan to raise rates to...
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Trump sues California over tax return law
President Donald Trump and the Republican Party filed lawsuits on Tuesday against the state of California for enacting a law that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns in...
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