Arroyo Grande man pleads guilty to attempted murder
An Arroyo Grande man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder over an altercation in which he stabbed both his wife and his aunt through marriage. [KSBY] Alberto Isaac...
Read More
Author: altjosh
PG&E files for bankruptcy
As the company warned it would do, PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, as the utility faces billions of dollars in liabilities for involvement in California wildfires. [Cal Coast...
Read More
Cal Poly spending $243,000 on diversity consultant
Amid a push to change the demographics of the Cal Poly campus, the university is spending $243,000 on a diversity consultant. [Tribune] Damon A. Williams, an Atlanta-based consultant, and his team...
Read MoreDUI driver causes 7 car crash in Santa Maria
Seven vehicles collided early Monday morning in Santa Maria, after which officers arrested a person for DUI, according to the Santa Maria Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] The collision occurred shortly after midnight around...
Read More
Man accused of killing his mother in Grover Beach allegedly had financial motive
A man accused of stabbing to death his mother in her Grover Beach home is now facing an enhancement to his murder charged for allegedly being motivated by financial gain. [Cal Coast Times] San Luis...
Read More
7 indicted for attempting to help a cop killer flee to Mexico
A federal grand jury indicted seven people on Thursday for attempting to help a man accused of murdering a Newman police officer flee to Mexico, according to the indictment that details each...
Read More
Wife of Paso Robles man fatally shot by deputies files lawsuit
By KAREN VELIE The wife of a man shot and killed on Highway 101 by two San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies in 2017 has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Sheriff Ian Parkinson, his...
Read More
San Luis Obispo man sentenced to 6 months for manslaughter
The owner of the Manse on Marsh, who was convicted of manslaughter and elderly dependent abuse over the 2014 death of a dementia patient, received a six-month jail sentence on Friday. [Cal Coast...
Read MoreDUI driver leads officers on chase, standoff in Arroyo Grande
A person suspected of driving under the influence led officers on a chase from Santa Maria to Arroyo Grande on Friday and then engaged in a standoff that led to the closure of a section of Highway 101. [Cal Coast Times] At about...
Read More
Grover beach man arrested for carjacking
A Grover Beach man carjacked a victim Thursday morning, then led the CHP on a chase on Highway 101 before being arrested in Orcutt, according to the Pismo Beach Police Department. [Cal Coast Times]...
Read MorePaso Robles woman killed in crash
A 61-year-old Paso Robles woman died Thursday after her car rolled down a 300 foot embankment off Cemetery Road, according to the CHP. [Cal Coast Times] At about 5:35 p.m., Debra Jones was driving her Mercedes down her driveway...
Read More
Oceano activist murdered in his home
Oceano activist Larry Bross died after a brutal attack in his home earlier this week. He was 90-years-old. [Cal Coast Times] On Thursday morning, one of Bross’ neighbors found his body in his home...
Read More
Dan Dow’s prosecution team withheld DNA evidence in sexual assault case
A San Luis Obispo judge ruled Thursday that SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow’s prosecution team violated the law when it withheld a state crime lab report that found DNA from a person other than...
Read More
Paso Robles school board halts aquatic center project
Amid budget woes, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District is putting on hold an aquatic center project pushed by the district’s recently departed superintendent that is now costing...
Read More
Man pleads guilty to killing Oceano toddler
An Orcutt man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter over the killing of a 19-month-old girl for whom he was supposed to be providing care while the toddler’s mother, an Oceano woman,...
Read More