Teen returns purse with $10,000 inside
A 16-year-old teen turned a black purse he found with $10,000 inside to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies said the teen makes them feel good about humanity. [Cal Coast Times]...
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New homeowner finds decomposing body in backyard
A man raking leaves in his backyard found a decomposing body lying on the outside of his chain-link fence on the 1500 block of Clearview Road in Santa Barbara on Friday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times]...
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$10,000 reward offered for missing Paso Robles woman
Anyone who can provide with authorities with information that leads to the location of a missing Paso Robles woman is now eligible to receive a reward of up to $10,000. [Cal Coast Times] Nancy...
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Hunter mistaken for deer, shot
A man in his 60s suffered a bullet wound to the shoulder in a hunting accident that occurred late Thursday in the Caliente Mountain Range near the Carrizo Plain National Monument, according to the...
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Robber sprays Atascadero restaurant worker with chemical
A robber allegedly entered an Atascadero restaurant Thursday morning and sprayed an employee in the face with an unknown chemical before fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash. [Cal Coast Times]...
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Father and son missing after allegedly setting sail from Goleta to Hawaii
A 68-year-old father and his 14-year-old son who were thought to be sailing from Goleta to Hawaii have gone missing. [Cal Coast Times] In June, Gerald “Storm” Talifero and his son Adagio “Dag”...
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Six people killed in Bakersfield shooting spree
A gunman went on a rampage in Bakersfield Wednesday, killing five people, including his wife. The man then shot and killed himself. [CNN] At about 5 p.m., the gunman and his wife became involved in...
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Morro Bay approves rate hike for sewage plant despite protest
Morro Bay ratepayers submitted about 2,150 of the approximately 2,800 protest votes needed to stop a controversial water and sewer rate hike that will go toward funding the city’s planned sewage...
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Investigators destroy nearly 1,600 marijuana plants
A newly formed cannabis compliance team seized and destroyed nearly 1,600 marijuana plants last week from illegal cultivation in an investigation that included sites in Santa Barbara County and...
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SLO police chief under fire for incriminating tweet
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell’s Twitter page has brought a lot of people deemed suspects into the center of attention. The most recent is a long-time city business...
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Is crime increasing near and at Cal Poly?
An annual security report released by Cal Poly suggests some crimes are on the rise on campus and in nearby areas, while other offenses are declining and some criminal acts are remaining close to...
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Body of young humpback whale washes ashore in Oceano
A dead humpback whale washed ashore on the beach at the Oceano Dunes Monday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] State parks officials say the humpback that washed ashore was a young whale. It is unclear...
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Nearly 1 in 5 cannabis products fail testing in California
Over the past two months, the state of California tested nearly 11,000 marijuana products for potency and purity and almost 2,000, or about 18 percent, failed the tests. [U.S. News & World...
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Agitated man attacks neighbor, then fires shots
A resident of New Cuyama in northeastern Santa Barbara County broke up his neighbor’s pool game Sunday night, became violent and then fired gunshots outside the home, before being arrested,...
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Atascadero teacher accused of filming students’ panties
Police arrested a 48-year-old Atascadero Unified School District teacher on Monday who was allegedly videotaping his female students’ underwear. At the teacher’s home, officers found...
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