Santa Maria man shot, stabbed, killed
Santa Maria police are investigating the violent murder of a man who was found with gunshot and stabs wounds early Saturday morning. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 1 a.m., dispatchers sent...
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Woman dies after jumping of Atascadero overpass
The woman who jumped off a Highway 101 overpass in Atascadero on Wednesday morning died at the hospital from her injuries. [Cal Coast Times] At about 10:30 a.m., the woman parked her Ford Mustang on the overpass and jumped onto...
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Inmate gets 12 years in prison for attacking SLO County Jail guard
A Nipomo man was sentenced Thursday to 12-years in prison for assaulting a San Luis Obispo County Jail correctional deputy earlier this year, an incident that left the guard with a broken nose and...
Read MoreWoman leaps off overpass onto Highway 101 in Atascadero
A woman driving a Ford Mustang parked her car on an Atascadero overpass Wednesday morning, then jumped onto Highway 101. [Cal Coast Times] The woman survived the fall from the overpass on Curbaril Avenue and was not struck by a...
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Did Walmart stall Paso Robles police investigation?
In the aftermath of the arrest of an alleged serial burglar and auto thief in Paso Robles, a man whose wallet and credit cards were stolen is accusing Walmart of having slowed down the...
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Waste chief Bill Worrell, targeted in probe, splits IWMA
San Luis Obispo County waste management agency’s board of directors met Wednesday to discuss manager Bill Worrell’s request for an early retirement, only to learn Worrell is already gone. His sudden...
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Congalton files lawsuit against driver who struck him
KVEC radio talk show host Dave Congalton has filed a lawsuit against the driver who crashed into him while he was walking in San Luis Obispo two months ago. [Cal Coast Times] On June 30, Congalton...
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Police arrest six people at Morro Bay drug house
One Morro Bay resident is in jail on a charge of maintaining a drug house, while five other individuals located at the home on Tuesday are facing a host of drug charges. [Cal Coast News] At about 7...
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Man found dead after being hit by train in SLO
A man who was said to be lying on the railroad tracks was struck and possibly killed by a train in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday. [Cal Coast Times] At about 10:25 a.m., a train struck a white man in...
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SLO resident assaults and robs man of laptop and backpack
A San Luis Obispo man got into a fight with another male on Tuesday and allegedly stole the individual’s backpack and laptop before getting caught by police. [Cal Coast Times] At about 6:50 p.m., an...
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California implementing no cash bail system
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a controversial bill that will eliminate the state’s existing money bail system and replace it with one in which defendants’ custody is determined...
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Atascadero sex offender allegedly sodomized a child
A convicted sex offender who lives in Atascadero is facing fresh sexual abuse allegations, which include a charge of sodomizing a child under the age of 10. [Cal Coast Times] Fred Raymond Knight II,...
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Gov. Jerry Brown invites Heidi Harmon to Global Climate Action Summit
California Gov. Jerry Brown has invited San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon to the Global Climate Action Summit, an event that will take place next month in San Francisco and aims to “decarbonize the...
Read More Haste makes waste: SLO County board will fix Brown Act violation
The San Luis Obispo County Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) board will reconsider on Aug. 29 its recent decision to allow its embattled administrator to retire amid criminal...
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Suspect stabs woman in Santa Maria motel
An unidentified man stabbed a woman at a Santa Maria motel early Tuesday morning. [Cal Coast Times] The woman survived the stabbing which occurred at about 2:30 a.m. at the Colonial Motel at 1866...
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