By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers arrested a suspect who allegedly tried to discard a ghost gun that he was carrying on Friday night. Shortly after 11 p.m., Gang Suppression Team officers...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A battery fire in the detached garage of a San Luis Obispo home left one person hospitalized on Friday. Shortly before 10 a.m., a caller reported the fire burning in the 400 block...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Paso Robles woman lost more than $10,000 as a result of a phone scam that involved using the Uber app to transfer cash. However, Paso Robles police quickly recovered the money and...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Lompoc man who set his father on fire is facing life in prison after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and found that he was legally sane at the time of the crime. The...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Atascadero police are asking the public for help identifying a person of interest in a recent vandalism case. The vandalism occurred in the 6400 block of El Camino Real during the...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who managed to evade capture Tuesday evening after striking a patrol vehicle with his car in Goleta, then fleeing by...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $10.3 million contract to build a new sheriff’s substation in Nipomo. In total, the project has an estimated of...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A head-on crash Sunday night on Highway 166 in either southeastern San Luis Obispo County or northeastern Santa Barbara County left the drivers of both cars hospitalized. Shortly...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County judge on Friday sentenced a 57-year-old man to life in prison without the possibility of parole over the murder of a 30-year-old woman in Santa Maria in 1988....
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN An 88-year-old Arroyo Grande man died Thursday morning after being struck by a vehicle in a Pismo Beach parking lot. Shortly after 10 a.m., a witness reported a collision involving...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A star high school football player who had committed to play at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo died earlier this month in Orange County, apparently by suicide. [Sports Illustrated] Ryder...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire broke out inside an apartment at the Paso Robles ECHO shelter on Thursday evening. Shortly before 8 p.m., a fire alarm sounded at the ECHO shelter. Initially, Paso Robles...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A male suspect who allegedly secretly recorded nearly 50 women nude or partially nude inside the tanning and red-light therapy rooms of an Arroyo Grande gym. On Dec. 29, 2025,...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A woman died, and a three-year-old child was hospitalized following a crash on Highway 166 east of Santa Maria on Tuesday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., a caller reported a crash...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN WASHINGTON —  Donations from California tech billionaires have accounted for the majority of funding the influential Bilderberg group has received from American donors in recent...
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