By JOSH FRIEDMAN A pair of separate incidents Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning led two arrests and Santa Maria police seizing firearms. First, officers contacted suspects during what...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police made a trio of arrests between Friday evening and Saturday evening over separate incidents involving a suspect armed with a knife, a burglary and a robbery....
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A delivery truck slammed into a tree in downtown San Luis Obispo on Monday morning. The driver of the truck tried to move out of the way of oncoming traffic but hit a tree on Osos...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo has again expanded the days it is doubling fines for rowdy parties and alcohol offenses associated with Saint Fratty’s Day. SLO’s safety enhancement zone...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters extinguished a blaze Monday evening in Atascadero that burned a pair of outbuildings and part of a large workshop. Shortly before 7 p.m., a caller reported a fire...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, along with her LLC, has collected a combined $3.7 million over the last decade from a nonprofit activist organization she founded....
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police officers arrested both the driver and a passenger of a vehicle that crashed off Madonna Road in San Luis Obispo late Saturday night. A Toyota RAV4 crashed and came to a rest...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Morro Bay police officers caught a pair of alleged drug dealers on Friday with fentanyl and methamphetamine in their vehicle. At noon, Morro Bay officers conducted a traffic stop on...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Cal Poly instructor has pleaded not guilty to contacting and arranging a meeting with a minor for sexual purposes. Last month, during an investigation into the sexual exploitation...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver crashed into a liquor store in Paso Robles Thursday morning and then fled the scene. Shortly before 8 a.m., a 9-1-1 caller reported a had driver hit and damaged a wall at...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Santa Maria gang member to 50 years to life in prison for murder. On May 16, 2021, at about 2 a.m., Alfredo Alaniz shot and...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters extinguished a fire that partially burned a fifth-wheel trailer at a residence in Oceano on Wednesday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., a 9-1-1 caller reported a fire...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police are investigating a pair of shootings that took place in the northern Santa Barbara County city on Tuesday. Shortly before 1 p.m. a Santa Maria Police Department...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The pursuit of a wanted felon led to a brief lockdown of Grover Beach Elementary School on Tuesday. Shortly before noon, Grover Beach officers pulled over a felon wanted by the...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Highway Patrol has identified the pedestrian struck and killed by a San Luis Obispo County Animal Services vehicle last week as 18-year-old Brooklyn Gutierrez. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Feb. 25, the...
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