Lacey Fowler seeking release from jail
Former Cuesta College human resources analyst Lacey Fowler, who has been arrested four times in a span of less than two months, asked a San Luis Obispo judge to release her from jail. Judge Michael...
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Cambria siblings killed in crash, driver was victim’s boyfriend
A 20-year-old woman and her 11-year-old brother died in a crash Tuesday afternoon in which the woman’s longterm boyfriend plunged a pickup more than 200 feet off a cliff adjacent to Highway 46 West....
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Video of California officers shooting unarmed man released
A federal judge has ordered the release of a police video that shows three Southern California officers opening fire on and killing an unarmed 35-year-old man who was mistakenly suspected of...
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Men’s Colony inmates lacking religious life, grand jury says
A San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury report released Tuesday states one major issue exists at the California Men’s Colony: religious life has been placed on the “back burner.” Grand jury members...
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Cambria woman and boy killed in crash
A boy and a 20-year-old woman, both residents of Cambria, died Tuesday afternoon when a pickup truck plunged 300 feet off a cliff adjacent to Highway 46 West. [KSBY] The crash occurred eight miles...
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Syphilis on the rise in California women and babies
Syphilis cases in California women more than doubled, and reports of the disease in newborns have more than tripled in the state over the last two years. [LA Times] The number of early reported...
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Disabled child spends school day abandoned on the bus
A driver for the Goleta school district left a 4-year-old boy with brain damage sitting on a parked school bus for four hours last week. [KCOY] On the morning of July 6, the driver was transporting...
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Ex-Paso Robles teacher sentenced in sex with students case
Former Paso Robles High School teacher Jeremy Monn, who had sexual relationships with students both in North County and the Central Valley, received a six-year, four-month prison sentence on...
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Sex offender caught growing pot in San Miguel
Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a registered sex offender who was allegedly using stolen electricity to power a 1,500-plant marijuana growing operation in San Miguel. [KRON 4] Douglas...
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Cal Poly student killed by DUI suspect
A 19-year-old Cal Poly student died early Saturday morning after being hit by an alleged drunk driver in Northern California. [KSBY] Dave Go was in Hayward, his hometown, for summer break. Go was a...
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Marijuana grow caused Deer Fire
An illegal marijuana grow caused the Deer Fire that burned 150 acres southwest of Lake Nacimiento over the weekend, according to Cal Fire. The fire was 75 percent contained, as of Sunday morning,...
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Fire sparks at Vandenberg Air Force Base
A fire that broke out at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday burned about 7.25 acres. [KEYT] Fire crews responded to the blaze at Santa Lucia Canyon Road and Highway 1 shortly before 12:30 p.m....
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NRC hears legal challenges to Diablo Canyon license renewal
CORRECTION: PG&E paused attempts to extend its license in 2011 and has not determined how the company will proceed as they consider feedback on seismic research, according to PG&E spokesman...
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Senators say California must dump Donald Trump
Ten state senators all calling on state-run enterprises, private businesses and individuals in California to stop investing money with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, whom they...
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Cal Poly student dies in stairwell collapse
A 26-year-old Cal Poly graduate student died in a staircase collapse at a Folsom apartment complex last week. Shaun Xiang “Chris” Yuan was a master’s student in the College of Agriculture, Food and...
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