Fire burns SLO home
A San Luis Obispo couple is in search of a home following a fire that erupted in their house Sunday morning. The fire broke out in the garage at 514 Patricia Drive around 7:40 a.m. Sunday. The...
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Teen who fell off Pirate’s Cove cliff identified
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified an 18-year-old man who died in a fall at Pirates Cove on Friday as Santa Maria resident Jose Rodriguez Gallardo. Gallardo fell off a cliff and into the water around 2:10...
Read MoreMan shot and killed near Paso Robles
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a shooting death that occurred in unincorporated Paso Robles late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired at a...
Read MoreHas fire season hit the Central Coast?
Three fires broke out on the Central Coast Thursday amid a stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures. [KEYT] An apartment fire in Santa Maria displaced 40 residents and injured three people, while a riverbed blaze in Ventura...
Read MoreCalifornia embraces Common Core testing
The state of California is abandoning its school ranking system in favor of a scoring method that will align with Common Core standards. [OC Register] California has been implementing the Common Core State Standards Initiative...
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SLO County criminology 101
In a court of law, what constitutes robbery or conspiracy or a hate crime? To help reporters accurately cover criminal court, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has sent media a...
Read MoreCal Poly again probing alleged sexual assault at frat house
Cal Poly officials are again investigating an alleged sexual assault that reportedly occurred during a fraternity Halloween party last year. [KSBY] The incident occurred at home occupied by members of the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE)...
Read MoreFormer Morro Bay cold case can go to trial
A San Luis Obispo judge has overruled a colleague in a once-cold Morro Bay murder case, determining Wednesday that the prosecution has a case worthy of trial. [Tribune] Nipomo resident James Lypps, 64, has been arrested for...
Read MoreLucia Mar preparing for teacher strike
The Lucia Mar Unified School District has hired a consultant to help administrators prepare for the possibility of a teacher strike. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers Association are currently in a contract dispute....
Read MoreCamp Hapitok is back
A week after canceling the 2015 edition of Camp Hapitok amid a dispute with county officials, organizers have announced that the sleep-away program for youth with speech disorders will take place this summer. Last week, Friends...
Read MoreAtascadero man ruled sane at time of murder
The insanity defense did not succeed in the murder trial of an Atascadero man who shot and killed his neighbor. On Tuesday afternoon, a San Luis Obispo jury ruled that Mark Andrews, 51, was sane when he killed Colleen...
Read MorePismo Beach police hit with racial discrimination suit
Grover Beach resident Rayvell Snowden Jr. is suing the Pismo Beach Police Department in federal court, alleging officers racially discriminated against him in a 2012 burglary case. Officers arrested Snowden, a 44-year-old...
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Is ISIS targeting the SLO marathon?
The black and white flag of ISIS made a prominent appearance on the San Luis Obispo Marathon website over the weekend. [KSBY] Slomarathon.com was one of several U.S. websites hacked by someone...
Read MoreSLO’s sex offender on Craigslist dodges prison stint
A registered sex offender who used Craigslist to solicit sex with underage women in San Luis Obispo received a six-month jail sentence after accepting a plea deal on Monday. Robert George Roe, 55, pleaded no contest to a single...
Read MoreMarx calls for rooftop party ban
San Luis Obispo Mayor Jan Marx is calling for a city ban on rooftop parties, following a weekend incident in which a garage roof collapsed at an early St. Patrick’s Day party. [Tribune] At 6:21 a.m. Saturday, between 30 and 40...
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