The mother of a toddler killed in a recent car crash is suing a Cambria smoke shop over the synthetic drug spice that it allegedly sold to the driver of the vehicle. [Tribune] On Oct. 25, Tanner Noah Mengore crashed his SUV on...
Read MoreMultiple vehicles struck and killed a 50-year-old Lompoc man who was walking on highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. [KSBY] The collision occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the northbound lane of the highway by the Santa...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for a gunman who shot a man in San Miguel on Friday. The adult male victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the leg around 2:30 p.m. The shooting occurred at a mobile...
Read MoreTwo days after San Luis Obispo police arrested a 55-year-old sex offender for soliciting sex with a minor, the county district attorney’s office filed charges against the man. On Wednesday, police found Robert George Roe naked...
Read MoreA coalition of health groups and California lawmakers is proposing an initiative to raise the state tobacco tax by $2 a pack. [LA Times] Democratic Senator Richard Pan has introduced a bill that would send the initiative to...
Read MoreThe Cuesta College Board of Trustees has unanimously rejected a proposed agreement that would have forced contractors to hire union workers or to pay extra for the use on non-union labor to construct campus renovation projects....
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A 33-year-old Orcutt man is accused of hosting parties for and having sex with underage girls. [KEYT] Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Matthew Zigan at his home last Friday....
Read MorePsychologists disagree over whether an Atascadero man was legally sane when he killed his neighbor. [KSBY] Last week, a San Luis Obispo County jury found Mark Andrews, 51, guilty of first degree murder. Andrews shot and killed...
Read MoreA group of Nipomo Mesa residents upset over air pollution have brought forward a lawsuit against the state and county that is worthy of trial, a local judge has ruled. The Mesa Community Alliance is suing California State Parks...
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A summer camp for Central Coast children with speech and language disorders has cancelled its 45th year of operation, following a dispute with the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education over a...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson has unveiled his 27-foot Defender Class boat that will allow sheriff’s personnel to step up their battle against drug smugglers frequenting local shores. Parkinson showed off the...
Read MoreTwo weeks after unanimously voting in favor of banning medical marijuana delivery services, The Pismo Beach City Council abandoned its plan to enact the ban. On Feb. 17, the council voted 5-0 in favor of the ban without debating...
Read MoreThe San Luis Obispo City Council has unanimously endorsed a proposal to ban the use of e-cigarettes in most public places. [Tribune] On a 5-0 vote, the council passed the first reading of an ordinance that calls for extending...
Read MoreThe parents of three murdered college students are suing Santa Barbara County and it sheriff’s office, as well as an Isla Vista apartment complex and its parent company, alleging that they hold partial responsibility for the...
Read MoreA person died Monday evening after driving a vehicle off a cliff just north of Ragged Point. [KSBY] The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m., according to the CHP. Only one vehicle was involved in the accident. A helicopter and...
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