Thieves snatched a solar panel that lights up the Los Osos bear statue and vandals recently shut off an electric message board near the entrance to town. [Tribune] San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have not caught any...
Read MoreA Santa Barbara man suffered a non-fatal blow from an Amtrak train in Santa Barbara on Sunday afternoon in an incident that authorities are investigating as a possible attempted suicide. Witnesses said that the man was standing...
Read MoreNon-taxpaying illegal immigrants will be eligible to receive tax refunds once they receive Social Security numbers, the IRS chief told Congress last week. [Washington Times] As many as 4 million illegal immigrants may now...
Read MoreA pair of strangers embarked on a sexual escapade in Southern California last week that provided a live sex show to teenage shoppers. [ABC 10] A 20-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman met on a trolley and did not even know each...
Read MoreA 1-year-old child came away uninjured from a fire caused by a hash oil lab explosion in an Atascadero home. The toddler is now in the custody of San Luis Obispo County Child Welfare Services, and the child’s father is in San...
Read MoreA group of cancer patients and doctors are suing the state of California, demanding that terminally ill people be allowed to obtain prescription drugs that will speed up their death if they find their suffering unbearable. [LA...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will choose whether or not to let two Santa Margarita residents construct a rock quarry on the outskirts of their town. Project applicants Mike Cole and Steve...
Read MoreThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a violation, but no fine, to Pacific Gas & Electric for maintaining a faulty warning system for a potential radioactive emergency at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. In 2005, PG&E...
Read MoreA naked man with a pit bull led police on a half-mile foot chase Wednesday morning. Around 9:30 a.m., Pismo Beach officers responded to a report of a possibly suicidal man in the 300 block of Foothill Road, according to a police...
Read MoreA 57-year-old Atascadero woman survived a crash that sent her truck plunging down a cliff near Ragged Point, and then spent three days on the hillside before climbing to safety. [KSBY] The crash happened late Saturday afternoon...
Read MoreLongtime Paso Robles City Manager Jim App has announced that he will retire at the end of the year. App has worked as city manager for 18 years and has been a Paso Robles employee for 25 years. He announced in a press release...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN A week after San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Frank Mecham removed his fellow board member Adam Hill from a leadership position, Hill lashed out at Mecham during a discussion on water use regulations. Despite...
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A Santa Barbara candy shop owner delivered a surprise at a council meeting on Tuesday, but he did not gift city officials with any sweets. [KEYT] John Webby, the owner of Webby’s Candy Company, used...
Read MoreA passerby found an Atascadero woman on top of a 150-bluff near Ragged Point, where she is believed to have driven her truck off the road three days prior. [Tribune] Debra Lopez had been missing since Saturday, according to the...
Read MoreSanta Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives are searching for kidnappers who are believed to have abducted an Isla Vista woman and stolen cash that they forced her to withdraw. [KEYT] The woman is unharmed, according to sheriff’s...
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