Friends perform CPR, help save man in SLO
A man collapsed and stopped breathing in San Luis Obispo Monday afternoon, but friends of the victim performed CPR and helped resuscitate him. The victim, who is unidentified due to HIPAA rules,...
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SLO council minority halts progress of Grossman development
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council majority failed to muster enough votes Tuesday night to further several large housing projects, including one belonging to a politically connected developer. The city’s general...
Read MoreEnvironmental group sues Cambria CSD over water project
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County environmental group has filed a lawsuit against the Cambria Community Services District, alleging that the district has breached state law in rushing through its approximately $9 million...
Read MoreThird Lompoc police officer arrested this year
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Lompoc police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend on Sunday, marking the third arrest of a member of the Lompoc Police Department this year. [KEYT] Deputies responded...
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Santa Maria man goes on criminal binge in Paso Robles
A Santa Maria man held up an elderly woman at gunpoint, rammed his car into her vehicle and smashed the window of another vehicle, prior to Paso Robles police arresting him Saturday afternoon....
Read MoreFeds using Facebook to catch drug offenders
Facebook is ordering the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to stop using fake profiles on its social media site to conduct investigations. [ABC News] The DEA is currently facing a lawsuit from a New York woman who alleges the...
Read MoreInvestigators considering several scenarios in Margay Edwards death
Investigators are considering several possible causes in the death of Margay Edwards of Los Osos, including the possibility that she was not the victim of a homicide, a Nevada detective said. [KSBY] Nye County Detective Joe...
Read MoreFirefighters rescue hikers from Bishop Peak
Two fire agencies teamed up with an air rescue service to save a couple hikers who lost track of time and their location Saturday evening on Bishop Peak in San Luis Obispo. Around 8 p.m., the San Luis Obispo Fire Department...
Read MoreSouth County landowner chops 100 oak trees
A rural Arroyo Grande landowner has recently cut down approximately 100 oak trees on his property, angering neighbors about the devastation of nature. [New Times] Nick Stephenson the proprietor of Arroyo Grande’s Pro-Tech...
Read MoreSanta Maria robber search leads to arrest of alleged child molester
After serving a search warrant at home as part of an investigation into a series of recent robberies, Santa Maria police arrested a 31-year-old man at the house for having sexually assaulted a minor. [KSBY] Officers arrested...
Read MoreCourt overturns part of conviction in Arroyo Grande cross burning case
A California appellate court has overturned two of the four convictions of a San Simeon man currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement in the 2011 cross-burning incident in Arroyo Grande. [Tribune] In June...
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Sex offender spotted near SLO school, then arrested for parole violation
San Luis Obispo police arrested a registered sex offender Tuesday who was spotted walking in front of an elementary school. But, the arrest had no relation to Robert Anthony Menendez’s presence near...
Read MoreDid Santa Maria police catch serial robbers?
Following a string of 10 reported robberies in two weeks in the Santa Maria area, police have made three arrests in connection with one of the cases. [KSBY] Santa Maria police arrested David Wilkerson, 18, and two juveniles for...
Read MoreSixty-year-old Guadalupe man arrested for raping 6-year-old
Guadalupe police arrested a 60-year-old man Tuesday who is accused of raping a 6-year-old child. [KSBY] Juan Hernandez Lopez, of Guadalupe, is charged with rape, intercourse with a child under 10, lewd or lascivious acts with a...
Read MoreDying Lompoc woman names her killer
As she was dying, a Lompoc woman named the man who is believed to have fatally shot her Monday night. [KEYT] Lompoc police found the woman in the backyard of a home in the 300 block of North Daisy Street, where she was suffering...
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