Grover Beach Mayor Debbie Peterson has announced that she is running for reelection. Peterson, a real estate broker, served four years as a Grover Beach councilwoman prior to running for mayor. She won the mayoral seat in 2012...
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The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Unit searched two Atascadero residences last week, and arrested a man at each location for possession of heroin and other drugs for sale. Narcotics investigators...
Read MoreCongresswoman Lois Capps is collaborating with several local and state officials to discuss action taking place in response to the May Isla Vista shooting and stabbing rampage that left seven college students dead. Capps is...
Read MoreA man in his 40s lost both of his hands Friday when fireworks exploded prematurely in a San Jose July 4 celebration. [Mercury News] San Jose police said that the man was igniting illegal fireworks Friday evening as family...
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San Luis Obispo County’s 18-person, one-block town has a new pair of owners. [Tribune] Escrow closed on the entire town of Harmony on June 20. San Luis Obispo and Texas residents Alan and Rebecca...
Read MoreEmergency responders airlifted a Morro Bay man to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after he crashed his motorcycle into the back of a car in Northern Santa Barbara County. [KSBY] Steven York, 51, ran a stop sign in Santa Ynez around...
Read MoreThe Pismo Beach City Council voted Tuesday to place a renewal of the city’s half-cent sales tax on the November ballot. [KEYT] Pismo Beach voters initially approved of the half-cent tax in 2008, and it is set to expire at the...
Read MorePaso Robles Mayor Duane Picanco has opted not to seek reelection this November but rather to make a run for a city council seat. [KSBY] Picanco has served five terms as the mayor of Paso Robles. He has served a total of 24 years...
Read MoreThe carcass of a 35-foot humpback whale is lying on the beach at Montan de Oro State Park. [KEYT] The whale beached on Friday and has been lying there since. Scientists performed a necropsy and determined that the whale has been...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to place a renewal of Measure Y, the city’s half-cent sales tax, on the November ballot. A simple majority vote on November 4 would extend the sales tax for...
Read MoreSanta Maria police arrested a woman for attempted murder Monday evening after she stabbed another woman several times for no apparent reason. [KSBY] Felicia Ann Donaldson, 28, is accused of stabbing the victim multiple times on...
Read MoreRocks have flown through windows of the Templeton Market and Deli twice in the past three months. Around 1:35 a.m. on March 30, a vandal threw a rock through windows on the south side of the market Last week, a vandal again...
Read MorePismo Beach city staffers are recommending a 12-year extension of the city’s half-cent sales tax. In 2008, Pismo Beach voters approved a half-cent sales tax, which is set to expire at the end of next March. On Tuesday, the Pismo...
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An 11-year-old Morro Bay boy died Friday evening after drowning in a lagoon at a private party near San Miguel. Michael Derick Gallegos had been swimming with other children at Star Farms, located...
Read MoreThe San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has agreed to return the skull of murder victim Dystiny Myers to the family of the deceased runaway teen. In March, Myers’ family sued the county over the district attorney’s...
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