Officers have identified the woman killed in a car crash on Avila Beach Road Sunday as Denise Snider, of Los Osos. [Tribune] Snider, 44, drove her pickup truck off the road shortly after midnight...
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San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Julie Rodewald announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of her term in January 2015. [Tribune] Rodewald has worked for the county for 33 years and...
Read MoreCalifornia farmers are ripping up grape vines and switching to higher yielding crops to cope with an ongoing drought, according to a report by San Rafael wine broker Ciatti Co. [Mercury News] The report estimates that California...
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San Luis Obispo police arrested two men Monday for stealing firefighting equipment from a fireman’s car. Around 7:48 a.m., police received a report of theft of San Luis Obispo Fire Department...
Read MoreA California appellate court upheld San Francisco’s single-use plastic bag ban in a precedent setting ruling Friday. [SF Gate] After the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the bag ban in February 2012, Save the Plastic...
Read MoreA man robbed a Santa Maria liquor store Sunday night and evaded capture. [KSBY] The robber entered El Ranchero Liquor Store on West Main Street around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday. He showed a gun and demanded money and merchandise from...
Read MoreA fire destroyed a mobile home, as well as a nearby vehicle, in Los Osos Sunday. CAL FIRE received a report of a vegetation fire around 12:54 p.m. Sunday at 1690 Valley View Drive. Firefighters responded and contained the fire...
Read MoreThe San Luis Obispo Police Department has assigned two officers the duty of patrolling the downtown area by bicycle. [KSBY] On Thursday, the police department added two bicycle officers to its downtown patrol, which already...
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The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed Thursday to allow an undocumented immigrant the right to practice law. [LA Times] Chico resident Sergio C. Garica, 36, passed the state bar four years...
Read MoreAtascadero police have released surveillance video of a truck driving through and vandalizing the Faces of Freedom Veterans Memorial on New Year’s Day. Shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, a witness reported that a red Chevrolet...
Read MoreThe California Supreme Court will rule Thursday whether a man living in the U.S. illegally can receive a license to practice law. Undocumented immigrant Sergio Garcia has graduated from law school and passed the state bar exam....
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The Cal Poly float won the Crown City Innovation Trophy at the Rose Parade in Pasadena Wednesday. The float, “Bedtime Buccaneers,” designed by Cal Poly students at San Luis Obispo and Pomona...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN Residents from across California flocked to a Grover Beach City Council meeting Monday night in support of reseating Mayor Debbie Peterson on a regional air pollution control board — something the council,...
Read MoreA program that allows commercial fishermen in Morro Bay to buy and sell fish catch quotas will take effect Wednesday. [KSBY] The “Catch and Share” system of capping the amount of fish that commercial fishermen can catch took...
Read MoreOPINION By JULIE TACKER The Dec. 20 Tribune Brickbat levied at the newly hired Oceano Community Services District General Manager Lonnie Curtis, while completely warranted — missed the target. Plagiarizing another man’s...
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