In connection with Atheists United San Luis Obispo, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes separation of church and state, sued Pismo Beach last week over its use of a city chaplain....
Read MoreThe Cal Poly College Republicans are petitioning to reverse a California State University system policy that mandates open enrollment in campus clubs. [Mustang News] In 2011, former CSU Chancellor Charles Reed issued Executive...
Read MoreThe Shandon Joint Unified School District is paying the salaries of two superintendents while operating with a budget deficit because of the recent termination of its top employee. [Tribune] Last month, the Shandon school board...
Read MoreA fire in a Cal Poly dormitory left 10 students without housing Sunday evening. [KSBY] Around 4 p.m. Sunday, a mattress in a Sequoia Hall bedroom caught on fire, forcing residents to evacuate the building. The mattress caught on...
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A man opened fire inside a Los Angeles International Airport terminal Friday morning, killing a TSA agent and injuring other people. The gunman shot his way through a security checkpoint around 9:20...
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California Democratic State Senator Ronald Calderon accepted bribes from a Southern California hospital executive running a workers’ compensation scheme, as well as from undercover FBI agents posing...
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The Morro Bay City Council placed City Attorney Rob Schultz on administrative leave during a special closed session meeting Thursday. [Tribune] The council has been discussing firing Schultz since...
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Burglars rammed a San Luis Obispo coin shop with a U-Haul truck early Wednesday morning before looting the store. Around 5 a.m. Wednesday, San Luis Obispo police officers responded to the report of...
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Travelers can now pay the U.S. Transportation Security Administration $85 and avoid the hassle of taking off shoes and jackets and removing laptops from cases at airports. [KCOY] The TSA Pre-Check...
Read MoreAtascadero police arrested two Monterey County men Tuesday for a carjacking at knifepoint that occurred Sunday in Paso Robles. One of the suspects is also accused of robbing an Atascadero liquor store. Around 7:30 p.m. Monday, a...
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By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson planted 500 new citrus trees on his rural Cayucos property several months ago while pushing to impose tough water...
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An extension cord-induced fire burned a mobile home in San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening. The overloading of power strips inside a trailer on a property at the corner of Orcutt Road and Johnson Avenue...
Read MoreThe Morro Bay City Council is hiring a string of lawyers to temporarily fill the void of outgoing City Attorney Rob Schultz. [Tribune] The council is currently in the process of firing Schultz, although it has not provided a...
Read MoreGovernor Jerry Brown joined the governors of Oregon and Washington and the premier of British Columbia Monday to sign a West Coast pact on fighting climate change. [Mercury News] The Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and...
Read MoreA man who falsely claimed to be an audiologist pleaded no contest Monday to felony charges of grand theft and insurance fraud. [KSBY] Aaron Marquis, 46, faces up to a year in jail and five years probation. His wife and office...
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