San Luis Obispo firefighters extinguished a fire Sunday at a student housing complex near Cal Poly. The “suspicious” fire started on top of a mattress in a vacant, locked bedroom at Stenner Glen apartments, the San Luis Obispo...
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations is advertising Jihad on the sides of San Francisco buses. [Huffington Post] CAIR is attempting to reclaim the meaning of the controversial term in its My...
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The San Diego police captain slated to become Paso Robles’ next police chief has withdrawn his candidacy for the position. Manny Guaderrama, a 29-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department, was...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County Supervisor-elect Debbie Arnold has appointed her representative on the Planning Commission and her legislative aide. [Tribune] Arnold, who will be sworn in on January 7, named North County real estate...
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Police arrested a naked man in San Jose carrying a samurai-like sword and a loaded assault rifle on New Year’s Day. [Mercury News] “This could have gone really bad,” San Jose police spokesman told...
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The Cal Poly rose float won the Bob Hope Humor Trophy Tuesday for the most comical entry into the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade. [KCOY] Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Pamona’s joint effort float,...
Read MoreCalifornians began 2012 with the news that they could no longer purchase the delicacy of shark fin soup, and six months later they had to give up foie gras. Governor Jerry Brown signed nearly 900 bills into law in 2012,...
Read MoreCalifornia will not return money directly to nonprofits that provided funding for state parks threatened by budget cuts without knowledge of a $54 million agency surplus. [Sacramento Bee] AB 1478, signed into law by Governor...
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A lightning bolt struck a Delta Air Lines plane just before it landed at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday morning. [LA Times] Flight 284 had nearly completed a 10-hour, 15-minute journey...
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Governor Jerry Brown appointed U.S. Magistrate Rita Coyne Federman a San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Thursday. Federman, 50, has served on the U.S. District Court’s central district of...
Read MoreA man sought by California parole officers led Paso Robles police on a chase Wednesday afternoon that ended in his arrest. Police attempted to arrest Gabriel Garcia, 40, near the corner of Capitol Hill Drive and Creston Road...
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On the morning of Christmas Eve, vandals broke into Santa’s House in the San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza and disfigured the interior. [KSBY] The small red and white house had a broken door, a...
Read MoreCalifornia Highway Patrol division chief Jeff Talbott retired last year making $483,581 in salary and benefits. [Bloomberg] Talbott, 53, retired as the highest paid officer in the 12 most-populous U.S. states, according to a...
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The San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office identified the body of a man found deceased in a riverbed in the San Miguel area as 54-year-old Clifton Bruce Roberts of San Miguel. The sheriff’s office...
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A driver crashed into the building of Laurel Lane Liquors Thursday morning in San Luis Obispo, destroying many wine bottles. [Tribune] The driver allegedly ran a stop sign on Augusta Street at...
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