OPINION by ANNIE BRAFF In youth sports, the scoreboard looms large over every game, its numbers seeming to define success or failure. But for truly exceptional coaches, victories are not tallied in...
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By KAREN VELIE Firefighters were dispatched to Flamson Junior High School on Friday morning for what ended up being smoke, but no fire. Shortly before 9:20 a.m., a caller reported a fire at the...
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By KAREN VELIE A fire is raging at the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing leading to evacuations and school and road closures in the area. Shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, the fire...
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By KAREN VELIE The 32-year-old man accused earlier this week of kidnapping and sexually assaulting young women while posing as a rideshare driver works as a custodian for university housing at Cal...
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By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Jail and the Justice Department reached an agreement on Thursday, requiring improvements and a monitor to resolve the DOJ’s findings at the jail that...
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By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying two women suspected of stealing another woman’s wallet from a store on Tuesday. The women...
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By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole phones and wallets from a gym on Tuesday. Both woman were...
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By KAREN VELIE A rural Pismo Beach couple agreed this week to pay a $165,000 fine for grading that damaged the habitat of a protected flower. District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that his...
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By KAREN VELIE Less than two years after Charlies Grace settled a lawsuit with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office for illegal business practices and false advertising, Cambria...
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By KAREN VELIE Firefighters quickly extinguished a car fire at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Thursday morning. A crew from the San Luis Obispo Fire Department put out the burning vehicle before it...
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By ANNIE BRAFF Grover Beach Police arrested a Pismo Beach man today when he allegedly attempted to meet with a minor for sex, prompting an online safety warning. Police took Mark David Pinson into...
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By ANNIE BRAFF A fire destroyed a recreational vehicle in rural Paso Robles on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., a caller reported a fire burning at 4070 Whispering Oak Way near Jardine...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE A driver fell asleep and crashed on Highway 46 near Shandon on Friday morning, according to the CHP. Headed eastbound on Highway 46, the Central Valley driver fell asleep during a long-distance commute. The silver...
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By KAREN VELIE A drunk driver who hit two cars in San Luis Obispo on Friday morning is now in jail, according to police. At 8:20 a.m., the driver hit two parked cars on Mission Street before rolling...
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By KAREN VELIE A car hit and killed a 78-year-old man in Goleta on Christmas Eve. Shortly after 7 p.m., a vehicle hit two people walking in the intersection of Hollister Avenue and Magnolia Drive in...
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