Following the release of documents that shows South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District legal counsel recommended legal actions that benefited his firm while costing ratepayers, the board...
Read MoreSanta Maria police are looking for a man who stole a car and then attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl early Saturday morning. Shortly before 7 a.m., the teen was waiting in a car while a relative dropped several children off at...
Read MoreCal Poly officials notified students and staff Wednesday that an employee has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Campus health sent the following notification to the Cal Poly campus community: University medical staff...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE Confidential documents obtained by CalCoastNews reveal a long-term plan by South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District officials to delay fines and findings of mismanagement by mounting a legal battle against...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Jail inmate numbers in San Luis Obispo County have dropped by more than 25 percent since last year following initial implementation of Prop. 47, but San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian...
Read MoreMembers of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association packed a school board meeting Tuesday night as they rallied for an increase in pay. Many of the teachers held signs noting the show of force was a ‘dress rehearsal.” After...
Read MoreOPINION By GARY KIRKLAND On Wednesday, the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) will meet to figure out how to extort more money from businesses and take away more of our freedoms all in the name of...
Read MoreCalCoastNews incorrectly listed punishments implemented following an investigation into the removal of a document from a California Men’s Colony (CMC) prisoner’s file in a Jan. 9 article. In the summer of 2012, an inmate...
Read MoreA state appeals court has ordered a new trial against the Bakersfield police in the case of a man who an officer mistakenly determined was drunk when he was undergoing a medical emergency. A Grover Beach woman has made similar...
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A knife fight in front of an Isla Vista fraternity house on Saturday has left one UCSB student in jail and another in the hospital. At about 2:45 a.m., a UC Santa Barbara police officer observed a...
Read MoreA Nipomo man was seriously injured Thursday afternoon after he attempted to confront a man who threw beer on his car. At about 5 p.m., a man standing on the 200 block of South Oakglen Avenue in Nipomo tossed beer on the victim’s...
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Ventura police arrested a 37-year-old man Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient at a Central Coast psychiatric hospital. [CBS] Police booked Juan Pablo Valencia into the Ventura...
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Deputies arrested a Santa Margarita man Thursday for distributing child pornography depicting prepubescent children engaged in sexual acts. At about 6:30 p.m., San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s...
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Paso Robles police arrested a 51-year-old man after discovering photos and videos of child porn on his computers, some of which they say he created. After receiving a tip, police served a search...
Read MoreOPINION By RICHARD HARRISON I, Richard Harrison, am submitting my resignation from the San Miguel Community Services District Board of Directors, effective immediately. I regretfully take this action due to not being able to...
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