Supporters of a University of California Santa Barbara associate professor of feminist studies contend her pregnancy and a legacy of slavery drove her to accost a teen and steal the young woman’s protest sign. [FOX] On March 4,...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County is in the top 10 least affordable places to live in the United States, according to a study conducted by the National Association of Home Builders. Of the 277 metro housing markets evaluated in the study,...
Read MoreGuadalupe mayor Frances Romero announced plans Tuesday to ask the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury to investigate the city’s past financial mismanagement and accounting practices. “As a citizen of Guadalupe that is also its...
Read MoreOPINION By RICHARD SCHMIDT In the early 2000s, San Luis Obispo’s management decided it wanted more money. It would come from a locally-imposed tax. They had no grand vision for what they’d do with the money, nothing like, say,...
Read MoreThe son of former Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado was a passenger in a truck that struck and killed a cyclist on Foxen Canyon Road in Santa Maria on Saturday. [KCOY] A 16-year-old driver and Nicolas Maldonado, 18, were in the truck...
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After two babies died within days of each other, Bakersfield police opened an investigation. [Californian] On Sunday, 2-month-old Sotero Isaiah Lopez of Arroyo Grande was discovered not breathing at...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN Morro Bay selected a new city manager the same day the applicant agreed to a settlement from a city that decided it did not want to hire him. The Morro Bay City Council unanimously selected retiring U.S. Army...
Read MoreTwo days after San Luis Obispo police arrested five university football players for allegedly robbing a fraternity house near campus, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong announced plans to mount an investigate drug use within...
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After a Goleta man murdered his parents and two sons Monday night, he told a dispatcher it was his “destiny.” Nicolas Holzer, 45, had been unemployed for years. For the past seven years, he had...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN The family of a KSBY sales manager who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Shell Beach is seeking $22 million in damages. On Nov. 19, 2011, Tricia Rittger parked in a lot across...
Read MoreUPDATE: Santa Barbara County Sheriff deputies arrested a 46-year-old man who is suspected of murdering four people and a dog in Goleta. The victims died from multiple stab wounds. A press conference planned for Tuesday morning...
Read MoreSince the beginning of July, California Central coastal waters have been up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average, leading to an unusual array of aquatic life spotted in the area. [LA Times] The upper ocean waters within...
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Four people, including three inmates, were injured in a three car crash in Santa Maria on Monday. Shortly before 10 a.m., a woman driving a truck ran a red light at Miller Street and hit a Santa...
Read MoreA San Luis Obispo man lost his life in a motorcycle accident in Templeton on Sunday afternoon. [KSBY] Dusty Warren Davis was riding his Suzuki motorcycle on Creston Road when he lost control at the intersection of Neal Springs...
Read MoreA woman was seriously injured when she fell 50 feet off a cliff at Pirate’s Cove on Saturday. Shortly after 8 p.m., multiple witnesses said they saw the woman walk alone up to the edge of the cliff and then fall. It is not yet...
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