Santa Barbara County Jail officials mistakenly released an inmate from custody on Friday. The sheriff’s office is asking the public for help in locating 24-year-old Eduardo Guzman Gonzalez. The former inmate was released from...
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San Luis Obispo police arrested a 27-year-old woman who allegedly crashed into a bicyclist and then left the scene on Wednesday. At about 11:15 a.m., Dina Yassin of San Luis Obispo crashed into...
Read MoreA storm system over the central Pacific will send waves of up to 19 feet to the Central Coast Thursday night, peaking Friday afternoon. [LATimes] From Thursday at 6 p.m. until Sunday afternoon, a high surf advisory issued by the...
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OPINION By MATT KOKKONEN “If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance, period. If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, period.” Obama was selling Obamacare to us and advocating...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District Executive Director Larry Allen fired back at Forbes Magazine columnist Steven Hayward Wednesday claiming none of the information in his “attack...
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A Cal Poly student was killed in a car crash in Santa Maria last weekend. Sometime Friday night, William Rogers, 24, was traveling up a hill near Clark Avenue and Dominion Road before he crashed...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE Battling back against a storm of negative publicity following a Forbes Magazine commentary, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill has demanded a retraction from the national publication. Hill accuses Forbes...
Read MoreThe Paso Robles City Council will consider imposing a temporary moratorium on private water well drilling on Tuesday. Because of low rainfall and increased demands, the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin water levels have been...
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In a Forbes Magazine article about relentless government bureaucracy, San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution District salaries and Supervisor Adam Hill are used as examples. “Today, local governments...
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By JOSH FRIEDMAN Some part-time city council members and mayors in San Luis Obispo County earn high compensation rates for the hours they work. The top earners among council members in the county...
Read MoreThe San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s dive team is contemplating abandoning the search for a missing plane that went down off the coast of Oceano last Tuesday with two people aboard. For the past six days, the department utilized...
Read MoreSierra Vista Regional Medical Center and an affiliated surgeon will battle against allegations of medical malpractice, fraud and conspiracy in a case headed to court later this month. [PacificCoastBusinessTimes] In the lawsuit,...
Read MoreThe plane that crashed off the coast of Oceano Tuesday left the Santa Maria airport at about 1:30 p.m. with two people aboard. On Friday, the FAA confirmed two people were killed in the crash. David Casey, 63, of Friday Harbor,...
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By KAREN VELIE For the fifth time, former North County developer Kelly Gearhart’s fraud trial and Hurst Financial president James Miller’s sentencing hearing have been delayed. A federal judge...
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Gov. Jerry Brown is slated to declare a drought emergency today which could lead to the reallocation of water from seasonal crops to permanent crops. [CNBC] Brown’s declaration means that crops such...
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