Morro Bay police are looking for the person or persons responsible for burglarizing three separate businesses in the past two weeks. The burglars have stolen more than $1,000 in cash. The Shirt Shop...
Read MoreDynegy announced plans to retire its 50-year old Morro Bay natural gas-fired power plant in February because the plant is no longer profitable. Company spokeswoman Katy Sullivan said Dynegy was unable to get a long-term power...
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OPINION By BARRY LE BEL During the last year as the Los Osos wastewater project has moved forward, it has become apparent that there is a real problem with the quality of the re-paving throughout...
Read MoreSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies are looking for a man who held up the Rabobank on Main Street in Cambria at gunpoint on Thursday. At about 12:30 p.m., the robber wearing a Halloween mask covering his face and carrying a...
Read MoreSuspects in the stabbing of a Nipomo man led officers on a high-speed chase from Santa Barbara County to Grover Beach Wednesday night. Shortly after midnight Wednesday morning, the Nipomo man entered the Chumash Casino Resort...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The city of San Luis Obispo pays its workers about $100,000 a year on average and boasts a reputation as “the happiest city in America,” yet it struggles to retain employees, particularly high-ranking ones....
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In a case stemming from what is believed to be the largest bribe ever accepted by a public official in an undercover operation, a former member of the Moreno Valley City Council has agreed to plead...
Read MoreDuring the past two months, 15 dead gray whales of the Chukotka-California population have been found washed ashore in Russia. [MoscowTimes] Gray whales typically migrate from the Chukchi Sea, which is bordered by Alaska and...
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Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s arrested a Carpenteria man on Sunday afternoon for allegedly faking a carjacking and driving under the influence. At about 2:30 p.m., Troy Ostboe, 50, called 911...
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By KAREN VELIE A Morro Bay man won his lawsuit to have several “Joe McCarthy era” sections of the California Election Code declared unconstitutional last week, according to a San Luis...
Read MoreOPINION By BILL PEIRCE Last week Susan Slayton hired an “interim, contract attorney” to replace Rob Schultz. As we had learned, Rob has been put on paid administrative leave and told to finish some projects he’s been working on....
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Marine scientists have discovered a large number of starfish dead or dying along the California Coast from a disease that causes their arms to turn to mush and fall off, according to the University...
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Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty is accused of placing nearly $10 million of investor funds in his personal bank account, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office...
Read MoreAn 18-year-old Arroyo Grande teen is in stable condition after being shot in the arm and stomach on the 3000 block of Spring Street in Paso Robles on Halloween night Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday morning, several people called 911...
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Atascadero officials have filed an appeal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) objecting to a demand that the city return $2.7 million in aid related to the 2003 San Simeon...
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