Firefighters from throughout San Luis Obispo County are among the 4,840 firefighters battling the Rim Fire burning near Yosemite National Park. There are 15 engines and 150 people from San Luis...
Read MoreAn Amtrak train hit a 22-year-old man who was crossing the tracks near U.S. Highway 101 and Five Cities Drive in Pismo Beach on Tuesday. Shortly before 6 p.m., Pismo Beach police officers arrived to find the injured man near the...
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CLARIFICATION: Ted Green is Christine Dietrick’s brother-in-law. By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo city officials provided a job to a key employee’s brother-in-law without...
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John Madonna and a Bakersfield man walked away after the homemade aircraft they were flying crashed into a corn field on Sunday afternoon southwest of Bakersfield. The light aircraft the 56-year-old...
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San Luis Obispo County’s pro bono system of legal services to the poor is more robust than those services in Santa Barbara County. [PacificCoastBusinessTimes] The California State Bar Association...
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A soldier from Santa Maria was one of two men killed Friday during a bombing in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced. Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria and Pvt. Jonathon...
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A California Men’s Colony guard who sold contraband to inmates was sentenced to 30 days in jail for accepting a bribe. Kevin Jon Venema, 50, pled guilty to one count of accepting a bribe. In...
Read MorePolice arrested a woman on Friday they suspect is the Central Coast Bandit, a prolific bandit responsible for six bank robberies since December. At about 5 p.m., a woman who resembled the Central Coast bandit entered the Golden...
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Looking to buy a winery in Paso Robles, a recently launched website not only lists wineries for sale, but provides information on the financial viability and operational requirements of owing your...
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California has the dubious honor of being the state that keeps more of its poor residents who qualify for food stamps from receiving them than any other. [LATimes] Only about half of Californians...
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Morro Bay police are looking for one of three men who committed a home invasion on Sunday shortly after 5 a.m., the second home invasion in four days in San Luis Obispo County. Three men allegedly...
Read MoreBy JOSH FRIEDMAN The slander suit filed by CAPSLO’s Homeless Services Director Dee Torres took a new turn when defendant Mike Brennler submitted a case document on Friday saying that Torres was not truthful in her sworn...
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A 21-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested for vandalism Sunday morning after he bled profusely on private and public property. After a heavy night of drinking, Matthew Faura punched out a...
Read MoreThe Santa Barbara County District Attorney filed assault charges against two deputies who work in the jail for allegedly beating an inmate. On June 17, deputies Robert Kirsch, 30, and Christopher Johnson, 28, allegedly assaulted...
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By KAREN VELIE Less than a week after his fiancé filed a slander lawsuit against a local private investigator, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill began contacting a key witness in the case,...
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