San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials confirmed that three people in the North County have contracted E. coli in two days, causing two people to be hospitalized. [Tribune] E. coli is a dangerous bacterium that is...
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Paso Robles firefighters saved a teen trapped in a burning car on Thursday. At about 10 p.m., firefighters arrived at the intersection of South River and Charlois roads to find a vehicle on fire,...
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Royalty, knights and peasants drank grog and made merry at San Luis Obispo County’s most unique festival, the 29th annual Renaissance Festival (part 2 photos). If you would like to buy a...
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An San Luis Obispo man with dementia, who was reported missing Wednesday, was discovered Thursday in Ventura County. At about 2 a.m., a Ventura County Deputy observed what he thought was a drunk...
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Federal and Ventura County authorities arrested eight people Wednesday for operating a mortgage fraud scheme that made them significant money while causing bank losses of more than $11 million....
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Veteran KEYT news anchorwoman Paula Lopez was arrested Monday afternoon near her Santa Barbara home on suspicion of public intoxication. [Noozhawk] Lopez, 48, was taken into custody by Santa Barbara...
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By KAREN VELIE In a last minute decision, Heritage Oaks Bank agreed to settle with investors in Hurst Financial’s Vista del Hombre project in Paso Robles for a currently undisclosed amount of...
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Energy regulators ordered JP Morgan to pay $410m in penalties for allegedly manipulating electricity prices in California and the mid-west on Tuesday. [Guardian] JP Morgan has agreed to pay the...
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A month long Paso Robles police investigation ended on Saturday with the arrest of seven people and the seizure of $2,770 in cash and $1,000 worth of black tar heroin. While serving a warrant at a...
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OPINION By JULIE TACKER We live in a country where free speech is coveted, but here in “San-Gibson-Obispo County” such freedoms are under fire. In the wake of the untimely death of Chairman of the...
Read MoreAn Atascadero bookkeeper who embezzled more than $123,000 from a client’s bank account was sentenced to two years in San Luis Obispo County Jail. [Atascadero News] While working for A. R. Pete Reed Bookkeeping, Teresa Olmscheid...
Read MoreBy KAREN VELIE Tom Geaslen, recently terminated for cause as Oceano Community Services District general manager, paid himself more than $162,000 a year even though he was only contracted to make $126,000 a year, an audit of the...
Read MoreAdvocates of a California prison inmate hunger strike announced one of the prisoners who had been refusing meals has died, but state corrections officials said the death is under investigation as a suicide. [Reuters] Supporters...
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Royalty, knights and peasants drank grog and made merry at San Luis Obispo County’s most unique festival, the 29th annual Renaissance Festival, part 1. If you would like to buy a high-resolution...
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Health officials have detected West Nile Virus in mosquitoes collected in Pismo Beach this month. The virus was discovered in mosquitoes collected on July 9 and 10 at Chumash Park, according to the...
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