The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s and Animal Services departments are investigating the death of a small dog during an afternoon grooming at a shop in Orcutt. Jeremy Miller took his two dogs, Crispy and Bella, for a grooming...
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A 40-year-old San Luis Obispo woman is in jail after allegedly slashing her boyfriend’s throat during a Saturday evening hike on Bishop Peak. The victim, a 55-year-old Atascadero man, was treated...
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Amid objections from Republican lawmakers, California Democrats slipped a provision into a budget related bill on Thursday that will help thwart an attempt to recall Josh Newman, D-Fullerton,...
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CalCoastNews reporters have filed an appeal of a $1.1 million libel judgment in the case where much of the information used by Karen Velie and Dan Blackburn was kept from the jury. In 2012,...
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FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo attorney Thursday on 28 counts of wire fraud related to allegations he stole approximately $250,000 from the trust account of a client to spend in gambling...
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OPINION by ALLAN COOPER Although discussion about the egregious removal of mature trees to make way for development in San Luis Obispo has recently been centered on 55 trees at 71 Palomar Avenue, it...
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A black bear was spotted Monday evening munching on cat food on the front porch of a home in rural Santa Margarita. On Tuesday morning, the bear was lounging under a tree as children left for...
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By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors sped through budget hearings Monday agreeing on most expenditures while having heated discussions over several proposals including...
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OPINION by JULIE TACKER Extra! Extra! Read all about it! South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Administrator Gerhardt Hubner has discovered a way to spend more money than the district...
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Just one week after the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board chided the South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Administrator Gerhardt Hubner for a lack of transparency, the...
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Grover Beach police arrested a man Saturday who allegedly stole a large amount of mail from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and forged checks. Shortly after 7 a.m., officers found Matthew...
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By MICHAEL F. BROWN The story in the 1965 dramatic movie epic Dr. Zhivago takes place a little less than 100 years ago during the time of the Bolshevik revolution. It depicts the fated destruction...
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For years, inspection reports have blasted the San Luis Obispo County Jail for multiple violations, but neither the sheriff nor county health director appear to have made significant changes or...
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A former government administrator has pleaded not guilty to three felony and two misdemeanor conflict of interest charges for allegedly using his positions to funnel money to his privately owned...
Read More By KAREN VELIE Criminal charges are stacking up against John Wallace, the latest for an alleged conflict of interest while he was the general manager of the Avila Beach Community Services District....
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