Police cruiser crashes during high-speed chase
Atascadero police arrested a Creston man who led officers on a high-speed chase Monday that ended with a wrecked police cruiser. On Monday at about 2:50 a.m., two Atascadero police officers attempted to pull over a car for vehicle code violations. However, the driver elected to flee and led the...
APCD ordered back into court over dust rule
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A California appellate court rejected an agreement Tuesday that could have settled the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District’s legal battle over its controversial Oceano Dunes dust rule. Adopted by the APCD board in 2011, the dust rule allows the district to levy daily fines...
Atascadero residents trying to refill lake
A group of concerned residents is attempting to refill the nearly dry Atascadero Lake. [Tribune] Friends of Atascadero Lake is proposing drilling a well at a home on the 8300 block of Portola Road and piping the water to the lake. The group plans to install a 1,100-foot pipeline that...
Meth seized in Cayucos and Morro Bay
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office arrested three suspected drug dealers and seized 7 ounces of methamphetamine this week in Cayucos and Morro Bay. On Tuesday afternoon, a sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in Cayucos at the corner of Northbound Highway 1 and Cayucos Drive....
Driver takes aim at downtown SLO law firm
A speeding driver crashed through a white picket fence in downtown San Luis Obispo Monday and came to a stop on the lawn in front of a law firm. [KSBY] On Monday afternoon, a driver in a white car was speeding near the corner of Marsh and Carmel streets and...
Cuesta places $275 million bond on ballot
The Cuesta College Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to place a $275 million bond measure on the November ballot. If 55 percent of voters approve of the initiative, San Luis Obispo County property owners will receive annual assessments of $19.45 per $100,000 of assessed value. The measure will also...
Soldier run over by truck at Camp San Luis
A truck crashed into a female National Guard soldier at Camp San Luis Obispo on Monday and then rolled over her lower body. The 31-year-old soldier suffered major injuries and was airlifted to a Fresno hospital for emergency surgery. Her current condition is unclear. The accident occurred around 4 p.m....
