Santa Maria man accused of burglarizing Pismo Beach home
Police arrested a Santa Maria man for allegedly burglarizing a Pismo Beach home early Wednesday morning. [Cal Coast Times] At about 2:15 a.m, a burglar kicked in a side door on the garage of a Pismo Beach home. During the burglary, money, a cell phone and various other items were...
Serial thief captured in Arroyo Grande, school on lockdown
Law enforcement officers from multiple agencies chased an alleged serial auto thief through an Arroyo Grande residential neighborhood Thursday morning, prompting the lockdown of a middle school. [Cal Coast Times] At about 9:30 a.m., San Luis Obispo officers, Arroyo Grande police and SLO County Auto Theft Task Force investigators were...
Santa Maria Uber driver wanted for rape, caught at Mexican border
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities have arrested another Santa Maria Uber driver for allegedly raping a passenger, this time taking the suspect into custody at the United States-Mexico border. [Cal Coast Times] Late last month, a woman told police she had an Uber driver pick her up and drive her to...
Romance is in the air at the Charles Paddock Zoo
Visitors at the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero may catch a romantic relationship blossoming at the Flamingo Habitat, between a pair of Crested Screamers. [Cal Coast Times] A female Crested Screamer recently came to the Charles Paddock Zoo from the Pinola Conservancy in Louisiana as part of a breeding recommendation....
Atascadero High School students evacuated because of fire
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Officials evacuated Atascadero High School Thursday morning for about 20 minutes after a fire was found burning in a trash can in a boy’s restroom. [Cal Coast Times] At about 9:30 a.m., fire alarms rang throughout the campus. Students left their classrooms and assembled on school fields...
Motorcyclist injured in crash near Ragged Point
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to San Luis Obispo after crashing into a vehicle near Ragged Point Wednesday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] The motorcyclist was riding southbound on Highway 1 north of Ragged Point when he crossed over the center line and sideswiped an oncoming vehicle, according...
Oppressed by cannabis cultivation
OPINION by RENEE O’NEILL It was perplexing but not entirely surprising to read, one of our supervisors attempting to discredit Ann Louise Bardach, who is a respected, PEN Award-winning author and journalist. This prompted me to respond: As a result of incompetent, “cart-before-the-horse” (Supervisor Peter Adam’s remark) tactics and due...
