Paso Robles police identify man killed on Highway 46
By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles Police Department identified the man who was struck and killed while walking on Highway 46 Wednesday evening as 35-year-old Sean Casey Colwell of Atascadero. Shortly before 7 p.m., 911 callers reported a man was walking westbound in traffic on Highway 46 west of Buena...
Paso Robles man found guilty of murdering popular hairdresser
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County judge on Thursday convicted a North County man in the murder of a popular Paso Robles hairdresser. Carlo Alberto Fuentes Flores, 44, waived his right to a jury trial. Superior Court Judge Timothy Covello found Flores guilty of first-degree murder along with...
Arroyo Grande teen dead, suspected overdose
By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande police officers are investigating a suspected fatal overdose of a 13-year-old Thursday morning. The teen was found unresponsive shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday morning inside a residence. Arroyo Grande police and fire personnel responded to a report of a suspected overdose. Officers arrived to find...
Rural SLO County shooting update: deputies determine self defense
By KAREN VELIE Deputies conducting a preliminarily investigation into the shooting on Tuesday evening near Lake Nacimiento in north San Luis Obispo County have determined 67-year-old Daniel David shot his neighbor 37-year-old Michael Fordyce in self defense. Initially, an occupant in the home on 14615 Chimney Rock Road reported two...
Man struck and killed on Highway 46 in Paso Robles
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A vehicle or vehicles struck and killed a man who was walking on Highway 46 in Paso Robles Wednesday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., several people called 911 to report a pedestrian walking in traffic on Highway 46 west of Buena Vista Drive. Then, almost immediately following,...
Gunman shoots man in the torso in Santa Maria
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot and wounded a man in Santa Maria Wednesday night, marking the fourth shooting in the north side of the city within a span of 10 days. At about 11:30 p.m., a caller reported a shooting in the area of Colebrook and Barrington drives, according...
Paso Robles man sentenced to life in prison for killing wife, unborn child
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a rural Paso Robles man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his girlfriend and the couple’s unborn baby. On March 3, 2019, Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson crashed his car on York Mountain Road in Templeton. While officers spoke with...
