By CalCoastNews staff The Paso Robles City Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. on March 19 in the council chambers. The council will consider increasing its own compensation by 10% and travel allowance by 20%, under Item K-2 on the... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Officials locked down Pat Butler Elementary School in Paso Robles Monday morning as a pair of suspects attempted to evade police in the school’s parking lot, leading to officers smashing the wanted individuals’ car window and arresting... (Continue Reading)
OPINION by ANNEMARIE SWIFT I have been thinking a lot about Grover Beach lately. A small little beach town, home to many people, roughly thirteen thousand. All kinds of people. Every race, color, creed, gender, single, married, families, old, young,... (Continue Reading)
By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” is... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE An estimated 6,000 to 7,000 people gathered near the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus on Saturday morning for the annual Saint Fratty’s Day celebration. Students damaged dorms, broke glass and left trash throughout the area. Beginning... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors met last week to interview the final candidates for the empty county administrator position, however, Supervisor Debbie Arnold was unable to attend. The board then elected to provide Arnold... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Gas prices are rising leisurely as more expensive summer blends hit the market. The average price for a gallon of gas in San Luis Obispo County increased two cents during the past week to $5.08, according to... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver struck and killed a male pedestrian in Santa Maria on Friday night. Shortly after 9 a.m., a caller reported a driver had hit a pedestrian in the 800 block of N. Broadway. Responders transported the... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Plagued by years of mismanagement, the San Simeon Community Services District Board of Directors voted unanimously on Friday to dissolve the district. Formed in 1961, the San Simeon district currently provides water, sewer, street lighting and road... (Continue Reading)
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By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police are asking for the public’s help finding a puppy lost during a rollover crash on Friday. Shortly after noon, a driver with a 10-week-old Doberman puppy in his truck hit three parked cars... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno further expanded her lead Friday in the race for the San Luis Obispo County District 5 supervisor seat. As of Friday, Moreno leads Atascadero Councilwoman Susan Funk by 1,267 votes, 54.79% to 45.21%. ... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Police are looking for a gunman who fired into an occupied vehicle in Paso Robles early Saturday morning. Shortly after midnight, callers reported hearing a single gunshot on Spring Street near 31st Street. Officers arrived to find... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge sentenced a Santa Maria man to 21 years and 8 months to life in prison for a second-degree murder conviction and other offenses stemming from him driving intoxicated and in the... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police officers arrested two men on Thursday who were caught while traveling in a stolen vehicle. On Thursday morning, an alert reporting a vehicle stolen in Santa Maria was sent to area law enforcement. Grover... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Clarification: A reporter named Bill Shaner wrote an article outing some of the members of a neo-Nazi group located in California. Since then, one of the leaders in the group is claiming his name is Bill Shaner.... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE F. McLintocks Saloon and Dining house in Arroyo Grande closed Wednesday after nearly 40 years in business. McLintocks’ locations in San Luis Obispo and Shell Beach remain open. With rising costs – such as food and insurance... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public for help with locating three individuals who allegedly damaged the Costco parking lot last weekend. Police are circulating surveillance images of the suspects, as well as of... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Firefighters battled a fire at a home in Paso Robles on Wednesday evening, that caused significant damage to the attached garage. Shortly after 5 p.m., a caller reported a home on fire on the 900 block of... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified 43-year-old Elizabeth Hernandez of Santa Maria as the person killed in a hit-and-run crash in rural Paso Robles on Monday morning. Shortly after midnight, Angel Melquiades Ramos of Paso Robles was driving a... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Scott Peterson appeared in court virtually on Tuesday as part of his latest attempt to obtain a new trial over the murder of his wife and unborn child, this time with the backing of the Los Angeles... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold a special meeting on Thursday to interview the final candidates for the empty county administrator position, according to an agenda posted Wednesday. The supervisors plan... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach City Council on Monday agreed the city has overcharged residents on their water bills and will need to refund nearly $100,000. Earlier on Monday, a citizens group turned in more than four times the... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are asking the public for help locating a thief who allegedly stole at least one item from Costco earlier this month. Video cameras caught the man taking a box from Costco on March... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE CHP officers identified the 20-year-old man who crashed a car on Monday killing one person and injuring two others as Angel Melquiades Ramos of Paso Robles. Ramos fled the scene before officers arrived. Ramos, who is currently... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Lompoc police officers arrested the suspect in a hit-and-run collision in the Santa Barbara County city Sunday evening that killed a 23-year-old man. Shortly before 7:30 p.m., a driver hit a pedestrian at Beattie Park, located at... (Continue Reading)
By CalCoastNews staff The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. on March 12 in the Board Chambers. In an attempt to raise approximately $6 million a year, the county is looking at increasing the... (Continue Reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California State Water Resources Control Board issued a $6.6 million grant for a city of San Luis Obispo project intended to clean up contaminated groundwater. Presently, the city does not use groundwater for its drinking water... (Continue Reading)
Opinion by REACT Alliance President Mandy Davis Last Saturday, KSBY reported on REACT Alliance’s very successful Save Our Seas event in Morro Bay. In response to an inquiry on the story from KSBY, Equinor, one of the three offshore wind lease holders,... (Continue Reading)
By KAREN VELIE Fishermen from Morro Bay and Port San Luis recently filed a legal challenge against the state’s wind energy plans, arguing the process violates their constitutional right to fish. In 2022, the federal government auctioned off three offshore... (Continue Reading)