By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Unit has identified Francisco Javier Velasco Garcia, 33, of Nipomo as the person who died Wednesday after falling off a cliff at Pirate’s Cove. Witnesses said, at about 6 p.m,... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A man fell out of his kayak while on an excursion with a friend and died off the coast of Avila Beach on Sunday. The kayaker possibly drowned. Thus far, his death appears to be accidental, according... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A train struck and killed a pedestrian near Santa Barbara on Monday night. Shortly after 10 p.m., a caller reported the collision north of Santa Barbara, according to Amtrak. Emergency personnel located the deceased person in the... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The driver of a pickup truck died after driving off Highway 166 northeast of Santa Maria Monday morning and plunging about 300 feet into the Cuyama River. Shortly after 8 a.m., the pickup truck went off the... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An Amtrak train struck and killed a man in the Gaviota area Friday morning. The train hit the man at approximately 11:12 a.m. beside Highway 101 about a mile southeast of Mariposa Reina. Emergency responders pronounced the... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A UC Santa Barbara student died this week after reportedly being exposed to fentanyl at last weekend’s Deltopia event in Isla Vista. Jude Quirinale, a third-year physics student from Monterey, suffered an overdose during the annual unsanctioned... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A wrong-driver died after causing a head-on collision in Orcutt Monday evening that also severely injured the other driver. Shortly before 7 p.m., a man was driving the wrong way on southbound Highway 135 about a half-mile... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An 18-year-old Santa Maria man died in a motorcycle crash Sunday morning southeast of Orcutt near the town of Sisquoc, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.. Shortly before 10 a.m., the teen was riding a... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department has identified the bicyclist whom a teen driver allegedly struck and killed earlier this month. On the night of Feb. 11, 19-year-old Jorge Eduardo Torres allegedly struck Gavin Matthew Robinson, 22,... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 27-year-old Grover Beach man died in a rollover crash on Highway 101 in Santa Maria on Friday evening. The man, whom authorities have yet to identify, was reportedly driving a Kia sedan at a high speed... (Continue reading)