San Luis Obispo officers seek help identifying thieves
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole a purse from a patron at the Olive Garden Restaurant on Jan. 25. The women then headed to Best Buy on Madonna Road where they used the stolen...
Dirty details on the 48% Santa Barbara County Supervisor raises
OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL On Tuesday, Santa Barbara County Supervisors Steve Lavagnino, Bob Nelson, Joan Hartmann, Laura Capps, and Roy Lee will consider giving themselves a 48% raise worth $56,000 per year, for an annual salary of $171,000. The justification for the obscene raise is to keep up with the...
Pismo Beach fire damages apartment building, displaces six people
By SUMMER AWBREY A late-night fire damaged an apartment building in Pismo Beach and displaced six people on Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. Shortly before midnight, a caller reported a fire burning at a multi-unit residential building at 551 Wadsworth Avenue not far from Judkins Middle School. Firefighters arrived to...
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is highest priced Cal State university
By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is the highest priced university in the California State University system because of the fees it charges, according to a CSU report. The average campus-based mandatory fees in 2024-2025 are $1,981 per student while Cal Poly charges $6,077. The state university system...
This week’s San Luis Obispo County government meetings
By CalCoastNews staff Will Pismo Beach raise its development fees? How will the San Luis Obispo City Council respond to a request to award nearly $10 million for design and engineering for the proposed Prado Road Bridge over Highway 101? These are several of the issues public officials will discuss...
Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Carpinteria
By SUMMER AWBREY An Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian in Carpinteria on Tuesday. Shortly after 9 a.m., the train hit the pedestrian at the end of Calle Ocho, according to the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District. The pedestrian died at the scene. Officials are not releasing the name of...
Truck overturns near Paso Robles spilling fuel, powdered limestone
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A semi-truck crashed and overturned west of Paso Robles in the Adelaida area Monday morning, prompting a hazmat response. Bakersfield man Luis Hernandez Lopez, 29, was driving a Peterbilt truck eastbound on Chimney Rock Road while towing a trailer containing powdered limestone. At about 8:35 a.m., the...
