Atascadero fatal hit-and-run driver was under the influence of drugs
By KAREN VELIE Atascadero police officers identified the driver arrested Friday for a hit-and-run crash that killed an 11-year-old boy as 31-year-old Zachary Bernal. He is suspected of being under the influence of a controlled substance at the time of the fatal crash. Officers arrested Bernal on charges of vehicular...
Atascadero officers seeking information on deadly crash
By KAREN VELIE Police officers are seeking information regarding a hit-and-run crash in Atascadero on Friday afternoon that took the life on an 11-year-old boy. Shortly before 3 p.m., a driver in a grey Ford pickup truck hit and killed the student while he walked home from Atascadero Middle School....
San Luis Obispo officers work to squelch rowdy parties, photos
By KAREN VELIE Blocked streets, a concert at Cal Poly and a large police presence led many students to head to the bars in downtown San Luis Obispo on the eve of St. Fratty’s Day. An estimated 6,500 people gathered on residential streets near the Cal Poly campus on March...
Check out San Luis Obispo County rainfall totals, reservoir levels
By KAREN VELIE Following back-to-back storms, San Luis Obispo County’s rainfall totals still remain below average for this time of year. Most of the county, however, has received between 70% to 80% of its average yearly rainfall, according to SLO County. After several years of heavy rains, local reservoir levels...
Officers arrest man involved in fatal crash in Atascadero
By KAREN VELIE Atascadero officers just arrested a man suspected of crashing into and killing a student walking home from school. Officers are currently ordering the second suspect to leave a residence on Seville Lane. A driver in a pickup truck hit and killed a student walking home from Atascadero...
Arroyo Grande man arrested for lewd acts with a child
By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande police detectives arrested a man for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14 by means of force or fear on Thursday afternoon. Following an investigation into a sexual assault allegation, officers arrested Steven Jeffrey Ruhl, a 67-year-old Arroyo Grande resident....
Student killed in hit-and-run crash in Atascadero
By KAREN VELIE A driver in a pickup truck hit and killed a student walking home from Atascadero Middle School on Friday afternoon and then fled the scene, according to the Atascadero Police Department. The boy was on the sidewalk of El Camino Real near Danish Care Center when a...
