Home invasion suspects terrorize rural Paso Robles residents
By KAREN VELIE Two teenage gang members from the Central Valley terrorized several rural Paso Robles residents during a home invasion on Thursday evening. The two teens knocked on the door of a residence on Blue Heron Lane in Heritage Ranch, and then forced their way inside when the door...
FAA grounds all planes from departing from airports in the United States
By KAREN VELIE The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded all outbound flights in the United States in a rare nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon. “The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers,” Secretary of Sate...
Stock for company pumping oil off Santa Barbara coast plummets
By KAREN VELIE Stock for Sable Offshore, the company extracting oil off the coast of Santa Barbara, this week after it announced it is struggling to make ends meet. Chevron refinery, which processes Sable Offshore’s crude, stopped purchasing oil a month ago while it shut down for scheduled refinery maintenance...
Sheriff investigating death of Guadalupe homeless man as homicide
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has announced the death of a homeless man whose body was found in Guadalupe Monday morning is now being investigated as a homicide. Sheriff’s officials identified the deceased man as Paul Anthony Delgadillo, 55, a homeless resident of Guadalupe. Delgadillo’s body...
Fire destroys garage of San Luis Obispo home
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire destroyed the garage of a San Luis Obispo home early Wednesday morning. Residents of the home were alerted by a loud noise, followed by their smoke alarms, giving them time to safely evacuate their home on Flora Street, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire...
San Luis Obispo police holding DUI checkpoint Friday night
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city limits on Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at an undisclosed location. The department selects the location based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. Officers check licenses and insurance while...
Clerk error leads judge to revoke Paso Robles basin quiet title ruling
By KAREN VELIE A week after a judge signed a ruling regarding the Paso Robles Groundwater basin quiet title lawsuit, she revoked it because the court clerk had failed to properly process the prevailing party’s proposed ruling. On Sept. 24, a judge signed a ruling that the more than 800...
