Elderly man crashes into county workers in Cayucos
An 81-year-old man crashed into and seriously injured two San Luis Obispo County workers on Tuesday afternoon in Cayucos. [Cal Coast News] Shortly after 1 p.m., Michael Engelberg was driving northbound on Highway 1 at about 65 mph when he turned his car to what he thought was the Cayucos...
SWAT team descends on Grover Beach for domestic violence suspect
For the second time in the span of a week, the regional SWAT team came out to a Grover Beach home, arriving early Sunday morning to help arrest a man who allegedly tied up his female partner, beat her and threatened her with a gun. [Cal Coast Times] On Saturday,...
Santa Maria gunman allegedly killed his wife and son
The gunman who shot and killed two elderly men at a Santa Maria mobile home park on Friday is also believed to have killed his wife and son, according to police. [Cal Coast Times] Police found the bodies of the suspected gunman, Claude Adams, 64, as well as Sherry Adams,...
Thieves go on shopping spree in SLO with stolen credit cards
Police are searching for a man and woman who stole two wallets from shoppers near Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo on Sunday, then purchased thousands of dollars of products, mostly from large stores in the area, according to police. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 p.m., the...
Paso Robles fires destroy mobile home, vehicle and more
Two fires burned a combined total of about five acres near Paso Robles on Sunday, with the second blaze also destroying a mobile home and a car. [Cal Coast Times] First, a caller reported a fire east of Paso Robles near Highway 46 at 4730 Drive. Cal Fire initially stated...
SLO County unemployment rate drops to record low
Unemployment tumbled to an all time low in San Luis Obispo County in May as the region gained about 200 new jobs during the past month, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. [Cal Coast Times] With more jobs available fewer people are looking for work, driving the unemployment rate...
Templeton man agrees not to grow cannabis outdoors, plants 15 acres
By KAREN VELIE Shortly after negotiating an agreement not to grow cannabis outdoors for 20 years, the owners of an indoor marijuana grow in Templeton applied for and received a permit to grow 15 acres of industrial hemp, a cannabis strain. [Cal Coast Times] On March 26, Jamie Jones of...
