Oh California, where art thou?
OPINION by JOHN SUMMER It didn’t begin well. My mom’s family moved to San Diego in 1940 from Colorado. It was a relief from working the coal mines in Crested Butte. California was truly a promised land. And it was, for a while. Then on Christmas Eve of that year,...
Crews search Pirate’s Cove area for missing Arroyo Grande man
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Search and rescue crews are trying to find a 72-year-old Arroyo Grande man who hasn’t been seen since Monday and whose vehicle was found near Pirate’s Cove. On Tuesday, deputies responded to missing person report at Pirate’s Cove. The missing man is Gary Kiehl, according to the...
Carpinteria caregiver arrested for stealing from patient
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Carpinteria man late last month on multiple felony charges related to elder financial abuse. On April 25, a relative of a care patient in Goleta discovered suspicious activity involving the elderly person’s checking account. The suspicious activity included an unexplained...
Police investigating alleged rape in UC Santa Barbara dorm
By JOSH FRIEDMAN University of California Santa Barbara Police are investigating an alleged rape that reportedly occurred in a dorm on Saturday night. At about 11 p.m., a caller reported a rape at campus housing to the UCSB Police Department. The suspect and the alleged victim met earlier in the...
San Luis Obispo County attempts to rectify voter guide error
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorders Office on Tuesday mailed out a list of endorsed candidates it wrongly omitted from voter guide pages to all registered voters in an attempt to correct its error. California law allows the six approved parties – Democrat, Republican, American Independent, Green,...
Officers identify Paso Robles man killed in drunk driving crash
By KAREN VELIE California Highway Patrol officers identified the 48-year-old Paso Robles man killed in a drunk driving crash as Matthew Baumgardner. Shortly after 7 p.m., 44-year-old Joseph Pate of Paso Robles was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro on Nacimiento Lake Drive when he over corrected and hit a tree...
Child suffers major injuries after e-bike collides with car in San Luis Obispo
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 12-year-old suffered major injuries on Saturday after the child’s electronic bike collided with a vehicle at a San Luis Obispo park. Shortly before 5 p.m., 911 callers reported a collision between a vehicle and a bicycle at De Vaul Park near Spooner Drive and Welsh Court....
