Pregnant Atascadero woman loses baby following head-on crash
By KAREN VELIE A pregnant Atascadero woman lost her baby after a wrong-way driver crashed into the car she was driving on the Cuesta Grade on Wednesday night. Under the influence of alcohol and possibly drugs, David Worthington Ross was driving a white GMC Canyon truck the wrong way, heading...
More than 3,500 PG&E customers without power in Paso Robles
By KAREN VELIE More than 3,500 PG&E customers in Paso Robles are without power on Friday afternoon because of two separate outages. Both are unplanned outages. At 4:19 p.m., 3,292 PG&E customers on the east side of Highway 101 near Cretson Road in Paso Robles lost power. PG&E estimates the...
Parolee arrested for DUI after crash in San Luis Obispo
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a parolee for DUI following a crash on Friday morning. Shortly before 9 a.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision near 56 Prado Road. They determined a silver Nissan struck a white Ford. Both drivers reported minor injuries, according to the...
Newsom signs bill allowing more wine sales, tastings at farmers markets
By JOSH FRIEDMAN California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a bill that expands opportunities for small winemakers to sell wine and offer tastings at farmers markets. Under previous law, winemakers could only sell wine at farmers markets if it was produced exclusively from grapes grown on-site, or...
Arroyo Grande police holding DUI checkpoint Saturday night
By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the South County city at an undisclosed location on Saturday evening from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Officers select the DUI checkpoint location based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. Officers check licenses and insurance...
Orcutt boy found to have explosives at home, school threat thwarted
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators seized two explosive devices that a boy had in his Orcutt area home, thwarting a potential threat to a school, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation began on Aug. 18, when deputies received a report that a male juvenile had made concerning...
Man dies after wrong-way DUI driver crashes on Cuesta Grade
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Grover Beach man was killed in a five-vehicle crash allegedly caused by a wrong-way driver on the Cuesta Grade on Wednesday night. A caller reported the crash shortly after 11 p.m. on southbound Highway 101 by Hawk Hill. David Worthington Ross was driving a white GMC...
