Teen stabbed while walking home from school in Santa Maria
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Assailants beat and stabbed a 14-year-old boy while he was walking home from school in Santa Maria on Monday. The attack was reported at 3:19 p.m., according to the Santa Maria Police Department. Suspects beat and stabbed the teen near the railroad tracks near West Morrison and...
Semi-truck trailer fire on Highway 101 in Santa Maria
By KAREN VELIE A semi-truck trailer burning on southbound Highway 101 in Santa Maria led to the closure of mutiple lanes of traffic on Tuesday morning, according to the CHP. Shortly after 1:20 a.m., a driver transporting 35,000 pounds of produce reported the semi-truck trailer on fire near Alisos Canyon...
Before another Paso Robles school bond, taxpayers deserve answers
OPINION by DORIAN BAKER As a retired classroom teacher and former Paso Robles school board trustee, I care deeply about our schools. I also believe that caring about schools means asking hard questions about how public money is spent. Here is one that deserves an answer: Why has an architectural...
Proposition 4 drives PAC money out of campaigns
OPINION by STEW JENKINS Would you pay $1 per election to blunt the political influence of Elon Musk and George Soros? Proposition 4 will end a prohibition on public campaign financing plans that can effectively drive corporation and political action committee (PAC) money out of election campaigns? The same U.S....
ICE agents arrests man in Allan Hancock College parking lot
By KAREN VELIE Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a man after he dropped his daughter off at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria on Monday morning as part of an increase in targeted arrests throughout the nation. Shortly before 10 p.m., agents arrested the man in Parking Lot...
Santa Barbara County inmate dies at nursing facility
By KAREN VELIE The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office today reporting the death of a 79-year-old Santa Maria man who remained in custody while receiving medical care outside of the Northern Branch Jail. Ernest Lattimer was charged with four counts of engaging in sex acts with a minor, three counts of...
Dog dies, residents displaced by Los Osos house fire
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A dog died and residents were displaced as a result of a house fire in Los Osos on Monday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m., firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2200 block of Los Osos Valley Road. Firefighters found the home engulfed in flames, according...
