OPINION by BRIAN MAXTED With more than 600 Paso Robles students in the Dual Immersion Program at Georgia Brown Elementary School, the 36th Street campus has grown to become the district’s largest and most sought after elementary school program. Until... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The number of unemployed people in San Luis Obispo County and in California continued to rise in December, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. In SLO county, the number of unemployed residents rose from 4,900 to... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 16 voted 3-2 to move forward with plans create a redistricting commission, with supervisor John Peschong and Debbie Arnold dissenting. If created, the commission will be tasked... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested an allegedly intoxicated driver who slammed into a light pole in a restaurant parking lot on Madonna Road on Thursday morning. Shortly before 11 a.m., a 28-year-old woman drove an SUV... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Multiple storms will soak San Luis Obispo County from Friday evening though Monday, with chances of flash flooding. The storms are are forecast to bring breaking waves of up to 12 feet with dangerous rip currents, according... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The family of Kristin Smart filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo for wrongful death, negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress, according to the suit. Paul Flores murdered Smart during an... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Drivers struck and killed a downed motorcyclist south of Orcutt on Wednesday night. The male motorcyclist landed on the roadway near the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 135. Multiple vehicles then struck the motorcyclist, according to... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE An employee of San Luis Obispo County’s waste agency resigned after she reported “gross misappropriation of public funds,” which agency staff then attempted to “sweep under the rug,” according to Ivonne Diaz’s Jan. 15 letter of resignation.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A couple from Paso Robles is facing life in prison for selling methamphetamine and fentanyl, after one of their victim’s died in May 2023, according to federal prosecutors. On Tuesday, law enforcement arrested 30 year-old Jessica Leigh... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police early Wednesday morning caught a burglar, who has allegedly tried running away from officers in the northern Santa Barbara County City multiple times. At approximately 4 a.m., while Santa Maria officers were working to... (Continue reading)