San Luis Obispo police have identified the victims of a triple stabbing on Sunday at a birthday party on Garcia Drive. Meanwhile, the attacker remains at large. Joseph Perez, 20, Raysean Ford, 23 and a 16-year-old boy suffered stab wounds in... (Continue reading)
The number of confirmed deaths on the Kern River this season has jumped 75 percent from the eight drownings recorded last year, and more than triple the five lives lost in 2009. [The Bakersfield Californian] This year’s heavy winter and... (Continue reading)
The Legislative Analyst’s Office is calling on state lawmakers to get more involved in plans to reduce the number of inmates in California’s overcrowded prisons. [CaliforniaWatch] In a report released Friday, the analyst’s office recommended that the Legislature ask the... (Continue reading)
Not long ago wine drinkers in China would mix Coca-Cola into their wine glass to sweeten the deal. [Sacramento Bee] “They didn’t like the taste of wine yet, and they wanted some sweetness,” said Joan Kautz, vice president of international... (Continue reading)
A large party, at a house on the 1400 block of Garcia Drive in San Luis Obispo, ended abruptly after three males were stabbed on Sunday at about 4:15 a.m. Two of the victims were treated and released from a... (Continue reading)
After an extensive search, Atascadero Police located missing 4-year-old Jeremy Guthrie in a vacant building and returned him to his mother at about 5 p.m. on Friday. Police suspect Annette Hale, 53, who is not related to the boy, kidnapped... (Continue reading)
Supporters are gathering signatures for an initiative that would decriminalize marijuana in California for those older than 21. The measure, dubbed the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act, would tax and regulate the cultivation, production and sale of cannabis using grape... (Continue reading)
In a new study researchers found a San Luis Obispo headquartered company, Lindmood-Bell Learning Processes, helped grow gray matter in the brains of children with dyslexia using a reading intervention program. The independent study, conducted by researchers from the Center for... (Continue reading)
A jury convicted Kaylee Weisenberg of second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in a packed San Luis Obispo courtroom Friday morning. Weisenberg, 23, crashed into and killed CHP Officer Bret Oswald while driving on South River Road on June... (Continue reading)
A 4-year-old Atascadero boy was allegedly kidnapped from the Echo Shelter in Atascadero at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday. Police issued an Amber Alert for Jeremy Guthrie after his mother discovered him missing on Friday morning. Guthrie was last seen... (Continue reading)