By KAREN VELIE CHP officers today identified the driver killed in a single vehicle crash in Creston on Feb. 3 as 34-year-old Lucio Ornelas Avina of Paso Robles. Shortly after 4 p.m., Avina was headed northbound on Creston Road near... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero Police Department is seeking the public’s help finding a man suspected of stealing from a retail store over the weekend. The suspect walked out of Miner’s Ace Hardware with several large boxed items. He left... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Two people were injured in a residential fire in Santa Maria on Sunday morning. A caller reported a fire burning on the 1300 block of Ronald Place. Firefighters arrived to find a garage engulfed in flames and... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Amid the threat of tariffs, the average price for a gallon of gas in San Luis Obispo County increased 11 cents last week to $4.81, according to figures from AAA. In California, the average price for a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles Police Department is seeking the public’s help finding a missing 33-year-old man – Felipe Dejesus Gaytan Jr. Family members reported Gayton missing in December. He is a member of San Luis Obispo County’s unhoused... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A truck crashed into a car in Paso Robles on Friday afternoon injuring five people. Shortly after 4 p.m., a truck and a car crashed on S. River Road at the entrance to the Walmart parking lot.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A man is in jail after officers arrested him with a large sword and drugs at a hotel in San Luis Obispo early Friday morning, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Shortly after midnight, a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Following back-to-back atmospheric river storms, San Luis Obispo County’s rainfall totals still remain well below average for this time of year. Most of the county has received less than 50% of its average rainfall, according to SLO... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Two people were injured in a head-on crash on Highway 101 north of San Luis Obispo on Thursday morning. Crews closed down two southbound lanes of the highway to clean up a 75 gallon fuel spill. Shortly... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The department selects the location based on a history of DUI... (Continue reading)