By KAREN VELIE This winter’s biggest atmospheric river storm to date is set to hammer the Central Coast starting late tonight. Expect heavy rain, flooding and high surf from Wednesday night through Friday morning. The storm could result in rain... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A judge recently sentenced a San Luis Obispo man who sexually abused at least four girls at an unlicensed daycare center to 50 years in prison. In May 2018, a girl told officers she had been sexually... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Santa Maria police arrested a man on Monday afternoon following a more than two-hour long standoff. The man was wanted for attempted murder related to an incident on Sunday night. On Sunday night, Alexis Perez-Alcantar, 22, allegedly... (Continue reading)
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)