By JOSH FRIEDMAN One inmate was hospitalized following a Sunday morning brawl at the medium-security United States Penitentiary in Lompoc. [KSBY] In response to the skirmish, prison staffers entered the housing unit and contained the incident. One inmate sustained undisclosed... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF An inmate with a scheduled parole date in December, escaped from the Salinas Valley State Prison on Saturday morning. Guards discovered Adam Beck, 35, missing during a routine count at 5 a.m. Beck, who was not in... (Continue reading)
A thief or thieves broke into The Mayor’s Place restaurant in Nipomo last week and snatched money from the cash register and donations to a local charity. [KSBY] A burglar forced open the back door causing about $700 in damage,... (Continue reading)
The Paso Robles Police Department announced plans to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Saturday evening from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The department selects the location based on the number of previous accidents... (Continue reading)
A former office manager for the Life Community Church in Paso Robles is due in court next week on charges she embezzled more than $200,000 from the church. The SLO County District Attorney’s Office filed three felony counts of grand... (Continue reading)
PG&E Corporation reached an $11 billion settlement regarding a group of insurance claims related to the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires, PG&E announced on Friday. The company has now reached agreements with two of the three major groups of... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A woman suffered a major injuries after a car cut in front of her vehicle, causing a collision on Highway 41 near Atascadero Thursday evening, according to the CHP. Shortly before 7 p.m., Chelsea Taylor, 23, of... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A pipe ruptured near Orcutt on Thursday, causing 50 barrels of oil to spill into a riparian area, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Light crude oil spilled into what appears to be a creek... (Continue reading)
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office released the identities of all 34 victims who were killed in the Conception dive boat disaster on the morning of Sept. 2, according to Sheriff Bill Brown. [Cal Coast Times] The last victim from... (Continue reading)
The California Highway Patrol has identified Laurie A. Trejo, 34, as the motorcyclist who suffered major injuries in a crash on Highway 58 near the Santa Margarita Cemetery on Monday, and the hit-and-run driver as Bill W. Keulen Jr., 35,... (Continue reading)