A masked robber stole cash and a stereo speaker from a San Luis Obispo Rite Aid Tuesday night, then evaded captured, according to police. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 9 p.m., the man walked into the Rite-Aid store at 1251... (Continue reading)
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested an Orange County doctor on Tuesday who has allegedly prescribed pills for years to drug addicts and drug dealers and is now implicated in five overdose deaths, as well as the death of a... (Continue reading)
A 14-year-old boy, whom police thought was in possession of a pistol, led Arroyo Grande police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle on Monday. [Cal Coast Times] Earlier in the day, the teen posted a picture on social... (Continue reading)
The man who put on a mask and threatened the owner of a Templeton gas station after botching an attempt to steal alcohol was caught in Paso Robles on Monday. [Cal Coast Times] On Friday afternoon, Anthony Pamfilo Espinoza, 22,... (Continue reading)
An Atascadero man who was lying in the middle of a roadway near Santa Margarita early Saturday morning was struck and killed by drivers going in both directions. [KSBY] At about 6 a.m., Matthew Eugene Gunn, 47, was lying on West... (Continue reading)
In a bizarre sequence of events on Sunday, a man went from being strapped to a gurney and on his way to the hospital to leading Southern California law enforcement on a nearly 70-mile chase in a stolen ambulance. Along... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a missing 49-year-old man who works as a clinical psychologist at the California Men’s Colony. [Cal Coast Times] Barry Mactarnaghan was reported missing on Thursday, according to police. Investigators describe Mactarnaghan as being... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County deputies are searching for an allegedly armed man who attempted to steal some alcohol from the Chevron gas station in Templeton on Friday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] After the owner of the Las Tablas Road store... (Continue reading)
The Gap company is closing its clothing store in San Luis Obispo at the end of January along with hundreds of other underperforming stores. The Gap store in Santa Barbara is slated to remain open. During the third quarter of... (Continue reading)
A San Luis Obispo jury convicted a former Canadian pastor on Friday of a felony count of arranging to meet a minor for lewd purposes, a charge that came as a result of a sting operation conducted by Arroyo Grande... (Continue reading)