Shortly after Heritage Oaks Bancorp announced that Pacific Premier Bancorp of Irvine planned to acquire its banks through a $405.6 million stock transaction, a national attorney firm began questioning the logistics of the proposed deal. Heritage Oaks Bancorp has 12... (Continue reading)
Authorities arrested an employee of Camp San Luis Obispo for calling in a bomb threat targeting Camp Roberts. [KSBY] On the morning of Oct. 1, a woman called 911 and reported three bombs would go off at Camp Roberts that... (Continue reading)
Morro Bay City Manager David Buckingham applied for a job in a Montana city of approximately 7,000 people and is now a finalist for the position. Buckingham has spent a little more than two years as Morro Bay’s top executive.... (Continue reading)
Authorities have identified a body found in the water near Morro Rock Saturday morning as that of Raymond Garland Reade, 74. Reade was a resident of Los Osos. The San Luis Obispo County coroner ruled Reade’s death a suicide based... (Continue reading)
The California Highway Patrol has identified the teen who allegedly crashed head-on into a Guadalupe police officer early Sunday morning as Miranda A. Miranda, 18, of Nipomo. At approximately 2:20 a.m., Officer E. Oseguera was was headed southbound on Highway... (Continue reading)
Police arrested a Southern California man on hate crime charges after he allegedly stabbed a Muslim man who was leaving a mosque with his family. [KABC] On Saturday night, John Matteson, 29, and an unidentified suspect tried to enter a... (Continue reading)
The two men accused of sexually assaulting and murdering Santa Maria woman Marilyn Pharis, 64, are due to appear in court this week for preliminary hearings. [KSBY] Last week, Santa Barbara County prosecutors announced they would not pursue the death... (Continue reading)
Two inmates were discovered to be missing Saturday at the minimum security Federal Correctional Complex in Lompoc. The escapees are the third and fourth inmates to walk away from the prison camp since late September. A total of seven inmates... (Continue reading)
After spending approximately three hours discussing an investigation into allegations of racism, South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District Board President John Shoals said the board determined there was not sufficient proof that District Administrator Gerhardt Hubner has discriminated against... (Continue reading)
A city of Guadalupe police officer and his prisoner are recovering from injuries from a head on crash with a suspected drunk driver early Sunday morning. At approximately 2:20 a.m., the officer, who was transporting a prisoner to the Santa... (Continue reading)