Investigators arrested a police officer employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District on Wednesday for sex trafficking of a child. On April 20, Mauricio Edgardo Estrada, 28, responded to a Craigslist ad offering sex with children for money.What Estrada... (Continue reading)
A Los Osos businessman harassed and then attempted to kill his former employee after the man started a competing company, according to a lawsuit filed in San Luis Obsipo Superior Court last week.The harassment included a Craigslist advertising the former... (Continue reading)
A Paso Robles teen is in the hospital after an e-cigarette exploded in his face, burned a hole in the his tongue and caused him to lose several teeth. On April 18, Daniel McClelland, 17, was vaping an e-cigarette while... (Continue reading)
Pismo Beach police have identified a body that washed ashore as Tulare man Marco Antonio Reyes Jr., 28. Reyes went missing last month after he jumped off the Pismo Beach Pier. [KSBY] Police are tentatively ruling Reyes’ death an accident,... (Continue reading)
By COLIN JONES Life is a series of contradictions and ironies, and I don’t mean those sophomoric ones from that catchy Alanis Morissette song. My favorite one lately is being true to yourself while getting out of your comfort zone.... (Continue reading)
Morning news anchor Dick Mason stepped down from KVEC radio on Monday, a little more than three months after he began the position. Mason, a veteran Central Coast news broadcaster, was originally hired by El Dorado Broadcasters last January to... (Continue reading)
Visitors walking along Pismo Beach Monday found the partially decomposed body of an adult male. Investigators are still determining the man’s identity. The body was discovered around 1 p.m. approximately one mile south of the Pismo Beach Pier, according to... (Continue reading)
The Templeton Fire Department lost about $2,000 of firefighting equipment on Saturday. Fire officials say the equipment was stolen. [KCOY] On Saturday morning, Templeton firefighters were preparing for training on wildland firefighting techniques. As they were were setting up the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE (Editor’s note: In the interest of transparency, readers should know that Cal Coast News editor Bill Loving is a tenured professor in the journalism department at Cal Poly. A recording of an interview with Cal Poly President... (Continue reading)
Police have arrested a 19-year-old Southern California man for starting an apartment complex fire in Santa Maria last year that displaced 100 people and caused $1 million in damage. One person also had to be hospitalized after suffering burns due... (Continue reading)