By John Lindt, publisher of Sierra2theSea Los Osos largest shopping center changed hands in July and the new owners hope to “livin up” the center according to Clayton Gambril of family-owned Gambril Development Inc. The Gambrils purchased the center from... (Continue reading)
An Atascadero 7-Eleven lost some of its structural integrity Wednesday after a driver improperly parked his car. [KSBY] An older man was pulling into the 7-11 parking lot on the corner of El Camino Real and Curbaril Avenue around 11:25... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Editor’s note: This is the second in an exclusive series about developers Ryan Petetit and John Belsher, their development projects, their failures to abide by building requirements, legal troubles, and unpaid monies owed to subcontractors and investors.... (Continue reading)
A lawsuit alleging Mission Prep High School is responsible for one of its former football players suffering brain damage and cruel bullying has cleared an initial hurdle. In the case, the former player, a minor, is suing the school and... (Continue reading)
The Atascadero City Council awarded itself a raise Tuesday, doubling the pay for council members and more than doubling the mayor’s compensation. [Tribune] The raise will be the first for the Atascadero council in more than 30 years. It will... (Continue reading)
A mysterious storage yard fire burned at least 20 RVs in Santa Maria Tuesday evening. [KSBY] At 7:43 p.m., Santa Maria firefighters responded to reports of a fire at American Self Storage on Skyway Drive near the city’s airport. The... (Continue reading)
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s office has released an expanded roster of an alleged cocaine trafficking ring that the district attorney’s office had already begun prosecuting. Last week, the DA’s office announced it had filed charges against seven men... (Continue reading)
The chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee is investigating the background of an illegal immigrant, whom he says was allowed to murder a Santa Maria woman because of a dysfunctional immigration system. Last month, Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez,... (Continue reading)
A Salinas DMV employee pled guilty Tuesday for her part in a conspiracy to sell class A commercial driver’s licenses to people who had not passed the required tests. Five other people, including two DMV employees, were charged in a... (Continue reading)
OPINION By LAURANCE SHINDERMAN and TOM RYAN Who doesn’t like the sound of a train whistle in the distance, or standing by and waving to an engineer as a freight train rumbles through town. So when Phillips 66 proposed a... (Continue reading)