By KAREN VELIE Following a meeting rife with interruptions and refusals to abide by the Brown Act, the attorney firm representing the Oceano Community Services District resigned on Friday. During a district board meeting on Oct. 11, Director Beverly Suneson... (Continue reading)
A federal judge in San Diego ruled on Thursday that the Santa Barbara surf instructor who allegedly killed his children in Mexico is not competent to stand trial. [Union-Tribune] Matthew Taylor Coleman, 42, previously confessed to killing his children because... (Continue reading)
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By KAREN VELIE Amid lower demand and less expensive winter gas blends, the average price for a gallon of gas in San Luis Obispo County fell 16 cents during the past week to $5.86, according to figures from AAA. In... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Multiple people suffered injuries during a melee in Paso Robles early Sunday morning. At about about 2 a.m., a group of six to seven men began arguing near the intersection of 28th and Park streets. One man... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly officials described a hate crime against two Jewish students after administrators initially attempted to stay out of the fray caused by the Israel-Hamas conflict. On Oct. 8, a day after Hamas invaded Israel, a male... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A driver suffered minor injuries when they crashed their car into a house on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo on Friday. In early-afternoon, the driver crashed their car into the garage of a home on the... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police officers on Friday arrested a George Flamson Middle School student whom they say impulsively made a threat toward the school and specific students. Authorities are not releasing additional details about the threat. The Paso... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who repeatedly brandished a knife at them while attempting to evade capture on Friday in an area along the border between Santa Maria and Orcutt. Shortly after noon., a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A 48-year-old man, who has claimed to be the antichrist, was sentenced on Thursday to eight years in prison for touching a young girl at Bath and Body Works in downtown San Luis Obispo. Convicted child molester... (Continue reading)