By KAREN VELIE San Simeon Community Services District’s general manager wants local residents to foot the bill for his conflict of interest fines and legal fees. The California Fair Political Practices Commission penalized Grace last year for the “inherent harm”... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Moscow, local drivers are again paying record prices at the pump. Shortly after rising above $5 a gallon for the first time, the average... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police are searching for a gunman who robbed the Shell gas station in Pismo Beach Sunday evening and fired a warning shot. At about 8 p.m., a man entered the Shell station at 2699 Shell Beach Road,... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday arrested a 30-year-old man they suspect committed a string of sexual assaults in the Isla Vista area late last month. Deputies arrested Michael Angelo Auclair of Ventura County in Lompoc... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE One resident was injured and a cat was killed in a fire at a home at 7775 Yesal Avenue in Atascadero on Saturday morning. Shortly after midnight, a caller reported a fire burning in a two-car attached... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN After allegedly participating in the theft of a U-Haul truck, a motorcyclist led officers on a chase from Los Osos to Atascadero Friday afternoon that reached speeds of 100 mph or more. While driving in the Los... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot a passenger in a vehicle Thursday night in an apparent road rage incident on Highway 101 near Orcutt. [KSBY] The apparent road rage incident involved two vehicles on Highway 101 near Clark Avenue. At... (Continue reading)
OPINION by CYNTHIA MUIR Is San Luis Obispo County District 2 supervisor candidate Geoff Auslin a liberal, a moderate or a conservative? It all depends on his audience or what day it is. Before deciding to run for office in... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Parents and students in Atascadero are battling over the choice to wear masks and freedom of speech issues after two board members compared COVID-19 mandates to issues of racism during a contentious school district board meeting on... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a 27-year old man from Bakersfield on Thursday for attempting to commit loan fraud. SESLOC Federal Credit Union employees contacted the police department on Feb. 23 because people were applying for... (Continue reading)