By KAREN VELIE The City of Paso Robles announced Tuesday the appointment of Damian Nord as police chief. Nord is in the process of relocating from Bakersfield to Paso Robles. “I am honored to be joining the City of Paso... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE After months of COVID-19 daily rates in the 30s, San Luis Obispo County’s average new case rate increased to 45, the largest new infection rate since October. SLO County reported one new coronavirus death on Tuesday. The... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An apartment fire displaced three San Luis Obispo residents on Monday. The blaze started at about 4 p.m. inside a first-floor unit at a complex located at 1245 Phillips Lane, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a San Miguel man on Monday to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing four children. Between Jan. 1995 and Oct. 2019, David Avis Vance, now 57, molested four children ranging in age from... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint on Saturday. Shortly before 2 p.m., a woman was standing in her garage in the 9000 block of... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Three suspects who were allegedly caught stealing a catalytic converter fled from the Los Osos area to Atascadero early Monday morning, leading police on a chase that ended with two of the alleged thieves evading capture. At... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies caught a man and woman after they allegedly broke into the gas cap of at least one bulldozer on the Cuesta Ridge earlier this month. [Tribune] Early in the morning on... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Two days after temporarily shuttering the Oceano Dunes to cars and camping, California State Parks announced Friday the park will remain open. Because of storm activity and the Arroyo Grande Creek flowing to the ocean, on Dec.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Two teens are in the hospital following a shooting in Santa Maria on Saturday night. Shortly before 8 p.m., a caller reported a shooting at the 400 block of Chaparral Street. Officers arrived to find two 17... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Nearly 100 Atascadero High School Students protested on Friday as part of an attempt to get school officials to act on reports of sexual harassment, rape and prejudice. The students gathered at Sunken Gardens, where a handful... (Continue reading)