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Body of teen found three years after Montecito mudslides

After three years, searchers in Montecito found the body of a teen lost during the deadly mudslides on Jan. 9, 2018, putting the number of bodies recovered at 22 with one person still missing. [KCOY] Searchers found the body of... (Continue reading)

Proposal to end the lawlessness in Los Osos, help the homeless

OPINION by BECKY MCFARLAND and PAT WEST We are all aware of the fact that the homeless crisis in San Luis Obispo County is growing faster than the remedies. While we are fortunate to have created the Motel 6 Project... (Continue reading)

Vehicle plunges off cliff in Shell Beach, driver missing

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators are searching for the occupant or occupants who were inside an SUV that plunged off a cliff in Shell Beach Wednesday night and landed on the beach below. At about 10:55 p.m., a 911 caller reported... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman sentenced to prison for attempted murder

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Paso Robles woman was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to murder a teen with a pocket knife. [Tribune] On Jan. 14, 2020, Michaela Twyman, 25, stabbed a then-16-year-old boy in the... (Continue reading)

Fire damages home, injures resident in Atascadero

A fire damaged a home on El Camino Real north of Del Rio Road in Atascadero on Wednesday afternoon. One person suffered minor injuries. The fire burned an acre and several fences, and then spread to the home. An Atascadero... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo shuts down parks to stop bullying and harassment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A group of skateboarders allegedly engaged in a harassment campaign targeting members of a San Luis Obispo youth roller derby league that included throwing food; yelling obscenities, including racial slurs; offering drugs; and making threatening gestures with... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara man allegedly bludgeoned, killed his father

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Prosecutors have charged a Santa Barbara man with murdering his 72-year-old father, as well as attempting to murder another man. Casey Tolivar, 29, allegedly used a 33-inch steel bar to bludgeon his father, Bradley Tolivar, to death... (Continue reading)

SLo County coronavirus cases are rising with increase in Delta variant

The number of new COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County rose from 1.4 to 3.8 per 100,000 residents during the past four weeks, according to California Case statistics. State averages increased from 1.8 to 7.6 confirmed cases per 100,000... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande woman crashes her bicycle into a truck

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An Arroyo Grande woman in her early 70s ended up in the hospital after colliding with a box truck while riding a bicycle in Los Osos Tuesday morning. [KSBY] The woman was heading southbound in the bike... (Continue reading)

Homelessness in SLO County is our fault

By GORDON MULLIN “I got a right to be here” growled the homeless gentleman I was talking to just off the trail near our local sewage plant. I was riding my bike along the path and he hailed me down... (Continue reading)