By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time this month, Arroyo Grande police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the South County city. Police will conduct the checkpoint at an undisclosed location from 8 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday.... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A vandal taped an American flag scrawled with hateful rhetoric on a Paso Robles school board member’s campaign sign earlier this week, prompting city staff to quickly remove the sign. Over the face of candidate Lauren McCoy,... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE An early morning car fire on the Cuesta Grade north of San Luis Obispo jammed Highway 101 traffic in both directions on Thursday morning, according to the CHP. Shortly after 7 a.m., a caller reported a grey... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two vehicles collided in San Luis Obispo Wednesday night, resulting in the shearing of a fire hydrant and water flooding Higuera Street. Shortly before 10 p.m., a black pickup truck collided with a white sedan. A fire... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County judge this week sentenced a former Central Coast coach and yearbook distributor to more than 72 years in prison for dozens of child sex crimes. In 2019, responding to a tip from a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County judge on Wednesday sentenced a former county employee to six years in state prison. Norman Hibble pleaded no contest in July to seven embezzlement counts. He also admitted to the sentencing enhancement... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE In the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, where families’ futures hang in the balance, several judges entrusted with the power to shape the lives of parents and children either did not fully understand or did not feel... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Debbie Arnold voted Tuesday against taking a man’s property by eminent domain in order to complete the Bob Jones Trail from the Octagon Barn off South Higuera Street to Avila Beach. A... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Two people are in a Santa Barbara County Jail after a mail theft victim in Los Alamos set a trap that led to their Aug. 19 arrests. After discovering items missing from her box at the Los... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE City of Monterey officials announced last week a local beach is temporarily off limits to humans after a large number of sea lions took over the beach. Sea lions recently spread out along the popular San Carlos... (Continue reading)