By CCT STAFF The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it is holding two trucks that belonged to the family of the last person to see Kristin Smart before she disappeared in 1996, according to county officials. Earlier this... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF A SLO County judge on Tuesday sentenced an Atascadero man who stalked, harassed and threatened multiple women to four years and eight months in prison. [KSBY] Josiah James Johnstone, 34, initially pleaded guilty to charges of stalking... (Continue reading)
Update: San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell has changed her mind, and will permit KVEC to cover the “PEACE talk” on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. By CCT Staff San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deanna Cantrell on... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF A driver slammed into two pedestrians on the Cal Poly campus and then left the scene without stopping, surveillance footage shows. [Mustang News] The driver, a Cal Poly student, is now facing felony hit-and-run charges. The victims... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A former San Luis Obispo city inspector appealed his termination, but backed out last week just days before a scheduled hearing in which details of his firing were to be discussed, according to a city staffer. In... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF The United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on Monday upheld a Trump Administration rule making it more difficult for immigrants who use government aid programs like food stamps, Medicaid and housing assistance to obtain green... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF After leading police on an approximately two-hour chase throughout the Santa Maria area on Monday, the suspect crashed his vehicle into a bus. [KSBY] Shortly after 11:30 a.m., a 911 caller, a 30-year-old man, was repeatedly asking... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF The Monterey County District Attorney’s office added an additional 70 charges on Monday against a Nipomo man who is suspected of shooting dozens of projectiles at vehicles driving on several highways in Monterey and San Benito counties.... (Continue reading)
By CCT STAFF The Grover Beach Police Department has identified 33-year-old Justin Dean Truman Kissinger of Arroyo Grande as the pedestrian killed by a vehicle last week. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Jan. 21, Kissinger was walking across North Oak... (Continue reading)
The deadly coronavirus has spread to California; health officials have confirmed one individual each in Los Angeles and Orange counties have tested positive for the virus. [LA Times] In both of the Southern California cases, the virus was brought by... (Continue reading)