After a two-day search, a missing hiker and Santa Barbara County employee was found alive on Tuesday in a remote area near the planned endpoint of his hike. [Cal Coast Times] Wesley Welch, 46, is a business manager and fiscal... (Continue reading)
Local government agencies in California are offering fewer services and reducing employees numbers because of rising pension costs. Median pension costs for local governments in California rose at a rate nearly six times that of local agencies nationwide between 2007... (Continue reading)
A power outage caused nearly 5,000 customers to lose electricity in Morro Bay early Thursday morning. The outage started at about 1 a.m. and affected the southern and central parts of Morro Bay. As of 8 a.m., only 499 customers... (Continue reading)
The SLO Tribune is slashing one day a week of print publishing after parent company McClatchy reported a net loss of $42 million in the first quarter of 2019. [Cal Coast Times] Starting in November, the 80-year-old newspaper will no... (Continue reading)
The key witness in a murder-for-hire trial took the stand Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court and admitted during cross examination that he is a convicted sex offender with a criminal history related to child pornography. [Cal Coast Times]... (Continue reading)
A dental office receptionist allegedly stole numerous prescriptions, which she filled out and sent through a pharmacy where her husband picked them up, according to the Paso Robles Police Department. [Cal Coast Times] At about 11:30 a.m. on Monday, a... (Continue reading)
OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT With the calendar running downhill to year’s end, the city of San Luis Obispo still hasn’t told us much about our New Year’s change of electricity providers, which they claim is a “choice” we made, despite... (Continue reading)
Rescue crews are searching in the Los Padres National Forest for a Santa Barbara County employee who did not return from a three-day hike on time. [Cal Coast Times] Wesley Welch is a business manager and fiscal and policy analyst... (Continue reading)
The San Luis Obispo man charged with hate crimes for allegedly threatening to shoot minorities moving into his neighborhood is a retired SLO city firefighter. [Cal Coast Times] Richard Orcutt, 62, worked for the San Luis Obispo Fire Department for... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Attempts by San Luis Obispo city administrators to limit and manipulate information about the police chief’s failure to retain her firearm has led the family of the man who found the gun in a bathroom stall to... (Continue reading)