By KAREN VELIE With the majority on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors up for grabs, several marijuana cultivators are donating large amounts of cash to the two candidates who support their agenda, incumbent supervisor Adam Hill and... (Continue reading)
A vehicle slammed into a power pole early Monday morning in Atascadero, causing hundreds of residents to lose electricity, the rupture of a gas line and a small fire. [Cal Coast Times] At about 1:30 a.m., a driver went off... (Continue reading)
Santa Maria police are looking for seven people who carjacked a man who was praying in his car Saturday morning. The man was parked outside his home in a quiet neighborhood on the 700 block of East Bunny Avenue. [Cal... (Continue reading)
Gov. Gavin Newsom pardoned a 41-year-old San Luis Obispo woman earlier this week for a prior felony conviction. [Cal Coast Times] While working as a corrections officer, in 2004, Laurie Gardner pleaded no contest to a felony count of possession... (Continue reading)
OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE San Luis Obispo’s city government has to feel that it’s under siege these days. Recent revelations by CCN about the city’s police chief losing her firearm, her day-long scramble to find it, breaking into a... (Continue reading)
The owner of a rural Buellton winery has appealed proposals for two large marijuana grows that would be located next to his vineyards, a matter that came before the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission on Thursday. [Cal Coast Times] Blair... (Continue reading)
Emergency responders transported two people to the hospital following separate crashes at the Ocean Dunes Thursday evening, with one of the individuals being airlifted out of the off-road riding park, according to Cal Fire. [Cal Coast Times] First, an ATV... (Continue reading)
For the second time in the span of a month, a woman whose young son had been removed from her custody kidnapped the child, prompting Paso Robles police to issue an Amber alert on Thursday before authorities managed to locate... (Continue reading)
The California Highway Patrol has identified the man killed in a head-on collision at the Cholame “Y” Wednesday night as Juan Silva Casares, 48, of Creston. [Cal Coast Times] Casares, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was a passenger in... (Continue reading)
Cuesta College is warning students and staff about a mountain lion that was spotted walking near the edge of the college campus on two different evenings this week, according to the college’s police department. [Cal Coast Times] Mountain lion spottings... (Continue reading)