By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis is asking the city to pay him $2,275,000 for loss of employment. He alleges he cannot work because of “extreme hypertension” brought on by harassment and a hostile working environment. His... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg snapped at callers, interrupted them and yelled during a drama-filled interview with KVEC radio talk show host Dave Congalton on Sept. 30. On a previous show on Sept. 21, two... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The 20-year-old man who set off a bomb injuring five people at the Santa Maria Courthouse is facing 10 additional charges including attempted murder, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. Nathaniel McGuire went to... (Continue reading)
By CalCoastNews Staff The Paso Robles City Council will meet on Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers. Over multiple months, Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis has rarely been on the job during extended leaves of absence... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The committee opposed to Morro Bay Measure A-24 recently received three large dark-money donations in less than a week. Measure A-24 is focused on stopping the industrialization of the Morro Bay waterfront by requiring voter approval for... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE The 20-year-old man who set off a bomb injuring five people at the Santa Maria Courthouse had planned to kill a judge and several deputies, according to a federal complaint filed Thursday. Nathaniel McGuire... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The mother of a 19-year-old woman who died at a San Luis Obispo County mental health facility, though no one noticed for eight to 10 hours, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court on Monday seeking... (Continue reading)
Correction: The bomb was thrown outside the courtroom, not into the courtroom. By KAREN VELIE Chaos erupted at the Santa Maria Courthouse on Wednesday morning after a man threw a suspected bomb outside a courtroom. At approximately 8:35 a.m., a... (Continue reading)
By CalCoastNews staff The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9 a.m. on Sept. 24 in the board chambers. Staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors review and approve an agreement between San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A Grover Beach woman is facing four felony counts related to her run as a write-in candidate for the San Luis Obispo County District 3 Supervisor seat in the March 2024 Primary Election. Following a SLO County... (Continue reading)