Nipomo man accused of sexually assaulting children
By KAREN VELIE A Nipomo man is in custody on charges he sexually assaulted two children. On Dec. 15, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office received a report that 67-year-old Victor Manuel VillaMedina had sexually abused two children under 14 years of age. The sexual abuse allegedly began several...
Drunk driver stuck on unfinished road in San Luis Obispo, arrested
By KAREN VELIE An alleged drunk driver ended up in jail after he attempted to drive down a road with wet concrete in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday evening, police said. Shortly after 11 p.m., the driver went around the closure signs and drove onto wet concrete near the intersection...
More than 3,700 PG&E customers without power in SLO County
By KAREN VELIE While people were getting started with their day, 3,735 PG&E customers lost power in northern San Luis Obispo County on Thursday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., power went out for customers from the south side of Templeton to Lake Nacimiento. The cause of the outage remains under...
San Luis Obispo massage therapist accused of sexual battery
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a 25-year-old independent massage therapist for alleged sexual battery on Tuesday, police said. On Monday, a woman reported that Malcolm Sears, who works at Powerhouse Chiropractic, touched her inappropriately several times. She reported the touching was sexual in nature, and outside...
Anti-ICE protestors create chaos at the SLO County Jail, video
By KAREN VELIE A group of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protestors berated federal agents and obstructed the arrest of an inmate at the San Luis Obispo County Jail on Sunday morning. ICE agents monitor jail logs for arrests and releases of undocumented immigrants with a history of deportations. On the...
Paso Robles Main Street Director Norma Moye dead at 93
By KAREN VELIE Norma Moye, best known as the driving force behind the revitalization of the Paso Robles downtown and her four-decade leadership of the Paso Robles Main Street Association, has died. She was 93 years old. Following the Christmas Light Parade, Moye fell ill and later checked herself into...
Pedestrian killed in crash in San Luis Obispo
By KAREN VELIE A driver hit and killed a pedestrian in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday morning, according to the police. Shortly after 6 a.m., a driver was headed northbound on Santa Rosa Street when they hit a pedestrian near Montalban Street. The pedestrian died at the scene. The investigation...
