San Luis Obispo police officers honor Luca Benedetti
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers lined up on Saturday morning to honor the life and service of officer Luca Benedetti, who died in the line of duty in 2021. More than a dozen officers assembled outside the SLO Police Department shortly after sunrise. The officers then took...
Santa Maria man facing up to 10 years in prison for selling guns
By KAREN VELIE A federal jury on Thursday found Rochlem Eric Aquino Yadao, 48, of Santa Maria guilty of conspiracy to deal in firearms without a license, according to acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith. In 2020, several people conspired to deal firearms without a license in San Luis Obispo, Santa...
Paso Robles councilman ordered to turn records over by Thursday
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles City Councilman Chris Bausch has until Thursday to fully respond to a barrage of records requests from the San Luis Obispo Tribune or he will be required to allow a third party to gather the records. The Tribune filed a lawsuit against Bausch and the...
Two signs vandalized at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
By KAREN VELIE Vandals damaged two signs at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo early Friday morning. Shortly before 5 a.m., Cal Pol staffers discovered vandals had added paint to the entrance signs at Santa Rosa Street and Highland Drive and a sign at the College of Engineering off Highland Drive...
Paso Robles man found guilty of child rape
By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury found a Paso Robles man guilty of nine counts of committing sex crimes against multiple children under the age of 14 including three counts where the children were aged 10 or under. Francisco Pablo Zaragoza Guzman faces a maximum sentence of...
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong sails through congressional hearing
By KAREN VELIE A prepared Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey Armstrong sailed through a congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus on Wednesday. Three campus presidents were ordered to attend the hearing – Armstrong, DePaul University President Robert L. Manuel and Haverford College president Wendy Raymond. While all three...
San Luis Obispo CHP officers arrest parolee for driving with guns
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An incident that began as an officer making a “simple registration stop” resulted in the arrest of a parolee who was driving a car with firearms inside it, according to the CHP San Luis Obispo Office. The officer noticed a vehicle with expired registration and conducted a...
