By JOSH FRIEDMAN The man whom police officers hunted down on Wednesday, prompting a lockdown of San Luis Obispo High School, had been wanted for several months for allegedly committing a string of crimes in SLO. He also had evaded... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A heavily armed Atascadero felon is in jail after he allegedly impersonated a police officer, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. On the night of April 14, deputies stopped a vehicle at the intersection... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a Paso Robles man who was allegedly carrying a loaded firearm while out on bail early Sunday morning. At 12:30 a.m., officers stopped a car for driving without headlights. During the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE and RICHARD BASTIAN Fire burned a home, a wanted man was arrested and another suspect escaped during an action-filled Friday morning in Santa Margarita. Shortly after 7 a.m., a caller reported a fire at a home on... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 19-year-old man on Monday for shooting a 15-year-old boy on Halloween last year in Shandon. The Halloween night shooting is believed to have been gang related, according to the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Arroyo Grande police arrested a 28-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly burglarizing multiple vehicles in the area from Dec. 2 through Jan. 18. On the morning of Jan. 18, officers served an arrest and search warrant at... (Continue reading)
A Santa Barbara residential property that functions as a preschool and animal rescue facility also clandestinely functioned as a drug lab, with narcotics being manufactured, sold and used just feet away from where toddlers were learning, according to the Santa... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Paso Robles man killed Friday while trying to stop a friend from driving was arrested in September for an alleged string of residential burglaries. [Cal Coast Times] On Sept. 20, a resident returned to a home... (Continue reading)
Paso Robles police have identified the man killed while trying to stop a friend from driving as Jose Montes Guillen, 21, of Paso Robles. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, Sarah Hale, 21, left the Santa Maria... (Continue reading)
Authorities arrested an inmate who escaped inmate from San Quentin State Prison Dec. 26 at a Taco Bell restaurant in Paso Robles on Saturday afternoon. [Cal Coast Times] On Wednesday, Shalom Mendoza, 21, was discovered missing during an inmate count.... (Continue reading)