OPINION by JULIE TACKER At the upcoming Oceano Community Services District Dec. 9 board meeting, the directors will choose a new president to serve the district for 2016. The current board president is Mary Lucey. Lucey will not be in... (Continue reading)
At least three fires broke out in Oceano Sunday, according to the Five Cities Fire Authority. Officials have deemed the fires suspicious, and law enforcement in investigating. First, crews responded to multiple fires at or near a transient camp. The... (Continue reading)
Two gambling operations were shut down this week after San Luis Obispo County officials determined they were operating illegally. After receiving multiple complaints of drug use and prostitution in the area around the Cyber Wave Cafe’s at 1945 Front Street... (Continue reading)
A 27-year-old Oceano man slit his wife’s throat while she was sleeping in a bed with the couple’s 3-year-old son, according to court testimony. [Tribune] Humberto Jacobo Chavez killed his wife, Patricia Jacobo, 26, at their Oceano home on the... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives determined a shooting on Thursday in Oceano was gang related. At about 1:30 p.m., Jose Angel Castillo, 38, allegedly opened fire on a passing vehicle from a home on the 1500 block of Ocean... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect Thursday who is accused of firing shots from an Oceano home at a passing car. At about 1:30 p.m., 911 callers reported gun shots in the 1500 block of Ocean Street.... (Continue reading)
A 41-year-old Ocean man suffered major injuries after he crashed on U.S. Highway 101 near 10th Street in San Miguel on Sunday, California Highway Patrol officials said. Shortly after 3 p.m., the Oceano man was headed southbound at about 70... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies are investigating a Friday afternoon fight in Oceano that left one man with a stab wound and another with facial injuries. Shortly before 3 p.m., the fight broke out near the intersection of 21st... (Continue reading)
A man ran into a burning apartment building in Oceano in order to save lives, and another man jumped from a second floor window in order to survive the fire. [KSBY] Shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, a fire broke out... (Continue reading)
The Oceano woman who was stabbed to death on Sunday was the mother of two young children. Patty Merino attended Arroyo Grande High School before graduating from Santa Barbara Business College in 2011, according to her Facebook page. At the... (Continue reading)