By DANIEL BLACKBURN In a campaign season drenched in vitriol, the contest for two vacant city council seats in Paso Robles appears quite sanguine. And the mayor’s job there will be filled by default; former council member Steve Martin will... (Continue reading)
A Santa Maria man held up an elderly woman at gunpoint, rammed his car into her vehicle and smashed the window of another vehicle, prior to Paso Robles police arresting him Saturday afternoon. Around 1:40 p.m., police received a report... (Continue reading)
PART ONE: Water, money, need, and greed By DANIEL BLACKBURN California’s persistent 30-month dry period has provoked statewide cries for major changes in current water resources practices, and is sparking renewed campaigns for more dams and big water project developments.... (Continue reading)
Paso Robles police arrested two North County teenagers for allegedly stabbing a man in a drive-through line Friday night. Atascadero resident Tyler Dwayne McKinney, 18, and Paso Robles resident Daniel Flores, 19, are accused of attacking a 31-year-old man in... (Continue reading)
The Paso Robles City Council has approved a plan to sell water to North County residents living outside the city limits who are struggling to cope with the ongoing drought. [Tribune] On Sept. 2, the council voted to reverse a... (Continue reading)
By COLIN JONES Operation Restoration, AmpSurf’s signature event, kicks off on Friday, Sept. 5 and takes place over three days this weekend with several happenings on the Central Coast. Disabled veterans along with other adults and children with disabilities will... (Continue reading)
A Paso Robles man died in a head-on collision Friday night in Fresno County, according to the California Highway Patrol. [Fresno Bee] The Paso Robles man was driving a 1994 Mazda on Highway 33 near Coalinga when he veered out... (Continue reading)
Paso Robles police are looking for a 24-year-old woman who allegedly snatched an eleven week old English bulldog puppy valued at $900.00 from a pet store on Sunday. At about 2:40 p.m., Allison Rae Trammel of Atascadero took the puppy... (Continue reading)
The Atascadero and Paso Robles police departments combined efforts over the weekend to seize more than 100 grams of heroin and arrests five suspects accused of participating in drug sales. The two departments collaborated on a drug investigation that spanned... (Continue reading)
Paso Robles police are searching for two women suspected of passing counterfeit bills at several businesses off Highway 46. [Daily News] On July 26, four counterfeit bills were used at the McDonald’s restaurant and the Chevron gas station on Ramada... (Continue reading)