Articles Tagged With ‘sexual assault’




Sixty-year-old Guadalupe man arrested for raping 6-year-old

Guadalupe police arrested a 60-year-old man Tuesday who is accused of raping a 6-year-old child. [KSBY] Juan Hernandez Lopez, of Guadalupe, is charged with rape, intercourse with a child under 10, lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14,... (Continue reading)

California bill to raise standard of consent for student sex

A bill in the California legislature may change the way college students engage in sexual activity. [CBS LA] Democratic state senators Kevin de Leon and Hannah Beth Jackson have introduced a bill that would require state run universities to adopt... (Continue reading)

Sexual assault attempted near Cal Poly apartments

A man attempted to sexually assault a female Cal Poly student Tuesday night in an area outside student apartments. [KSBY] Around 10 p.m., the man grabbed the woman from behind, put his hand up her skirt and tried to pull... (Continue reading)

Gang rape of UCSB woman reported in Isla Vista

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for suspects accused of beating and gang raping a 19-year-old UC Santa Barbara student over the weekend. The attack occurred between 11 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to the sheriff’s office.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man accused of attempted kidnap of teen girl

A Santa Maria man allegedly attempted to kidnap and sexually assault a 16-year-old girl last week. [KSBY] The girl was walking with female friends near the intersection of North Broadway and Taylor Street around 10 p.m. on Wednesday night when... (Continue reading)

Serial groper on a bike striking in Santa Maria

Santa Maria police are searching for a man reported to have sexually assaulted several women this month. [KSBY] The suspect has reportedly been riding a bicycle up to women and groping them from behind. Most of the reported assaults have... (Continue reading)

Woman sexually assaulted on Cal Poly campus

Cal Poly University Police received a report Tuesday of an alleged sexual assault that occurred on campus in the early morning hours of Jan. 7. The victim told police that she was walking toward the University Union on Perimeter Road... (Continue reading)

Sexual assault reported in downtown SLO

An unidentified man is accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in downtown San Luis Obispo Tuesday night. Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo Police Department received a report of an assault that occurred at the intersection of... (Continue reading)

SLO woman sues Santa Barbara hospital over sexual assault

A San Luis Obispo woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging a nursing assistant at a Santa Barbara rehabilitation hospital sexually assaulted her while she was recovering from a brain tumor. [Independent] The lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara Superior Court states... (Continue reading)

Brown signs Achadjian rape bill into law

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill co-authored by Central Coast Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian Monday, which closes a loophole in state rape law. AB 65, authored by Achadjian and Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, reverses an 1872 law that allowed men to... (Continue reading)