By KAREN VELIE A gas leak has led to evacuations of portions of downtown San Luis Obispo and the cancellation of farmer’s market on Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 2 p.m., the gas leak was ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Pismo Beach police officers arrested three of four alleged poachers whom they recently caught with nearly 500 clams. Over the weekend, an officer noticed a group of individuals in ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers arrested a juvenile suspect following a shooting on Wednesday evening. Just before 7:15 p.m., officers responded to the 700 block of South Western ...

By KAREN VELIE Former Templeton advisory group chair David Leader is behind bars for allegedly violated a restraining order multiple times, and is now facing additional charges. In August, a judge ...

By KAREN VELIE As measles cases spread throughout the United States, Santa Luis Obispo County recently reported its first measles case in 2026. Potential exposure locations Health officials have ...

By KAREN VELIE After years of taking a slice of the medical emergency revenue pie, there is a proposal for San Luis Obispo County and its cities to adopt a public private partnership known as an ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police are asking the public for help locating a missing 74-year-old man. Freddie Hatfield was last seen at about 8 a.m. on Tuesday in the 900 block of Barca Street, ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are investigating an arson fire that allegedly occurred Monday evening near a Tesla charging station at the Madonna Inn. Shortly after 6 p.m., San Luis ...

By KAREN VELIE More than 5,900 PG&E customers in San Luis Obispo are without power on Wednesday morning because of two separate outages. At 6:17 a.m., 5,885 PG&E customers lost power at ...

As a retired classroom teacher and former Paso Robles school board trustee, I care deeply about our schools. I also believe that caring about schools means asking hard questions about how public money ...

Assailants beat and stabbed a 14-year-old boy while he was walking home from school in Santa Maria on Monday. The attack was reported at 3:19 p.m., according to the Santa Maria Police Department.