The San Luis Obispo county sheriff’s office has hired a new ‘cold case detective.’ The position was previously held by Clint Cole, a detective focused solely on unsolved homicides and cold cases, notably the decades-long Kristin Smart case. San Luis Obispo county sheriff Ian Parkinson said the position is for a detective to only work…
ABC’s “20/20” will be airing a two-hour special on the Kristin Smart murder case today at 9 pm on your local ABC channel. While the decades-long case resulted in the life sentence of Paul Flores in state prison, pending an appeal, finding the body of Kristin Smart still remains a priority for law enforcement and…
A disaster recovery center is now open in Oceano to assist residents whose homes or businesses were damaged by the winter storms this year. The center will provide help with applying for federal assistance, disaster loans, and updating various applications for temporary housing, house repairs, and properly replacement. The center will be at the Oceano…
During the June 6th San Luis Obispo city council meeting, eight Cal Poly students addressed the council during the general public comment period to call for action on controlling rent and landlords not properly maintaining their properties. The eight students conducted interviews with about a hundred peers living in off-campus neighborhoods, saying they found instances…
On June 6th, the Paso Robles city council voted to extend the city’s current parking program and form an ad hoc committee to discuss the city parking program for future city council meetings. Councilmembers Bausch and Gregory were appointed. The ad hoc committee’s analysis on downtown parking program is to provide feedback and recommendations to…
After nearly two years of relocation and reconstruction, Sebastian’s General Store has reopened in old San Simeon Village. The store was first built in 1852 and originally provided goods and services to whalers, fishermen, miners, and ranchers. After a relocation by George Hurst, the store went through several owners and lessees over the years, but…
A Templeton school board study session took place Tuesday night at Templeton middle school. The one item on this session’s agenda was a discussion of legal information on gender and locker/restroom use. The first two and a half hours of the meeting comprised of public comments regarding this issue. The heated public comment was followed…
Tomorrow, June 23rd at 10 am, city officials, project contractors, and community leaders will all gather at the new dogbone roundabout at Golden Hill & Union road in Paso Robles to commemorate its completion. Following speeches from capital projects engineer Ditas Esperanza and mayor pro tem John Hamon, a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place.…
On Wednesday and Thursday of next week, the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee will be holding a meeting at the San Luis conference facility in Avila Beach. The meeting is open to the public, can be accessed via a Zoom webinar, and will be comprised of five separate sessions. These sessions will include reports on…
Today is the second Paso Robles police department training at Pat Butler elementary school at 700 Nicklaus street. The first was on Tuesday, June 20th. The police department says that residents should not be alarmed by the increased presence of law enforcement during this exercise, and the department is committed to the safety and well-being…
