Local news in San Luis Obispo County including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Shandon, Templeton, Atascadero, Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, and other cities along the Central Coast of California.
CHP for the Templeton area announced they will be conducting pedestrian safety operations in the communities of San Miguel and Templeton on March 11, 2026. “Officers will focus on motorists who fail to yield the right-of-way or who take unsafe and illegal actions,” CHP says. Pedestrian-involved crashes in California continue to be a major concern,…
The Atascadero city council will be meeting tonight to discuss an increase to the city’s sewer service charge. Sewer rate increases in the city are slowly being phased in due to the rising costs of treatment, as well as the replacement of the city’s wastewater treatment plant. Current systems in Atascadero are no longer in…
The county sheriff’s office has arrested a man in Oceano after receiving reports of suspected child sexual abuse material. The reports were submitted on February 17th, and an investigation identified 46-year-old Michael Schmidt of Oceano as the suspect. Detectives learned that Schmidt was employed by the San Luis Obispo county health department, assigned to their…
The San Luis Obispo police department has released footage of the officer involved shooting that took place February 28th. Officers are seen in the video responding to the scene at just about 4:50 pm, arriving at the location at 4:54 pm. In the video, police find the suspect near the intersection of Poinsettia street and…
News Release – MAR7 – Chief Tsudama Cal Fire San Luis Obispo unit chief John Owens has announced the appointment of a new deputy chief of operations, effective March 16th. Paso Robles resident, and long time fire serviceman, Keith Tsudama will head into the position. He began his career in 2002 with the united states…
245PC and arrest On March 5th just before 10 pm, Paso Robles police officers responded to an incident on the 3300 block of Spring street regarding a report of a male suspect pointing a handgun at another male’s head, and telling the victim he “was going to die.” The police department says the victim managed…
The county elections office announced the candidate filing period for the June 2nd primary election has closed. For offices in which the incumbent does not file, there will be an extension until Wednesday, March 11th. This will likely be for the district 2 supervisorial district and the county superintendent of education, according to the elections…
Yesterday morning, a juvenile crashed a car into Appy’s liquor store on 28th and Spring street, and then fled the scene. Surveillance footage from the liquor store shows a driver of a Toyota driving over the parking block on the side of the liquor store, hitting the store’s wall facing Spring street. The driver immediately…
Daylight saving time is set to begin this Sunday, March 8th. At 2 am on Sunday, the official hour set forward by clocks will instantly become 3 am. Sunrise and sunset will be one hour later, equaling more light in the evening hours and later sunrise in the morning. Phones and computers will adjust themselves…
The city of San Luis Obispo is cracking down even further on large street parties leading up to and on St. Patrick’s Day. “Street parties are no longer welcome in the community,” a release from the city says. “To protect public safety, the city will once again take a zero-tolerance approach during the safety enhancement…
