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A police officer at Atascadero State Hospital is arrested on drug and weapon-related crimes in Santa Maria. 36-year-old Leonel Lazaro lives in Santa Maria. He was arrested Monday afternoon in Santa Maria based on an ongoing investigation by detectives from the special investigation bureau. Lazaro was booked into the Santa Barbara county jail for allegedly…
The San Luis Obispo county coroner closes the investigation into the mysterious death of supervisor Adam Hill. Hill was found dead at his rented home in Shell Beach on August 6th. The coroner says it was apparent from reading Adam Hill’s journals and personal notes that he had been suffering from severe mental illness. His…
Divers from the SLO county sheriff’s office and Cal Fire found the body of a man who drowned at Lopez Lake, east of Arroyo Grande last weekend. The dive team had been searching for the body since Sunday. They found it late Tuesday afternoon. The coroner’s office identified the victim as 39-year-old David Sanchez of…
Yesterday morning, a body was found in pick-up parked in Cool Hand Luke’s parking lot on 12th and Riverside in Paso Robles. The cause of death is under investigation. The deceased has not been identified. It’s believed to be the third body found in the vicinity of that building in the last two years.
As election day approaches, the campaigning heats up in Atascadero. Former mayor Ray Johnson says the efforts by a garbage company owner to get his candidates elected has created an interesting scenario in Atascadero. He says the number of people running for mayor and city council will spread the vote out. It may create some…
An interesting poll underway in the New Times, the progressive alternative lifestyle weekly paper in San Luis Obispo. The poll asking readers who do you side with, San Luis Obispo mayor Heidi Harmon? Or district attorney Dan Dow? The dispute is over the recent arrests of eight black lives matter protesters who marched out onto…
Much cooler today in the north county. Forecasters say we’ll see high temperature s this afternoon in the upper 70’s. And that cooler weather will continue through the weekend. Highs for the next several days in the low to mid 70’s. The highs may stay in the upper 60’s on Sunday. By the end of…
A DEAD BODY FOUND IN A PARKED PICK-UP TRUCK AT THE COOL HAND LUKES PARKING LOT THIS MORNING. THE PICK UP IS NOW BEING LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRUCK. FARMS INSURANCE AGENT SCOTT RENEAU WORKS IN THE BUILDING NEXT TO COOL HAND LUKES. SCOTT SAYS THIS IS THE THIRD BODY FOUND IN THE VICINITY IN…
Sunny skies today, highs this afternoon in the low 90’s. NW winds 5-10 miles per hour. Overnight, clear to partly cloudy skies, lows near 50. Tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, highs in the upper 70’s. SSW winds 10-20 miles per hour. The long range forecast calls for sunny skies through the week. But a cooling trend…
Halloween will be a little different this year. Paso Robles assistant city manager Sara Johnson-Rios telling this will not be the Halloween of your childhood. She says Next Door is organizing a drive through Trick and Treat opportunity for kids. So, Halloween 2020 will be different because of the government-imposed shutdown in response to the…
