By KAREN VELIE With crude oil prices dropping last week, the average price for gas fell six cents to $6.50 a gallon in San Luis Obispo County, according to AAA. Last week, prices dipped from $80 ...

By KAREN VELIE As Tropical Storm Rachel arrives, San Luis Obispo County is under both high surf and coastal flood advisories on Sunday. The storm also has the potential to bring rain, strong winds ...

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County woman convicted of election fraud is again asking for an attorney, this time for her sentencing hearing and other post trial issues. Gaea Powell’s ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a woman by a Highway 101 on-ramp in Santa Barbara Friday evening, around the same time and place a police officer called off pursing a ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 20-year-old Nipomo man allegedly committed two robberies in San Luis Obispo Friday evening, stealing knives, Legos and a PlayStation controller before getting caught by police.

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 reported near the 700 ...

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following a pair of cases in which victims lost thousands of dollars to scammers, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam targeting ...

By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint within the city limits on Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. The police department selects the checkpoint location based on a ...

Police are investigating the death of a 45-year-old San Luis Obispo woman who was found deceased inside a home on Wednesday. However, investigators said they do not consider the death suspicious. At ...

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 ...

A semi-truck trailer burning on southbound Highway 101 in Santa Maria led to the closure of mutiple lanes of traffic on Tuesday morning, according to the CHP. Shortly after 1:20 a.m., a driver ...

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 possession of what ...