Former Gala Pride and Diversity Center director sentenced to jail
By KAREN VELIE The 46-year-old former director of the San Luis Obispo Gala Pride and Diversity Center was sentenced to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement. Prior to his sentencing, Dustin Robert Colyerworth paid $59,302 in restitution. Beginning in Nov. 2022 and ending in...
Paso Robles police identify bank robbery suspect
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers identified the man they suspect robbed a bank on Wednesday afternoon as Ernesto Noriega Cisneros. He remains on the run. Shortly before 3 p.m., Cisneros entered the Wells Fargo Bank on Spring Street and claimed to be armed with a firearm. He then...
Paso Robles drops legal argument over water rights
OPINION by GREG GREWAL The quiet title litigation over groundwater rights was a poker game. After five trials and numerous stipulations, the city of Paso Robles finally folded its hand. Their last two legal arguments were pueblo and treaty rights, which they withdrew on June 17. A 2019 court order...
Central Coast teen dies in river accident at Sequoia National Park
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 17-year-old Santa Maria girl drowned after falling into a river at Sequoia National Park last week. Andrea Diaz Mondragon was visiting Sequoia with her brother and a group of friends. It was her first time at the national park. During the trip, Mondragon slipped into a...
Car crashes, overturns by Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A two-car crash by a Highway 101 onramp in San Luis Obispo resulted in one of the vehicles overturning and landing on its roof early Thursday morning. Just before 5 a.m., a driver ran a red light while turning left onto northbound Highway 101 from Madonna Road....
Californians need transparency, help stop AB 1821
Opinion from the First Amendment Coalition We wrote last week to sound alarms about California Assembly Bill 1821, which would have disastrous effects on transparency, accountability, and our democracy. Well, it’s crunchtime. The bill, which was amended at the proverbial 11th hour in a transformation that a local watchdog group...
Police looking for Paso Robles bank robbery suspect
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers are looking for the man who robbed a bank on Wednesday afternoon. The suspect entered the Wells Fargo Bank on Spring Street, said he had a weapon and handed a note to the teller. After receiving an unknown amount of cash, the man...
