San Luis Obispo man charged with murder in Southern California
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a 35-year-old San Luis Obispo man with the murder of a woman who died in Santa Monica last weekend. Just after 5:20 p.m. on July 25, Santa Monica police received a call about a woman who needed medical assistance inside an apartment...
Man arrested after pepper spraying family at San Luis Obispo Food 4 Less
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Officers arrested a Bakersfield man who pepper sprayed a family during an argument in the San Luis Obispo Food 4 Less parking lot on Thursday. Shortly before noon, a family of five adults and two children got into an argument with Travis Franco, 38. During the...
Car crashes into Shell Beach market and deli
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A car slammed into DePalo & Sons market and deli in Shell Beach on Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 1 p.m., a driver crashed a red Infiniti into the business located at 2665 Shell Beach Road. Two individuals suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash, according...
Cal Poly delays opening new dorm, requiring some students to have roommates
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly has delayed the opening of a new residence hall, resulting in some students who signed up for signed up for single-occupancy rooms being required to have a roommate. The university is currently in constructing a student housing development on campus. The first building of the...
Big scrum at the Cayucos dog park
By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. Franklin’s latest book – “Hitchhiking, A Destiny” – is currently on Amazon. This is what I...
San Luis Obispo police seek help identifying thieves
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying two men who are suspected of stealing merchaise from local businesses earlier this week. On Monday, the two males allegedly took 20 graphing calculators from Target on Los Osos Valley Road. The calculators are valued...
San Luis Obispo County jury convicts X-ray technician of sexual battery
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted a local X-ray technician of misdemeanor sexual battery over a 2024 incident involving unwanted touching of a patient at a medical office. The jury found that John Stephen O’Brien, 47, willfully and unlawfully touched an intimate part of a patient...
