San Luis Obispo County deputies arrest 10 suspected drug dealers
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested 10 people on Thursday and Friday following a lengthy investigation into the Nipomo 13 criminal street gang. The investigation focused on the sale of controlled substances in SLO County. The investigation uncovered a conspiracy to sell controlled substances from...
Santa Maria Courthouse bomber pleads guilty to federal charges
By KAREN VELIE The 22-year-old man who set off a bomb injuring five people at the Santa Maria Courthouse in 2024 pleaded guilty to two federal charges this week. As part of a plea agreement, Nathaniel James McGuire agreed to plead guilty to using a weapon of mass destruction and...
San Luis Obispo police arrest arson suspect
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a 38-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly setting a fire that burned five vehicles on city owned property near the Bob Jones Trail on Sept. 8. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a caller reported a fire burning off the Bob...
Judge dismisses alleged fraudster’s lawsuit against SLO County clerk
By KAREN VELIE A federal judge dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the San Luis Obispo County woman facing felony election fraud charges because the complaint did not contain specific allegations and did not identify which civil rights were violated. While battling eight felony and one misdemeanor charge, Gaea...
Arson suspected in San Luis Obispo fire that burned vehicles
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities are investigating a fire that burned at least five vehicles at the San Luis Obispo water treatment plant on Tuesday as possible arson. Multiple homeless people have encampments in the area, and one homeless man was seen standing and watching as firefighters responded to the blaze....
Woman killed in crash near Atascadero
By KAREN VELIE A 42-year-old woman was killed in a single car crash on Highway 41 near Atascadero on Tuesday evening. Shortly after 10 p.m., Jenny Ritter of Ceres was headed southbound on Highway 41 near Rocky Canyon Road when the Mercedes she was driving drifted across the highway, down...
Grover Beach police searching for e-bike thief
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Grover Beach Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a man who was allegedly caught on surveillance video stealing an electric bicycle. Police are circulating footage of the suspect walking up to the e-bike, removing the lock and walking off with the bicycle. The...
