San Luis Obispo County News

The San Luis Obispo County economy won't get much worse this year and will likely start improving next year.

The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched officers by air and sea Tuesday afternoon to investigate a runaway fishing vessel apparently moving through the ocean 130 miles southwest of San Francisco with nobody aboard after the owner's body was found in the water earlier in the day.

Despite a countywide shortage of the H1N1 vaccine - reflecting a nationwide problem - a small number of local schoolchildren will receive it in the coming weeks.

As holidays go, El Dia de los Muertos - known in English as "The Day of the Dead" - is far from bleak.

Two San Luis Obispo County residents were among four killed in a traffic accident Friday on Highway 46 in Kern County, according to a report by the Taft Midway Driller newspaper Web site.

Current Situation: This information release relating to the current flu season and H1N1 Flu in San Luis Obispo County will be followed by weekly updates that will include accurate information about local and statewide statistics, prevention efforts including vaccine distribution and ways to obtain further information.

A Marine captain and San Luis Obispo High School alumnus is recovering in a hospital in Germany after he lost one of his lower legs and suffered other serious injuries in a helicopter crash Monday in Afghanistan.

Two men, waiting until the sun went down, scaled a fence and crossed a roof "ninja style" Sunday night to break out a pet pit bull in the Animal Services Center located next to the Sheriff's Department headquarters, according to sheriff's officials.

The county District Attorney's Office has filed a misdemeanor complaint of driving under the influence against a former CHP captain found in a stopped state car by sheriff's deputies late on the evening of March 12 in rural Templeton.

Emotions run high at a meeting about the state's possible purchase of a part of the Oceano Dunes.

Concerned over the spread of H1N1 and seasonal flu, some hospitals in San Luis Obispo County are revising their visitor policies by barring children and limiting the number of visitors per patient.

A Grover Beach man faces several charges, including assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon, in connection with a Sunday night shooting that involved two officers.

Fight over coastal Cayucos property could set precedent The DeCicco family spent 10 years dreaming up plans for an inn and four townhomes on their Highway 1 property.

The attorney for the San Luis Obispo County sheriff's deputy who was charged with driving under the influence in September announced his client wouldn't contest the charges at a pre-trial hearing in the SLO Courthouse on Oct.

A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Deputy pleads no contest to a DUI charge. 45 year-old James Lesperance changed his plea from not guilty to no contest yesterday to one DUI count of driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher.

Tuesday's storm produced some record-setting rainfall in areas of San Luis Obispo County for the month of October.

The area's first storm of the season - packing high winds that have knocked out power to 2,300 users in San Luis Obispo County so far - is expected to last through Wednesday morning.

Here's a breakdown of the most common offenses at San Luis Obispo County's four largest school districts in the 2008-09 school year.

Nearly a third of San Luis Obispo County students - 10,078 - were considered truant last year, according to state data.

Nearly one-third of students in San Luis Obispo County were considered truant last year.