Editor’s note: This article was updated at 12:58 p.m. to include that Paul Flores was arrested on suspicion of murder. Paul Flores, the prime suspect in the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart, was arrested and charged with murder this morning in San Pedro, according to San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office records. Ruben Flores, Paul’s […]
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Students for Quality Education protest County Sheriff Ian Parkinson, call for end to police negligence
“Give up your job, give it to someone who is more capable and actually cares about people’s lives,” SQE President Gianna Bissa said, calling for Sheriff Ian Parkinson’s resignation.
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California Cybersecurity Institute combats sex trafficking with immersive training
San Luis Obispo has become a pathway for sex trafficking as a halfway point between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Footage of San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate death prompts protests
Protests against San Luis Obispo County Jail and Sheriff Ian Parkinson have taken place following the death of Andrew Holland.
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Cipolla ‘controls the chaos’ as new public information officer
Tony Cipolla has been a familiar face in San Luis Obispo County for years now, delivering the news as early as 1989 as an evening anchor at KSBY. Twenty years later, he became the morning anchor at KCOY, and then extended his broadcast experience to Cal Poly students as a lecturer in the journalism department. […]
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There’s a new sheriff in town
Ian Parkinson won the November 2 election over former Pismo Beach police chief Joe Cortez with nearly 55 percent of the vote, according to the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s website.