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Convicted Killer Paul Flores Ordered to Pay $346K In Restitution to Family of Victim Kristin Smart

A judge on Monday ordered Paul Flores to pay $346,000 in restitution to the family of Kristin Smart, to cover expenses they say they incurred as a result of, and in the wake of, Smart's 1996 disappearance.

Arts & Entertainment

Lots of People Were Assigned Berkeley as Their Spotify Wrapped 'Sound Town,' But Also San Luis Obispo? Why?

The annual flurry of Spotify Wrapped year-end lists and genre leanings dropped last week, and like your zodiac chart, these categorizations have come to mean something for multiple generations who rely on Spotify for most of their music.

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Reprieve to Stay Open Past 2025, Could Be Running Another 20 Years

California’s last remaining nuclear power plant will definitely remain open at least a couple more years, and the state wants it running until 2023, but PG&E wants it running another 20 years.

Fugitive In Stolen Truck Busts Through Hearst Castle Gates, Holes Up In Guest House, Causes Shelter-In-Place

A chaotic — and dare we say drug-fueled? — situation in San Luis Obispo County on Sunday turned into a tense standoff in which a bunch of Hearst Castle tourists had to shelter in place until it was safe to go back to the parking lot.

Another Major Rockslide Closes Highway 1 South of Big Sur For Several Weeks, Maybe Longer

You will not be able to drive Highway 1 between Big Sur and San Simeon for quite some time, and with good reason, because this rockslide has rendered that road pretty much unnavigable.

Paul Flores Found Guilty In 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart

A 26-year-old mystery out of San Luis Obispo came to a conclusion Tuesday, as Paul Flores was found guilty in the murder of 19-year-old Kristin Smart. His father, Ruben Flores, was found not guilty by a separate jury of being an accessory after the fact.

Trial Kicks Off In 26-Year-Old Kristin Smart Murder Case

26 years and two months since she was last seen alive, Kristin Smart's accused murderer finally goes on trial this week along with his alleged accomplice dad, in a Salinas court.

Kristin Smart Murder Trial to Be Moved Out of San Luis Obispo

A San Luis Obispo County judge on Wednesday granted a change of venue for the trial of the accused killer of onetime Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, Paul Flores, and his accused accomplice father, Ruben Flores.

Endangered Sea Otter Found Skinned On Central CA Beach

Officials are looking into who may have been behind the gruesome skinning of a sea otter in San Luis Obispo County. SFGate reports that late last month, a dead, skinned sea otter was

Authorities Dig Up Cal Poly Campus In New Search For Kristin Smart, Missing Since 1996

For 20 years, the family of onetime Cal Poly student Kristin Smart has had no closure in her disappearance and presumed murder, and now the FBI and the San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Department

Wildfire Threatens Hearst Castle, Forces Closure Of Tourist Attraction

The nine-day-old Chimney Fire in San Luis Obispo County has forced the closure of Hearst Castle, arguably the central coast's biggest tourist attraction. As CBS 5 reports, flames came as close as three

In Triumph For Environmentalists, PG&E Says It Will Close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant In 2025

Saying that it was an American Fukushima waiting to happen, environmentalists throughout California and elsewhere have long been putting pressure on Pacific Gas & Electric to fully shut down the Diablo Canyon Power

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Woman Finds Bloody Fingertip In Applebee's Salad

A woman has retained counsel and is preparing to sue the Applebee's chain after discovering a severed fingertip in her salad last month. The expectant mother was eating at a Paso Robles location

Crazy Photo: Man Rescued After Close Call With Meat Grinder

A man is very fortunate that he isn't hamburger meat after a close call with a meat grinder earlier this week. On Thursday afternoon around 2 p.m., San Luis Obispo firefighters responded

California Surfer Survives Great White Shark Attack

An unnamed 50-year-old surfer has survived a shark attack involving an 8 to 10 foot juvenile great white shark. The attack took place Sunday at Montaña de Oro State Park, reports the San

Power Outage at San Luis Obispo Sewage Plant Sends 10,000 Gallons of the Stuff Into the Ocean

The beaches around Cambria on the central coast are a lot more like the beaches of northwest Mexico these days with 10,000 gallons of fresh sewage having just been spilled out of

Cycling: Stage 4 Drags Down the Pace

Snoo-zer. Aside from the final five seconds of the race, the most exciting part of Thursday's Stage 4 in the 2007 Amgen Tour of California was the scenery. Relatively undistinguished topography and the

One Hundred Blogospheres

Anil's gone and put together a bunch of observations on how individual blogospheres mutate and evolve, as well as interact with existing blogospheres. Remember that weird program "Life" on your Tandy? Or how