The San Luis Obispo County Public Defender’s Office says two capital murder cases involving the death penalty, requiring extra work from experienced lawyers, is stretching its available resources.

A former San Luis Obispo County jail inmate is suing the public defender’s office. The suit was filed by his current attorney Paula Canny.

The cost of the trial involving hard-money lenders Karen Guth and Joshua Yaguda, as well as other unexpected expenses, have forced an overrun of more than $500,000 in the public defender’s ...

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced Wednesday that former county employee Norman Hibble was sentenced to six years in state prison for stealing public money.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office has fielded multiple reports of sophisticated scams targeting people, especially the elderly, in the local area.

The San Luis Obispo Superior Court is reducing its public phone hours effective Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. They will be changing to 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Under California law, anyone convicted of "a conflict of interests, an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach of a public trust, ...

A high-profile figure in the Central Coast’s marijuana industry has agreed to plead guilty to bribing a San Luis Obispo County supervisor, the first charges to be made public in what a spokesman ...

A Chowchilla man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting early Wednesday morning in San Luis Obispo County. The man, identified as 40-year-old Andrew Biscay, was in the news last month after ...