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All lanes of Highway 101 are still closed near Cat Canyon Road due to an investigation of a suspicious item. Northbound lanes are being directed off at Los Alamos to Hwy. 135. Southbound lanes are being taken off at Union Valley Pkwy. in Santa Maria and directed to Hwy. 135.

A Santa Maria man was arrested Friday on suspicion of hate crime-related charges after a Nipomo business owner received a note containing language that indicated racially driven threats, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were dispatched at about 6 a.m. to the 500 block of West...

An arrest has been made in connection with a hate crime investigation at a Nipomo business.

“We must take all threats seriously,” school officials said.

West Coast Kustoms held its City Cruise in Santa Maria on Friday. People from all over California came out to enjoy the event. The post Hundreds gathered on Broadway Street to watch the West Coast Kustoms City Cruise appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has determined law enforcement officers were justified when they used deadly force against a man who had fired more than 20 rounds from a handgun at the Vons gas station in Nipomo nearly two years ago.

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested a 47-year-old man on Friday for allegedly making a racist threat against a Nipomo business owner. For months, Ricardo Salazar of Santa Maria would sit in his car in front of Powerhouse Barre and Pilates on West Tefft Street in Nipomo and watch the classes. Concerned the man was dangerous, staff previously reported a suspicious man in a car, but Salazar left before deputies arrived.

[Update: 11:00 p.m] All lanes of US 101 near Cat Canyon Road are now open following law enforcement investigation of suspicious item. [Original Story] A suspected homemade bomb was found by a Caltrans crew member, leading to a full closure of both the northbound and southbound 101 while California Highway Patrol and the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office’s Bomb Squad investigate the threat, according to a report from Santa Maria CHP spokesperson Maria Barriga.

A vegetation fire broke out near Lompoc on Friday.

On Thursday evening, the Santa Maria Joint Unified School District sent an email to parents, letting them know about a threatening social media post regarding a high school with the initials "RHS".

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VISALIA, Calif. (KGET) — Stockdale High School won the CIF Central Section Division I baseball championship Friday night beating Righetti High School, 10-1. Stockdale entered the championship game at Visalia’s Valley Strong Ballpark as the No. 2 seed and coming off a victory against Liberty. Righetti has beaten Frontier High 4-1 in the previous round. […]

Staff at Judkins Middle School and the Pismo Beach Police Department responded to a threatening message found on campus Thursday.

The law enforcement officers who responded to an active shooter situation at the Nipomo Vons gas station in 2020 were justified in their actions, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office. The post Officers justified in deadly 2020 shooting involving active shooter at Nipomo Vons gas station appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

All southbound Highway 101 lanes at Cat Canyon Road north of Los Alamos will be closed at 1 p.m. on Friday The post North and southbound Highway 101 lanes north of Los Alamos close temporarily Friday due to a possible bomb appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

NIPOMO — San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested one man in connection to a threatening note containing racially driven hate speech. The Sheriff’s Office received a report of the note on the morning of May 27. The note, which was directed at the business owner, was left at a business in the 500 block of West Tefft Street in Nipomo and contained threats of violence.

After careful review, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has determined law enforcement officers did not violate the law when they used deadly force against Scott Cameron Huffman (42) of Bakersfield, so no charges will be filed against them. District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that that...