California Central Coast

FBI officials are investigating at least six bank robberies in the past three months -- three of which were in San Luis Obispo County -- that they say were committed by the same person.The so-called "El Camino Real Bandit" robbed the banks between Nov. 10 and Jan. 5, FBI officials said. He is...  

WASHINGTON – North of Los Angeles, situated between the split pea soup capital of Solvang and the sand dunes of Pismo Beach lies the American Viticultural Appellation of Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County.  

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's detectives work a case they're calling a "suspicious death." It started when a golf course worker found a body around 5:00 ...  

Three teachers, a foreign affairs official and a university associate dean — all from northern Thailand — toured the Central Coast in December through a Rotary Club project.  

And less than two weeks ago, the Rabobank in Pismo Beach was also hit. Bank robberies across the country are significantly on the rise in many cities in the ...  

By Kathe Tanner -- T he Cambria Farmers Market, the third-largest in San Luis Obispo county, is undergoing its first leadership change in 22 years. Jack and Jane Gibson, who “retired” to their Red Wing Farm on Santa Rosa Creek Road east of Cambria in 1980 and began managing the market in 1987...  

A company here on the Central Coast is doing its part to help the environment by recycling things people probably wouldn't consider recyclable.  

Two Central Coast towns make "BusinessWeek's" most expensive list. Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez and Cayucos in San Luis Obispo County have been listed as some of America's most expensive small towns to ...  

A dozen Central Coast students will travel to the nation's capital to see Obama become the 44th president of the United States.  

Santa Barbara County residents saw their fair share of rain this weekend, although the bulk of the showers hit farther south.  

... and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo resident), Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin, Kobe Bryant, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh for a taping of the Oprah show. ...  

Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters Joe Holland said yesterday that he has not seen "one shred" of evidence linking his office to any improper activity during the Nov.  

A man stranded on a rock at Guadalupe Beach after the tide came rushing in managed to get to safety Friday night as crews mounted a rescue effort, a Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman said.  

A new 3rd District Santa Barbara County supervisor will take her place on the dais Tuesday in Santa Barbara, and a veteran on the board will be moved to chairman in an otherwise lean meeting.  

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department is saying the death of a Cal Poly student last month was due to cardiac arrest.