Car reportedly crashes into power pole south of Arroyo Grande

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• Suspected drunken driver crashes car into ditch in Arroyo Grande

  Suspected drunken driver crashes car into ditch in Arroyo Grande

  A Grover Beach man was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving after his vehicle veered off southbound Highway 101 in Arroyo Grande and crashed into a ditch.

  At 2:35 a.m., Timothy Cuskelly, 55, drove his 2008 Volvo off the highway and down an embankment just south of Brisco Road, according to the CHP.

  When the vehicle reached the bottom, its front end struck a four-foot ditch, and the car rolled to the driver’s side. Cal Fire had to cut through Cuskelly’s crushed car to get him out, according to the CHP.

• Cal Fire using social media to help public keep up with its activities

  Cal Fire using social media to help public keep up with its activities

  Trying to keep up with transmitting important information in an age of constantly changing technology, Cal Fire is using social media to help the public to keep up with its activities.

  Anyone looking for incident information can use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and have text messages sent to their cellphones, according to a Cal Fire news release.

  “Using the latest technologies allows us to keep the public up to date on what’s happening and gives us more ways to provide valuable information on how to prepare their homes and families well in advance of a fire,” said Janet Upton, Cal Fire’s deputy director of communications.

• Hiker rescued with leg injury on Cerro Alto Mountain near Highway 41

  Hiker rescued with leg injury on Cerro Alto Mountain near Highway 41

  A hiker who injured a leg on Cerro Alto near Highway 41 was helicoptered to Twin Cities Community Hospital by the CHP around 1 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

• Crews respond to crash on Highway 46 east of Old Creek Road

  Crews respond to crash on Highway 46 east of Old Creek Road

  CHP and Cal Fire officials have responded to a report of a vehicle crash on Highway 46, near the summit of the route from Paso Robles to the coast and about four miles east of Old Creek Road.

  The call came in about 4:20 p.m. of a vehicle that dropped about 100 yards over the side of the roadway, according to Cal Fire and the CHP traffic incident reporting website.

  Cal Fire officials received a report that the driver was not injured but needed help getting out of the vehicle. CHP reported that Cal Fire would need to rappel down a steep hill, and an ambulance was dispatched to check the extent of any injuries.

• Vehicles set on fire, burglarized around Nipomo recently, Cal Fire says

  Vehicles set on fire, burglarized around Nipomo recently, Cal Fire says

  Cal Fire officials are urging locals to lock their vehicles after two car fires and several car burglaries in Nipomo in recent days.

  Authorities are searching for the person who started car fires on Division Street and Alegre Avenue early Sunday morning.

  Though nothing appears to have been taken from the burned vehicles, burglaries of cars have taken place in the same area over the past week, said Jane Schmitz, a Cal Fire captain.