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Eleven people got stuck in an elevator at the Palm Street parking structure in downtown San Luis Obispo for about 45 minutes, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire Department.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a passing vehicle on Highway 1 just north of Cambria near Moonstone Beach at 7:15 tonight, according to the CHP.

Andrew Guy Pratt, 48, of San Luis Obispo County has been arrested by the FBI and indicted on five counts of receipt and possession of child pornography.

UPDATE 4:57 p.m.: San Luis Obispo City biologist Freddy Otte says the three bears spotted near Bishop Peak on Wednesday morning were described as three large bears but were likely a mother and two 2-year-old cubs that have not yet separated from the mother.

Republican Chris Mitchum is running for Congress in the newly created 24th District on the Central Coast, joining battle against incumbent Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, and former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, a fellow Republican.

Some 40 law enforcement and rescue personnel were called out to search for an Atascadero man who was reported missing Wednesday morning.

Cal Poly freshman Weston Mangin lost his bid to compete further in the 2012 “Jeopardy!” College Championship during a semifinals contest that aired Wednesday night.

Gov. Jerry Brown is allowing murderers to be paroled from California prisons at a far greater pace than his immediate predecessors, a development that raised alarm Wednesday with victims' rights groups.

A Los Angeles County law enforcement watchdog has been asked to examine Santa Maria police actions in the shooting death of a policeman when officers moved in to arrest him on teen sex charges.

A San Luis Obispo man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly breaking into an office building near the San Luis Obispo airport.

Atascadero High student Sean Murphy and his mentor, Larry Price, represented the school’s Greyhound Revolutionary Robotics team at today’s White House Science Fair in Washington, D.C.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

California State Parks plans to burn piles of slash at Hearst San Simeon, Montaña de Oro and Morro Bay state parks sometime between now and May 1, according to information released to the media Monday.

It appears increasingly likely that Gov. Jerry Brown will have competition in November when he asks California voters to raise taxes as a way to stabilize the state's perpetually out-of-balance budget.

Mitchell David Rowles of Nipomo was arrested Friday night after allegedly shooting a gun and then passing out drunk, according to the Sheriff's Office.

A plane landed without its landing gear at the Paso Robles Municipal Airport today just after 2:30 p.m., according to airport manager Roger Oxborrow.

Motorists should expect various road closures in Atascadero until summertime while Caltrans installs landscaping and irrigation systems at the Highway 101/41 interchange. The work starts Monday, and closures will be intermittent for the next several months.

The boards of two Cambria community districts are to hold a special joint meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday to discuss options for consolidating some health care and safety services. No formal action is to be taken at the meeting.

UPDATE 11:15 a.m. Friday: Here's the public service announcement about cyber-bullying made by Cayucos Elementary students:

A homeless man accused of burning a Virgin Mary statue and damaging a historical painting at Mission San Luis Obispo church in November was sentenced Thursday to 160 days in San Luis Obispo County Jail and three years' probation.