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A California man who is suspected to have shot a San Luis Obispo County deputy during an "ambush attack" on the local police department on Wednesday was shot and killed after a standoff with officers late Thursday afternoon. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office said that officers confronted Mason Lira, 26, in Paso Robles after receiving reports of a shot officer just after 2 p.m. "Law enforcement officers were stationed in this area as part of a containment team assigned to keep the suspect, Mason Lira, from evading officers who were beginning a search of the riverbed," the sheriff's...

A sheriff’s deputy was shot Wednesday when a man opened fire outside a police station in Paso Robles, California, authorities said. “We feel that this was an ambush that he planned,” San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said. “He intended for officers to come out of the police department and to assault them.” The Sheriff’s Department identified the suspect at 26-year-old Mason James Lira in a news release Wednesday night. He is from the Monterey area and is considered armed and dangerous, the release said. Officials conducted a widespread search of the downtown Paso Robles area earlier Wednesday, but...

Turner, 41, along with his bandmates were on a separate bus and were not injured, according to KCAL. However, the artist and his team are reeling after losing a member of their road family, according to representatives from the musician’s publicity department. The passenger van was leaving the Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, California, following a concert. The bus was heading to Washington state for another event the following evening when the driver suddenly veered off the road and drove straight toward a 50-foot embankment. -snip First responders reported that the vehicle was traveling along Highway 46 when it swerved,...

Weatherby ribbon-cutting cermonyWhen Weatherby Inc. opened its doors to their new headquarters in Sheridan, Wyoming on June 13, 2019, it ushered in a lot more than customers, employees and the media. The company welcomed something they haven’t felt in years – freedom.You see, when Weatherby packed up their people and gun-building business in Paso Robles, Calif., one thing they couldn’t bring with them was California’s support for the 2nd Amendment. It doesn’t exist. And, as Adam Weatherby discovered immediately, Wyoming doesn’t simply tolerate the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution, they support it openly and passionately. California’s distain for American’s constitutional...

A disaster area sign hangs on a chain-link fence surrounding a hot spring Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, in Paso Robles, Calif. Affectionately known as 'The Hole From Hell,' the stinking, steaming, simmering cauldron wafts a rotten-egg fog through City Hall, across the town park, and past the downtown cafes, antique stores and farm suppliers. For many citizens in the Central Coast agricultural community, the prolific hot spring that bubbled up in City Hall's parking lot after a devastating earthquake holds great promise, despite its stomach churning sulpherous odor. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant)   Dec. Quake's Legacy a Hot Spring...

Governor Tours Battered Town Wed Dec 24, 1:29 PM ET By Daryl Kelley and Monte MorinTimes Staff Writers PASO ROBLES, Calif.— Aftershocks from a deadly earthquake continued to ripple through California's Central Coast on Tuesday, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) toured this town's devastated historic center and declared a state of emergency. Inspectors told a crowd of building owners Tuesday night that 58 downtown structures housing more than 100 businesses would be cordoned off at least through Friday while inspectors determine how many must be condemned. The news came as a heavy blow to merchants in the...

The earthquake that rumbled through California's central coast struck hard at the region's burgeoning wine industry, toppling barrels, spilling cases and leaving some wineries awash in rivers of merlot and cabernet. The area roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco has become one of California's most productive wine-producing regions, with more than 80 wineries ringing Paso Robles, the small town hit hardest in Monday's magnitude-6.5 earthquake. The quake created a mess for dozens of those wineries, with owners left to mop up their tasting rooms and cellars. Many said it would take them years to recover, particularly because the...