Joe Tarica
Editor at San Luis Obispo Tribune
Editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly grad. 35-year SLO County resident. Hobbies: small needy dogs, Costco, Dodgers and trolling reporters.
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1 month ago |
sanluisobispo.com | Kaytlyn Leslie |Joe Tarica
A GoFundMe for the family of Jose Gutierrez raised nearly $20,000 in just five hours on Saturday. Jose was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Atascadero on March 14, 2025. GoFundMe The boy killed in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Atascadero on Friday has been identified as 11-year-old José Gutiérrez — and his family needs your help.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Kaytlyn Leslie |Joe Tarica
The boy killed in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Atascadero on Friday has been identified as 11-year-old José Gutiérrez — and his family needs your help. Family and community members identified the boy on social media Saturday amid pleas for donations to the Gutierrez Orozco family to help them pay to transport José’s body to Mexico. “We are raising funds for our late son, who was injured in an accident yesterday afternoon,” Gabriela Gutiérrez said in a GoFundMe on Saturday.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Kaytlyn Leslie |Joe Tarica
An Atascadero man has been arrested after he allegedly hit and killed an 11-year-old boy on El Camino Real on Friday. In a news release Saturday afternoon, the Atascadero Police Department said it has charged Zachary Bernal, 31, of Atascadero, in connection with the fatal hit-and-run crash, which occurred in the 10800 block of El Camino Real. According to a previous news release, a vehicle veered off the road and hit the boy from behind at around 2:54 p.m. on Friday.
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1 month ago |
sanluisobispo.com | Joe Tarica
Mourners visit a makeshift memorial on Saturday, March 15, 2025, for an 11-year-old Atascadero boy who was killed the day before in a hit-and-run near the Danish Care Center on El Camino Real. A gray pickup truck hit the boy on the sidewalk and then drove off. Joe Tarica [email protected] A makeshift memorial filled with candles and flowers marked the spot Saturday where an Atascadero boy was killed in a hit-and-run collision the day before.
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1 month ago |
sanluisobispo.com | Joe Tarica
The Tribune is hosting a live online forum on Friday, March 21, addressing the turmoil in Paso Robles that led to city manager Ty Lewis’ departure, why we covered it in such detail over the course of the last four months, and what happens next following The Tribune’s public records lawsuit against the city.
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