{"id":419790,"date":"2026-07-31T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419790\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:24:11","slug":"bakersfield-man-accused-of-pepper-spraying-family-in-slo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419790\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield man accused of pepper-spraying family in SLO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Bakersfield man faces multiple charges after police say he pepper-sprayed a family, including two children, during a confrontation in a San Luis Obispo parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>San Luis Obispo police say 38-year-old Travis Franco retrieved pepper spray from his vehicle and sprayed the family in a Food 4 Less parking lot before driving away.<\/p>\n<p>Officers later found Franco in Avila Beach, where they also discovered a handgun inside his vehicle that was not stored according to California law.<\/p>\n<p>Franco was booked on suspicion of felony child abuse, unlawful use of pepper spray, and improper storage of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Bakersfield man faces multiple charges after police say he pepper-sprayed a family, including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,167781,152,41601,167782,162,167785,167783,167784],"class_list":["post-419790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-man-arrested","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-felony-child-abuse","tag-food-4-less-san-luis-obispo","tag-kern-county-news","tag-pepper-spray-attack","tag-san-luis-obispo-crime","tag-travis-franco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}