Vandenberg launches rocket with secret payload
A rocket with a secret payload launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base late Thursday night. [NBC 13] The 19-story-tall Atlas V rocket launched around 11:15 p.m. Thursday and headed toward low-Earth orbit. It is unknown what is onboard, but the Atlas V is carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance...
Morro Bay Harbor Board weighs alleged misuse of funds
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Morro Bay Harbor Advisory Board discussed allegations Thursday that the city misappropriated funds from the outfall lease agreement for the Morro Bay Power Plant. For nearly a decade, owners of the Morro Bay Power Plant have paid the city approximately $800,000 annually in order to pipe...
Man barricades himself in Oceano mobile home
A parolee barricaded himself in a motor home at the Pismo Sands RV Park in Oceano on Thursday. Responding to reports of shots fired, San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the park and heard additional gun shots. Deputies then evacuated part of the park and surrounded the motor home....
Rally to free Karen Velie’s grandchildren
OPINION by SAUNDRA MURRAY KING It’s time for the masses to gather together and protest against the subjective cruelties of San Luis Obispo County Child Welfare Services. While we do need to have a watchdog for the protection of our children, it’s another thing when they use subjective decisions to...
Officers shoot wrong-way driver in Santa Barbara County
A Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputy and a California Highway Patrol officer shot and wounded a man driving a pick-up truck the wrong way in neighborhood outside of Goleta. [KCOY] Around 8 p.m. Wednesday, the CHP issued an alert about a wrong-way driver going northbound in the southbound lane of...
15 arrested in SLO County drug ring with ties to Mexican cartels
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit arrested 15 members of a suspected drug trafficking ring with ties to Mexican cartels during a bust Wednesday morning. The bust spanned three counties and concluded a five-month investigation into a heroin and methamphetamine trafficking ring with direct ties to cartels,...
Grover Beach lodge permit approved
The Grover Beach City Council unanimously approved a coastal development permit Monday to construct an 11,000-square-foot conference center and a lodge in Grover Beach near the entrance to the Oceano Dunes. The council also approved the project’s architectural plans. This marks the last step in the approval process following the...
