Hearst demands payments from San Simeon CSD
By KAREN VELIE The San Simeon Community Services District Board of Directors voted unanimously last week to approve an agreement with the owners of the Hearst Ranch, which allows the district’s water treatment plant to remain temporarily on the ranch. In 2016, San Simeon officials began construction of a new...
Man’s body found outside Paso Robles steakhouse and saloon
By KAREN VELIE A man’s body was discovered in a truck parked outside Cool Hand Luke’s in Paso Robles Wednesday morning. Shortly after 8 a.m., a 911 caller reported a man who appeared in distress in a vehicle in the restaurant parking lot. Paso Robles police arrived to find the...
Divers find Arroyo Grande man’s body in Lopez Lake
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Search teams located the body of an Arroyo Grande man at Lopez Lake on Tuesday, a couple days after a report of a person possibly drowning in the South County reservoir. On Sunday, shortly before 4 p.m., a 911 caller reported witnessing a man who was not...
Atascadero State Hospital police officer charged with embezzlement
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Atascadero State Hospital police officer Monday evening on numerous charges, including embezzlement and narcotics and weapons violations. Leonel Lazaro, 36, was arrested on a Ramey warrant in Santa Maria near the intersection of College Drive and Park Avenue. A judge...
State funds Paso Robles hotel conversion to housing for the homeless
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The state of California has awarded a grant of more than $15 million to the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO) in order to purchase Motel 6 in Paso Robles and convert it into a shelter and housing for the homeless. HASLO is partnering on the...
What the San Luis Obispo mayoral race says about us
OPINION by BLAKE BELTRAM Imagine you’re in a ship, and it’s beginning to sink. Never mind. You don’t have to imagine anything. Just look around. Tune into the news, scroll through Facebook, or perhaps reflect on the personal friendships and relationships that have been strained or lost recently due to...
SLO County coronavirus cases level, few hospitalizations
The average number of new coronavirus cases in San Luis Obispo County and California have remained primarily flat since mid-September, while the number of hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline. During the past 12 days, SLO County reported 234 new coronavirus cases. San Luis Obispo leads with 87 new cases,...
