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A dog on wheels in Cayucos

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin. By DELL FRANKLIN I had just pulled up to... (Continue reading)

Deputies identify the woman who fell to her death near Los Osos

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the individual who fell to her death off a bluff at Montana De Oro State Park on Monday as a 49-year-old Camarillo woman. Natra Ruth Lucas fell backwards... (Continue reading)

SLO County sheriff and DA against criminalizing people violating coronavirus orders

As scores of business owners refuse to abide by the state’s strict coronavirus rules, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow said that enforcing coronavirus lockdown orders is not their job. Triggered by an increase... (Continue reading)

SLO County sheriff deputies seeking armed robbery suspect

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed man who robbed a gas station in Nipomo last week. At 11 p.m. on Dec. 3, an armed man entered the Chevron gas... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay declares Bayshore Village seagulls a menace

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In an effort to protect residents from feces and other nuisances created by seagulls, the Morro Bay City Council adopted a resolution last month allowing a condominium complex to take continued measures aimed at driving away the... (Continue reading)

Deputies seize 92 firearms from Santa Barbara gun store operator

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies seized more than 90 grams of methamphetamine and 92 firearms on Saturday from a man who operates a gun supply store. Kyle Dodge, 36, along with his father Rick Dodge, operate Dodge... (Continue reading)

It is time for San Simeon’s legal counsel to do the right thing

Opinion by Michael Donahue in an open letter to the San Simeon Community Services District’s legal counsel Jeffery Minnery In light of recent San Simeon Community Services District’s troubles including constructing a $1,000,000 building to house the reverse osmosis unit... (Continue reading)

Woman falls from cliff near Los Osos, dies

A woman fell 70-feet to her death from a bluff in the Spooner’s Cove area of Montana De Oro State Park on Monday. Shortly after 4 p.m., witnesses observed a woman walking alone on the bluff when she fell backwards... (Continue reading)

SLO County sets another coronavirus case record

As San Luis Obispo County residents prepared for three weeks under stay-at-home orders, with 186 new coronavirus cases on Saturday the county set another record. Likely spurred by Thanksgiving gatherings, California also logged a record number of deaths this weekend.... (Continue reading)

Arata wants a SLO County judge to rule on systemic racism

By KAREN VELIE In the latest attempt to have charges against Black Lives Matter protester Tianna Arata dropped without a trial in San Luis Obispo County, her attorneys filed a motion asking the court to determine if systemic racism exists.... (Continue reading)