Fire reported at junior High school in Paso Robles, smoke only
By KAREN VELIE Firefighters were dispatched to Flamson Junior High School on Friday morning for what ended up being smoke, but no fire. Shortly before 9:20 a.m., a caller reported a fire at the middle school located on Spring Street. Firefighters arrived to find smoke poring from the heating, air...
Fire rages at Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing
By KAREN VELIE A fire is raging at the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing leading to evacuations and school and road closures in the area. Shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, the fire broke out at the 300-megawatt battery storage facility. Vistra evacuated employees and reported the fire....
Alleged sexual assailant works at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
By KAREN VELIE The 32-year-old man accused earlier this week of kidnapping and sexually assaulting young women while posing as a rideshare driver works as a custodian for university housing at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo police officers arrested Angel Munoz Quintana on Wednesday for allegedly abusing...
SLO County Jail enters agreement with feds, monitor required
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Jail and the Justice Department reached an agreement on Thursday, requiring improvements and a monitor to resolve the DOJ’s findings at the jail that violate the Eighth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The agreement...
Grover Beach police ask for help identifying thieves
By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying two women suspected of stealing another woman’s wallet from a store on Tuesday. The women look like the suspects in a similar crime committed in San Luis Obispo. The two woman are suspected of stealing...
San Luis Obispo officers seek help identifying thieves
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole phones and wallets from a gym on Tuesday. Both woman were wearing hoodies, one white and one tan, when they entered The Pad climbing gym on Ricardo Court....
Couple fined $165,000 for harming rare flower in Pismo Beach
By KAREN VELIE A rural Pismo Beach couple agreed this week to pay a $165,000 fine for grading that damaged the habitat of a protected flower. District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that his office settled an environmental enforcement action against the couple concerning damage to one of the few...
