SLO County unemployment rate continues increasing
By KAREN VELIE For the third month in a row, unemployment rates increased in San Luis Obispo County, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. The county unemployment rate rose from 4.5% in July to 4.7 in August. During August, job losses were seen in the state government sector which...
Fire at landfill near Atascadero possibly caused by lithium-ion batteries
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters contained a blaze at a landfill near Atascadero on Friday that may have been caused by lithium-ion batteries. Shortly before 11 a.m., a caller reported a fire at the Chicago Grade Landfill located at 2290 Homestead Road. Firefighters arrived at the scene and found a garbage...
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identifies shooting suspect
By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man killed in an officer involved shooting on Thursday morning in Paso Robles as 44-year-old Randall Kelley of San Miguel. Shortly after 8 a.m., deputies tracked Kelley’s Ram truck to the Hampton Inn Suites parking lot in Paso...
The intersectionality of solar, oil and housing
OPINION BY ANDY CALDWELL If you had to pick out one issue in California that best represents the affordability crises, it would have to be the cost of housing. Housing everywhere is, of course, affected by the law of supply and demand, but in California, this “law” is completely distorted...
Pismo Beach candidate says she did not know she owed money
OPINION by CLARE MALONE PRICHARD Regarding a recent opinion piece about me, my husband and I were unaware until this week that the author had not received payment. To be clear, we never refused to pay. We believed in good faith that the payment had been made. Once we became...
Another fire burning at battery storage facility in Moss Landing
By KAREN VELIE A fire is burning at the Vistra lithium-ion battery storage facility in Moss Landing leading Monterey County to recommend residents close their windows and doors and turn off their air systems.Residents are asked to shelter in place. Shortly after 7 a.m., the Monterey County’s North County Fire...
Suspicious fire at San Luis Obispo stadium under investigation
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo fire personnel and police officers are investigating a suspicious blaze that ignited at Sinsheimer Stadium early Tuesday morning. Shortly before 3 a.m., a caller reported a fire burning at the stadium located at Sinsheimer Park. The blaze involved a tree and a structure at...
