Its a Paso Robles water basin pirates dream
OPINION by GREG GREWAL In the shadow of the oaks where the golden hills roll, There’s a battle for the water There’s a battle for control The Paso Robles Basin, where appropriators’ dream, of reallocating your water The water pirates dream And now the water pirates are coming with a...
San Luis Obispo police holding DUI checkpoint Friday night
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police plan to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city limits on Friday evening from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The department selects the location based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. Officers check licenses and insurance while looking for signs of...
Santa Barbara police ask for information about deceased Santa Maria woman
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbara Police Department is asking the public for information about Vesna Prepolec, 46, of Santa Maria whom authorities found dead on a beach earlier this month. Just after 5 p.m. on May 8, witnesses reported a woman lying in the sand on East Beach along...
Sacramento is protecting the fraud, not stopping it
OPINION by RON CUFF A 23-year-old independent journalist named Nick Shirley did what California’s legislature wouldn’t. He investigated. He dug into public records. And he exposed billions of dollars in government fraud. Sacramento’s response? Assemblywoman Mia Bonta authored AB 2624, a bill that would shield the organizations Shirley investigated from...
Former Atascadero Fire Chief Michael McCain dies at 77
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Former Atascadero Fire Chief Michael Paul McCain died earlier this month at the age of 77. McCain, an Atascadero resident, died peacefully on May 17, the city announced. The former chief began his career as a firefighter with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. In 1971, McCain...
San Luis Obispo officers shoot suspect with less lethal munitions
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officers shot and injured a suspect claiming to have a firearm at the CVS Pharmacy on Madonna Road on Saturday evening. Shortly before 8 p.m., a caller reported a man refusing to leave CVS. Officers arrived and found 55-year-old Steven Wilson, who began...
Bomb squad called over suspicious device in Grover Beach
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad responded to a suspicious device in Grover Beach on Tuesday. Shortly before 2 p.m., a 911 caller reported a suspicious device near Le Sage Drive and Highway 1. Officers arrived at the scene, confirmed the presence of the device...
