Daily Briefs

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara county wineries win awards

By KAREN VELIE A prestigious group of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara wineries were recently awarded top 10 rankings by USA Today. Contests include...

Increase in burglary, theft crimes in Grover Beach

By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach Police Department is reporting an increase in both burglary and theft crimes during the first half of 2026, compared...

Smoking related fire damages duplex in Paso Robles

By KAREN VELIE A smoking related fire damaged a duplex in Paso Robles on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 2 p.m., a caller reported a residential...

Templeton advisory group chair sentenced to 30 days in jail

By KAREN VELIE The 71-year-old chair of the Templeton Area Advisory Group was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Wednesday morning for one felony...

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Discovered

Big scrum at the Cayucos dog park

By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and...

A glorious Fourth of July in Cayucos

By DELL FRANKLIN Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and...

What is the best shooting stance? An instructor explains

By DAVID DURINGER What is your stance on stance? A prominent local CCW instructor saw me using my favorite default shooting stance — modified weaver...

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Uncovered SLO

Land owners win legal battle over Paso Robles basin water rights

By KAREN VELIE Bringing a 12-year legal battle over the right to pump water from the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin to an end, those attempting...

San Luis Obispo County repeat offender arrested six times in 55 days

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County man convicted earlier this year of a naked burglary, drunk driving and trespassing – engaged in another...

Trump Administration awards Diablo Canyon Power Plant $271 million

By KAREN VELIE The U.S. Department of Energy announced today it has awarded $271 million to help support Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant’s extended operations....

California jails transfer hundreds of illegal aliens into federal custody

By KAREN VELIE Hundreds of criminal illegal aliens have been transferred from jails in seven California counties, including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, to...

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Opinion

Tears in the darkness: The Battling Bastards of Bataan

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor at the beginning of World War 2, they set their sights on the Philippines because...

When policy puts firefighters at risk

OPINION by SHANNON KESSLER The Timber Fire is burning in the steep, rugged country of the Los Padres National Forest and the Ventana Wilderness. Hotshot...

Taxpayers are doing their part, government needs to deliver

OPINION by ADAM VERDIN What if we could fix more roads, bring home more state and federal transportation dollars, and do it without raising the...

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