Wind and surf advisories as storm moves towards SLO County
By KAREN VELIE Along with heavy rains, a storm blowing down from the Gulf of Alaska is expected to deliver strong winds and large breaking waves of 15 to 20 feet with dangerous rip currents to San Luis Obispo County, according to the National Weather Service. South winds of 20...
Marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring pleads guilty, sentencing hearing set
By KAREN VELIE Marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring pleaded guilty to one count of bribery and one count of filing a false tax return on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Dayspring appeared via Zoom. Dayspring faces a statutory maximum penalty of 13 years in federal...
SUV crashes into San Luis Obispo apartment injuring occupant
By KAREN VELIE An SUV crashed into an apartment building in San Luis Obispo injuring one occupant on Saturday. Shortly before noon, the silver SUV crashed into a unit at the Park Highland Apartments on Augusta Street damaging a wall, window and the front door of the apartment. Responders transported...
Armed man robs San Luis Obispo cigar store
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are searching for an armed man who robbed a cigar store Friday evening. At about 8:30 p.m., a masked man walked into Tony’s Cigars and Accessories at 158 Higuera Street and asked an employee to gather several items for him. The worker gathered...
Alcohol and reckless driving lead to three-vehicle crash in Morro Bay
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A DUI driver allegedly blew through a stop sign after exiting Highway 1 in Morro Bay Friday evening, causing a three-car collision, during which a motorcycle came flying out of a truck bed and struck a vehicle. Christopher David Dery, 22, exited the northbound Highway 1 offramp...
Official guide to furnishing a Cayucos beach shack
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. Franklin’s memoir, “Life On The Mississippi, 1969,” is currently on Amazon. By DELL FRANKLIN If you’ve rented creaky, leaky...
COVID-19 case up slightly in SLO County, four new deaths
By KAREN VELIE After seven weeks of declining COVID-19 rates, San Luis Obispo County reported a slight increase in new cases over the past week from a daily average of 37 on Oct. 15 to 42 on Oct. 22, and four new deaths. Those who recently succumbed to the virus...
