Morro Bay police searching for missing elderly woman
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Morro Bay police are asking the public for help locating a 75-year-old woman who has not been seen since dropping off her husband at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria on Wednesday. Sandra Lee Woodmansee dropped off her husband at the hospital at about noon. She...
A better credit rating is not a license to borrow
OPINION by KENNEY ENNEY California’s new personal finance graduation requirement (AB 2927) will soon require every public high school student, including those in Paso Robles Joint Unified School District, to take a standalone one-semester course covering, among other topics, the “uses and effects of credit, including managing credit scores and...
Storm causes power outages, traffic delays in San Luis Obispo County
By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 1,000 customers are currently without power in San Luis Obispo County after a storm caused numerous outages Wednesday morning. Traffic jams occurred in multiple areas as a result incidents including reported rock slides and downed power lines. At least 500 customers have lost power due...
San Luis Obispo police searching for at-risk elderly man
By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are searching for a missing 86-year-old man who they say is at-risk. John Shultz, 86, walked away from his home near Calle Lupita and Margarita Avenue at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Shultz is wearing...
Cat dies in Los Osos house fire
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A cat died as a result of a fire at a home in Los Osos early Wednesday morning. Just after 2 a.m., Cal Fire learned of a blaze at a house in the 2100 block of Humboldt Street. Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo firefighters responded to...
Why is the air at Oceano Dunes the “dirtiest” on the California coast?
OPINION by JIM SUTY The air quality monitor downwind of the Oceano Dunes recorded a PM10 annual average of 39.9 micrograms per cubic meter in 2013 — twice California’s annual standard of 20, and the highest reading of any coastal monitor in the state. Where does it come from? The...
Atascadero police holding DUI checkpoint Thursday night
By KAREN VELIE Atascadero police announced plans to conduct a DUI checkpoint in the city at an undisclosed location on Thursday evening from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The department selects the location based on the number of previous accidents and the frequency of DUI arrests. Officers check licenses and...
