Daily Briefs

Firefighters battle two arson fires in Santa Maria

By KAREN VELIE Firefighters battled two suspected arson fires at apartment complexes in Santa Maria on Saturday afternoon, police said. Shortly before 3 p.m., a...

Person injured in rollover crash at the Oceano Dunes

By KAREN VELIE One person was injured in a rollover crash at the Oceano Dunes on Saturday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. At...

Hit-and-run driver kills Nipomo woman in Santa Maria

By KAREN VELIE A hit-and-run driver killed a 46-year-old Nipomo woman on Saturday evening in Santa Maria. Shortly before midnight, a 9-1-1 caller reported a...

San Luis Obispo County gas prices increasing, find lowest costs

By KAREN VELIE California gas prices continue to rise with Valero recently announcing it will close its refinery in Benicia, which produces about 12% of...

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Discovered

A flagrant epidemic of insanity in America

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...

Pantywaist bullies rule America

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...

The pussification of America’s teenage boys, electric bikes

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...

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Uncovered SLO

SLO County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding’s false allegations blowup

By KAREN VELIE In most cases of false allegations of campaign  contribution violations, it takes the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) a year or...

Did SLO County supervisorial candidate launch smear campaign?

By KAREN VELIE In what appears to be a smear campaign, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding accused his opponent Adam Verdin of violating...

SLO County supervisors split on offshore wind energy farms

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 last week to approve a state and federal legislative platform that includes...

San Luis Obispo murder suspect in jail on unrelated charges

By KAREN VELIE A suspect in the alleged murder of a woman in San Luis Obispo has been in jail on unrelated charges since Monday,...

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Opinion

Oceano is being sacrificed for the Oceano Dunes vehicle park

OPINION by CHARLES VARNI In a recent opinion piece in CalCoastNews, Jim Suty accused me of spreading “false claims and allegations” regarding previous government agency...

Why does government keep running out of your money?

OPINION by ANDY CALDWELL Two years after San Luis Obispo County supervisors declared that road maintenance was no longer a priority, the SLO County Association...

False claims stir up a frenzy at the Oceano Dunes

OPINION by JIM SUTY It is a shame that people will not perform any basic research before making false claims in an effort to stir...

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