Daily Briefs

Rainfall totals are way above average in SLO County

By KAREN VELIE The unusual onslaught of moisture-laden storms has left San Luis Obispo County with some of the highest precipitation totals in decades along...

Morro Bay Police Department promotes new commander

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Morro Bay Police Department on Wednesday announced the promotion of Sergeant Tony Mosqueda to the position of commander.  Mosqueda began his...

SLO council approves water and sewer rate hikes

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council voted unanimously to increase water and sewer rates this year and next year. [KSBY] Water rates...

Mid-State Fair offering free carnival rides on opening day

By KAREN VELIE The California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles is offering free carnival rides on opening day, July 19. The promotion does not include...

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Discovered

Spirits renewed during Memorial Day ceremony in Cayucos

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...

Amish on a train

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...

Veterans on a train

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...

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Uncovered SLO

Arroyo Grande couple used PPP money to buy condo, lose home

By KAREN VELIE A couple who allegedly scammed the federal government out of more than a million dollars they used to purchase a condo in...

San Luis Obispo releases video, details of fatal officer shooting

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department released additional details and a video today of the shootout with the man who took the...

Who will benefit from Morro Bay wind energy job creation?

By KAREN VELIE A proposed wind energy project in Morro Bay will create 24,000 jobs during construction, primarily for people who do not live on...

SLO County supervisors argue over racism resolution

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County supervisors argued on Tuesday over a resolution denouncing racism after multiple public speakers objected to the vilification of...

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Opinion

Paso Robles school board’s cautionary tale

OPINION by JIM PAHLER On June 13 at 6 p.m., the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board will consider its options on how to...

Protect freedom of speech in San Luis Obispo County

OPINION by SARA SEMMES This coming Tuesday, June 6, the SLO County Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution “ condemning racism, bigotry, bias...

San Luis Obispo’s grossly unfair water rates

OPINION by RICHARD SCHMIDT Grossly unfair is a good description of San Luis Obispo’s water rates, which charge those practicing water conservation nearly twice the...

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