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January, 2017

Highway 41 to remain closed between Morro Bay and Atascadero

Written on 12 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Following the recent storm, Highway 41 will remain closed between Morro Bay and Atascadero until mid-February, according to Caltrans. Officials closed that stretch of Highway 41 over the weekend in response to mudslides and rockslides. Now, Caltrans says 20,000 cubic... (Continue reading)

Woman from SLO murdered in Berkeley, political activist arrested

Written on 12 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A 27-year-old teacher who spent her teenage years in San Luis Obispo was stabbed to death in her Berkeley home last week. The murder of SLO High School graduate Emilie Inman has made national headlines. Officers have arrested Pablo Gomez... (Continue reading)

Is ‘Hollyweed’ sign guy a former SLO pot deliveryman?

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A couple days after altering the iconic Hollywood sign to read “Hollyweed” in a New Year’s prank, Southern Californian artist Zach Fernandez came of of hiding and laid claim to the feat. It turns out Fernandez is a former resident... (Continue reading)

Flooding in Avila Beach, video

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Eye on the Coast, Featured, Screening Room | 3 comments

View the flooding and the scenic landscape from a video shot on Jan. 9, from a drone that flew over Avila Beach and the Avila Valley. The video is provided compliments of James McKiernan Lawyers in San Luis Obispo.  ... (Continue reading)

Peschong and Nipomo win amid contentious supervisor meeting

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 42 comments

By KAREN VELIE At a particularly ugly and contentious San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, the board voted to award the chairmanship to John Peschong and to move forward on plans to build a sheriff substation... (Continue reading)

Surgeon left syringe in patient’s stomach at Santa Maria hospital

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

A 54-year-old woman left Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria free of a tumor that had formed in her uterus. Little did the woman know that she left the hospital with something new inside her body, a surgical syringe.... (Continue reading)

SLO County resident contracts measles

Written on 11 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County Public Health officials have confirmed a local resident has contracted measles. The patient is an adult who was not vaccinated against the disease and who came in contact with international travelers over the holidays, according to... (Continue reading)

Nipomo armed robbery suspect arrested

Written on 10 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the second of two suspects accused of involvement in the robbery of a Nipomo Chevron station in November.  Deputies discovered Matthew Edward Martinez of Nipomo at his parents’ house in Ventura County... (Continue reading)

Mountain lion hit by car near SLO, then euthanized

Written on 10 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Officers euthanized a mountain lion after it was struck by a car on Highway 1 near Camp San Luis Obispo Monday morning. [KSBY] A driver heading toward San Luis Obispo hit the mountain lion around 7 a.m. when the animal... (Continue reading)

DUI suspect drives into the ocean

Written on 10 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Ford Explorer attempted to drive through the creek on Oceano Dunes. Rangers trying to tow it out. @KSBY pic.twitter.com/K45kiXJWdM — Megan Abundis (@meganrabundis) January 9, 2017 A man drove a Ford Explorer into the ocean at the Ocean Dunes Monday... (Continue reading)