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February, 2017

Thousands of SLO County residents still without power

Written on 20 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Following numerous outages over the weekend, more than 2,000 San Luis Obispo County residents remain without power Monday morning. Heavy rain and wind caused thousands of local residents to lose electricity on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday morning, 8,706 customers... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly dorm evacuated because of shifting soil

Written on 19 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Cal Poly evacuated Fremont Hall North Wing on Saturday because of shifting soil and unstable trees on a nearby hillside. Officials ordered nearly 300 people in building 109 to evacuate. Campus housing staff is providing temporary rooms and help with... (Continue reading)

3,000 gallons of sewage spilled in SLO

Written on 18 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Health Department is asking people to avoid Garden Creek in SLO after 3,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled Friday into the creek. Shortly before 4 p.m., storm water drainage caused a manhole on the 300... (Continue reading)

Man grabs woman’s butt by Cal Poly

Written on 17 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A man grabbed the buttocks of a woman walking on the edge of the Cal Poly campus Thursday evening, then ran away, police said. Officers did not manage to locate the suspect. San Luis Obispo police say the incident was... (Continue reading)

Sunrise in San Luis Obispo, video

Written on 17 Feb, 2017 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

View a video of a San Luis Obispo sunset, from a drone. The video was produced by James McKiernan Lawyers in San Luis Obispo.... (Continue reading)

Crashes, flooding and downed trees in SLO County

Written on 17 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The latest storm is wreaking havoc on roadways in San Luis Obispo County Friday morning. At least one serious collision occurred, and flooding and downed trees are impeding traffic. A vehicle rolled over on northbound Highway 101 south of the... (Continue reading)

Thousands of Santa Maria students skip class to protest Trump

Written on 17 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

More than 7,000 students were missing from Santa Maria elementary schools on Thursday while walkouts, strikes and business closures took place nationwide as part of the “Day Without Immigrants” — a protest against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. In San... (Continue reading)

For whom do Berkeley’s bells toll?

Written on 16 Feb, 2017 in Featured, Opinion | 15 comments

OPINION by MIKE F. BROWN Editor’s note: A column by Republican Mike Brown will run in CalCoastNews every other Thursday, rotating with a column by Democrat Stew Jenkins. The Milo Yiannopoulos uprising at UC Berkeley on the evening of Feb.... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria taxi driver caught with loaded gun, drugs

Written on 16 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

After conducting an early morning traffic stop on a taxi, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies learned the driver was a felon who was carrying drugs and a loaded gun. At about 1 a.m. on Monday, a sheriff’s deputy stopped a... (Continue reading)

Big Sky Cafe closes for ‘Day Without Immigrants’

Written on 16 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 51 comments

As part of a nationwide protest against United States President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Big Sky Cafe in downtown San Luis Obispo is keeping its doors closed Thursday. Greg Holt, co-owner of the restaurant, released a statement Wednesday saying it... (Continue reading)