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Rescuers searching for missing Santa Barbara County employee

Written on 30 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Rescue crews are searching in the Los Padres National Forest for a Santa Barbara County employee who did not return from a three-day hike on time. [Cal Coast Times] Wesley Welch is a business manager and fiscal and policy analyst... (Continue reading)

SLO firefighter accused of threatening to shoot minorities

Written on 30 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

The San Luis Obispo man charged with hate crimes for allegedly threatening to shoot minorities moving into his neighborhood is a retired SLO city firefighter. [Cal Coast Times] Richard Orcutt, 62, worked for the San Luis Obispo Fire Department for... (Continue reading)

SLO police chief accused of dispersing misinformation

Written on 29 Jul, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 48 comments

By KAREN VELIE Attempts by San Luis Obispo city administrators to limit and manipulate information about the police chief’s failure to retain her firearm has led the family of the man who found the gun in a bathroom stall to... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara teen arrested for murder of Rome police officer

Written on 29 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

One of the two teens arrested for a high-profile murder of a police officer in Rome is a Santa Barbara City College student, while the other is also from California. [KCOY] On Friday, 35-year-old Mario Rega, a member of Italy’s... (Continue reading)

Three people shot and killed at the at Gilroy Garlic Festival

Written on 29 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 43 comments

A gunman opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening, killing three people and wounding at least 12 others before being shot and killed by police. [Cal Coast Times] One of the victims who died was a six-year-old boy.... (Continue reading)

Geopolitical analyst Alex Alexiev, former SLO County resident, dies at 77

Written on 28 Jul, 2019 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Alex Alexiev, an accomplished geopolitical analyst who lived and worked in numerous locations around the world, including San Luis Obispo County, where he raised a family and resided for 15 years, died early Sunday morning in his... (Continue reading)

Discarded smoking materials blamed for Atascadero fire

Written on 28 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A fire ignited by smoking materials destroyed an Atascadero single family residence on Saturday, according to the Atascadero Fire Department. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 6 p.m., a resident at a home on the 4000 block of Carrizo Road reported... (Continue reading)

Woman injured in jet ski accident at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 28 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A woman was injured Saturday when two jet skis crashed head-on at Lake Nacimiento in Northern San Luis Obispo County. [KSBY] In the afternoon, a witness on another boat rescued the female victim from the lake and called 9-1-1. Medical... (Continue reading)

Scottish man who faked his own death caught in Colorado

Written on 27 Jul, 2019 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Months after a Scottish sexual assault suspect faked his own death off the coast of Monterey County, authorities caught the fugitive in Colorado, and he is now in custody awaiting extradition to Scotland. [Cal Coast Times] Kim Vincent Avis, also... (Continue reading)

Mayor Heidi Harmon’s comments are racist and sexist

Written on 26 Jul, 2019 in Featured, Opinion | 50 comments

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE In reiterating her comment that public art in San Luis Obispo should not include “monuments to old white men”, Mayor Heidi Harmon has completed a trifecta of identity politics invectives: in one sentence she made... (Continue reading)