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May, 2020

FBI agents interviewing San Luis Obispo County officials

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 43 comments

By KAREN VELIE FBI agents have interviewed four San Luis Obispo County supervisors in their homes in the last five days, county officials say. The interviews lasted as little as 30 minutes and as long as three hours. Agents asked... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly administration accused of misspending student fees

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A state audit found Cal Poly has the highest student fees in the California State University system and the San Luis Obispo campus’s student fees have increased by 72 percent over the past eight academic years. The audit likewise found... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for couple who snatched Templeton woman’s checks

Written on 15 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a pair of alleged thieves who are suspected of breaking into a Templeton home, stealing a purse and then using a woman’s checks in five different counties. On Feb. 18, a... (Continue reading)

SLO investigators arrest phony bomb threat suspect

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Los Osos woman suspected of calling in a phony bomb threat on the day her boyfriend was required to turn himself in at the courthouse, was arrested on Thursday. At about 11 a.m. on May 13, a female caller... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles no-bid garbage contract seeks big hike

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN This coming Tuesday, Paso Robles City Council members will vote on a proposal to raise rates for waste disposal, and there is every indication the 30-plus percent increase will be authorized. Ratepayers have been asked to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo developers accused of swindling investors

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 20 comments

By KAREN VELIE A former investor and partner of San Luis Obispo based developers John Belsher and Ryan Wright recently filed a lawsuit against the pair accusing them of swindling him out of $700,000 through a double escrow scheme. The... (Continue reading)

Drunk driver crashes through hotel into coffee shop in SLO

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An allegedly drunk driver drove his pickup truck through a hotel room and into a coffee shop on Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday afternoon. At about 3:30 p.m., the truck crashed through a room at the Los... (Continue reading)

SLO officers looking for person of interest in courthouse bomb threat

Written on 14 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo police are looking for the man who bought the phone used Wednesday to call in a bomb threat to the county courthouse on Monterey Street. At about 11 a.m., a female caller said there were two bombs... (Continue reading)

Offices in SLO County can open, restaurants delayed

Written on 13 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom is allowing offices, childcare centers and gardening businesses statewide to open with modifications, while  restaurants can reopen only in the 18 counties that have met all of the governor’s guidelines. San Luis Obispo County missed one metric,... (Continue reading)

Deputies searching for Cambria restaurant burglar

Written on 13 May, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect or suspects who broke into a Cambria restaurant last month and stole a safe. Between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on April 13, a suspect or suspects allegedly broke... (Continue reading)