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July, 2020

Cornavirus death toll in San Luis Obispo County reaches 15

Written on 31 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A 100-year-old resident of a nursing home is the 15 San Luis Obispo County resident to lose their life to the coronavirus, while California surpasses 500,000 confirmed cases of virus. During the past two days, there were 73 newly confirmed... (Continue reading)

Retired Santa Barbara County officer accused of embezzlement

Written on 31 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Retired Santa Barbara County Deputy Probation Officer Manuel Edward Torres, 63, was arrested in Santa Maria on Wednesday for  allegedly embezzling more than $500,000 from the probation officers union he led for 20 years. In 2019, the Santa Barbara County... (Continue reading)

Tilting at windmills and Paso Robles garbage rates

Written on 31 Jul, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Earlier this year, my local waste collection company let it be known that it wanted to raise its monthly service rates. This isn’t uncommon; it’s a request that comes along every so often and I gave... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo CHP searching for alleged violent protester

Written on 31 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The CHP is asking the public to help them identify a protester who smashed a car window onto a 4-year-old boy during a protest in San Luis Obispo on July 21. Shortly after 5 p.m., approximately 300 protesters marched onto... (Continue reading)

Judge sentences Morro Bay man to 6 years in prison for manslaughter

Written on 31 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A judge sentenced a Morro Bay man to six years in prison on Thursday for a manslaughter conviction stemming from a fight earlier this year in which he stabbed and killed a former friend. On Jan. 25, Sean Christopher Maneely,... (Continue reading)

Majority of Cal Poly fall sports suspended because of the coronavirus

Written on 30 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

The majority of Cal Poly’s fall sports competition will not take place because of coronavirus concerns, following a decision Wednesday by the Big West Conference Board of Directors to postpone the upcoming season of athletic events for the remainder of... (Continue reading)

20 Santa Barbara County deputies, 3 inmate’s false positive coronavirus tests

Written on 30 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has determined that three inmates and 20 deputies who previously tested positive for the coronavirus, did not have the virus. As part of widespread testing of inmates and deputies during the past two weeks,... (Continue reading)

Man’s foot found in Templeton, three miles from where he lost it

Written on 29 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Though it may not be reattached, a man who survived a car crash with two severed legs may now have the opportunity to reunite with his missing foot — a body part that disappeared only to be found found nine... (Continue reading)

Another Templeton nursing facility home dies of coronvirus

Written on 29 Jul, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

One day after announcing two residents of a Templeton nursing facility died of coronavirus, health officials announced Wednesday another resident of Vineyard Hills Health Center in their 80s died of COVID-19. Five residents of the skilled nursing facility in Templeton... (Continue reading)

Acrimony south of Cayucos in Silver Lake

Written on 29 Jul, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

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 original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  By DELL FRANKLIN These days, I’m actually receiving an... (Continue reading)