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Contractor alleges Pismo Beach city officials attempted to extort money

Written on 10 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE A contractor filed a petition with the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court that accuses Pismo Beach city officials of threatening harm to his business unless he paid the city money they were not entitled. After Vince... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police are seeking the public’s help solving a 2018 murder

Written on 9 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By Josh Friedman Two years following the shooting death of a teen in Santa Maria, police are asking the public for help in solving the murder. On the afternoon of Dec. 8, 2018, police officers responded to reports of gunshots... (Continue reading)

A dog on wheels in Cayucos

Written on 9 Dec, 2020 in Discovered, Featured | 5 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 I had just pulled up to... (Continue reading)

Deputies identify the woman who fell to her death near Los Osos

Written on 9 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has identified the individual who fell to her death off a bluff at Montana De Oro State Park on Monday as a 49-year-old Camarillo woman. Natra Ruth Lucas fell backwards... (Continue reading)

SLO County sheriff and DA against criminalizing people violating coronavirus orders

Written on 9 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 38 comments

As scores of business owners refuse to abide by the state’s strict coronavirus rules, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow said that enforcing coronavirus lockdown orders is not their job. Triggered by an increase... (Continue reading)

SLO County sheriff deputies seeking armed robbery suspect

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying an armed man who robbed a gas station in Nipomo last week. At 11 p.m. on Dec. 3, an armed man entered the Chevron gas... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay declares Bayshore Village seagulls a menace

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In an effort to protect residents from feces and other nuisances created by seagulls, the Morro Bay City Council adopted a resolution last month allowing a condominium complex to take continued measures aimed at driving away the... (Continue reading)

Deputies seize 92 firearms from Santa Barbara gun store operator

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies seized more than 90 grams of methamphetamine and 92 firearms on Saturday from a man who operates a gun supply store. Kyle Dodge, 36, along with his father Rick Dodge, operate Dodge... (Continue reading)

It is time for San Simeon’s legal counsel to do the right thing

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Featured, Opinion | 3 comments

Opinion by Michael Donahue in an open letter to the San Simeon Community Services District’s legal counsel Jeffery Minnery In light of recent San Simeon Community Services District’s troubles including constructing a $1,000,000 building to house the reverse osmosis unit... (Continue reading)

Woman falls from cliff near Los Osos, dies

Written on 8 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A woman fell 70-feet to her death from a bluff in the Spooner’s Cove area of Montana De Oro State Park on Monday. Shortly after 4 p.m., witnesses observed a woman walking alone on the bluff when she fell backwards... (Continue reading)