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April, 2021

SLO County prosecutors have video evidence of Flores’ sexual assaults

Written on 16 Apr, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office disclosed their intent on Wednesday to provide the defense with video and audio evidence of sexual abuse Paul Flores allegedly committed before he was charged this... (Continue reading)

Former basketball coach arrested for child sex abuse in Arroyo Grande

Written on 15 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Arroyo Grande police arrested a former girls basketball coach on Thursday for allegedly sexually abusing children in the 90s. For eight months, officers investigated allegations 61-year-old Daniel Berenguer sexually abused a child in Arroyo Grande. Detectives have since identified two... (Continue reading)

Judge silences all parties in the Kristin Smart murder case

Written on 15 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered all parties in the Kristin Smart murder case not to talk about the case publicly. Paul Flores, 44, is charged in the murder of Kristin Smart,... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man tells judge he is innocent of murder

Written on 15 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Grover Beach man accused of the brutal murder of an Oceano activist repeatedly interrupted the judge at a hearing today to espouse his innocence, before he pled not guilty. James Krause, 41, is charged with the... (Continue reading)

PG&E facing reprimands over alleged neglect of the grid

Written on 15 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is considering reprimanding PG&E on Thursday for continuing to neglect its electrical grid that, in recent years, sparked large and deadly wildfires. [KCRA] The reprimand could mark the first step in... (Continue reading)

Those who give us Cayucos geezers hope

Written on 15 Apr, 2021 in Discovered, Featured | 3 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.  Franklin’s memoir, “Life On The Mississippi, 1969,” is currently... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s battle over polystyrene could shutter the IWMA

Written on 14 Apr, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County’s waste agency voted Wednesday to continue the countywide polystyrene ban even though the majority of board members voted to end it, leading several agencies to voice their plans to leave the agency. Divided... (Continue reading)

Flores killed SLO County coed while sexual assaulting her, DA alleges

Written on 14 Apr, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 15 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paul Flores murdered Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, who has been missing since 1996, while raping or attempting to rape her, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow alleges. At a press conference Wednesday, Dow announced... (Continue reading)

SLO County pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccines over blood clot cases

Written on 14 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN In line with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations, San Luis Obispo County is halting the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine while federal officials investigate six... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man arrested for stalking, firearm charges

Written on 13 Apr, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Arroyo Grande Police arrested a 39-year-old resident on Tuesday on allegations of stalking and illegal possession of a firearm. After receiving a report that Stephen Nathanial Lockett IV, a convicted felon, illegally possessed a firearm, investigators obtained a search warrant... (Continue reading)