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June, 2021

San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon takes aim at gas industry

Written on 7 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon made a national television appearance last week in which she spoke out against the gas industry for allegedly targeting her with intimidation tactics and purportedly threatening to kill local residents. Harmon... (Continue reading)

Check out vaccine rates in your SLO County neighborhood

Written on 7 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE After the number of San Luis Obispo County residents eligible to get vaccinated increased, the percentage of those who have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine dropped, but has since set record numbers.... (Continue reading)

Your SLO County neighborhood is in the state’s crosshairs

Written on 6 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments
T. Keith Gurnee

OPINION by T. KEITH GURNEE Your neighborhood has a target on its back and your state Legislature is taking direct aim at fundamentally changing it right now. Yet too few San Luis Obispo County residents are even aware of what... (Continue reading)

Thousands of gallons of raw sewage spills in San Luis Obispo

Written on 6 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A blocked sewer line caused approximately 2,000 gallons of raw sewage to pour out through manholes in San Luis Obispo on Sunday. The sewage leaked onto Sacramento Drive between Ricardo Court and Capitolio Way, and into a dry creek bed.... (Continue reading)

Feds cancel plans to house migrant children at Camp Roberts

Written on 6 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE As the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border falls, and amid complaints that the base at Camp Roberts is not suitable for children, the federal government no longer plans to house children on the base... (Continue reading)

Vegetation fire burning on the Cuesta Grade near Santa Margarita

Written on 5 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Update: The Tower Fire was 100 percent contained on June 6, with the number of acres burned lowered to 20 to 25. Original: A vegetation fire has burned about 35 acres off the Cuesta Grade near Santa Margarita, with zero... (Continue reading)

Judge overturns California’s assault weapon ban

Written on 5 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A federal judge overturned California’s assault weapon ban on Friday, saying the law is unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California compared the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife... (Continue reading)

Dust-up over man removing ribbons in San Luis Obispo and officer

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s investigator last month spotted a Cal Poly student removing blue ribbons honoring slain police detective Luca Benedetti while driving Benedetti’s widow, leading to a heated confrontation. The investigator ended up... (Continue reading)

SLO County Clerk Recorder resigns after a rocky five years

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 24 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorder Tommy Gong is resigning his elected position after securing a job in another county. Gong’s last day has not yet been announced. The SLO County Board of Supervisors is then tasked... (Continue reading)

Fire damages property next to San Luis Obispo homeless shelter

Written on 4 Jun, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A vegetation fire broke out early Friday morning on the property adjacent to the Prado Road homeless shelter in San Luis Obispo, burning debris and one vehicle. The fire started shortly before 2 a.m. at 46 Prado... (Continue reading)