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October, 2021

Central Coast cannabis business to sell for $56 million

Written on 11 Oct, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Following the battle for a limited number of retail cannabis permits in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties that included background checks, interviews and a variety of specific requirements, multiple winners sold their permitted businesses, the... (Continue reading)

Cayucos’ lone bank is closing

Written on 10 Oct, 2021 in Discovered, Featured | 7 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)

PG&E considering power safety shutoffs in SLO and Santa Barbara counties

Written on 10 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE PG&E announced it may shut off power for 224 customers in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on Monday morning because anticipated dry, windy conditions could lead to an increase risk of fires. The utility’s meteorologists... (Continue reading)

Officer shoots, kills man at front door of Lompoc home

Written on 10 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE An investigation is underway after police officers shot and killed a suspect in the doorway of a home in Lompoc on Saturday. Lompoc officers responded to a home on the 700 block of Cypress Avenue for a... (Continue reading)

Police catch Pismo Beach woman with $30,000 worth of meth

Written on 9 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Pismo Beach woman on Friday who was allegedly driving with more than $30,000 worth of illicit drugs. Shortly before 5 p.m., sheriff’s deputies conducted a traffic stop near the... (Continue reading)

SLO County COVID-19 case numbers continue to drop

Written on 8 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE The number of new COVID-19 cases dropped from a daily average of 60 on Tuesday to 50 on Friday. The number of SLO County residents in hospitals receiving treatment for the virus also continues to drop with... (Continue reading)

Prosecutors say jealousy led to Paso Robles man’s murder

Written on 8 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Shandon man allegedly stabbed to death a Paso Robles man at a 2019 party, in part, because of jealousy over a woman. [Tribune] The alleged murder was then followed by the killing of a witness to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo’s entwined cannabis permitting process unraveling

Written on 7 Oct, 2021 in Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE After years of servility and deference, the City of San Luis Obispo turned on marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring, terminating his application for his Natural Healing Center pot shop. City staff said, in a press release Wednesday, that... (Continue reading)

Man suffers serious injuries in Grover Beach stabbing

Written on 7 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One person is in the hospital and another is in jail after a homeless man allegedly stabbed another man in the neck Wednesday evening in Grover Beach. Shortly after 7 p.m., a caller reported a medical emergency... (Continue reading)

Seven car crash slows traffic on Highway 101 in Pismo Beach

Written on 7 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A total of seven vehicles collided on Highway 101 in Pismo Beach Thursday morning, causing traffic to back up in the Five Cities area. At about 7:20 a.m., callers first began reporting multiple vehicles colliding on northbound... (Continue reading)