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Last day to drop off coats for kids

Written on 30 Jan, 2021 in Discovered, Featured | No comments

While the heavy rains were welcome in San Luis Obispo County, the rains deterred some people from dropping off coats for children in need. But there is still one day left to provide outerwear for area children. Protect SLO County,... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies seek your help in finding mail thief

Written on 30 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help identify a man suspected of stealing a check out of a mailbox last month and then cashing it. Sometime between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, a thief... (Continue reading)

Mail truck crashes into sinkhole in SLO

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A mailman drove a United States Postal Service truck into a sinkhole in San Luis Obispo on Thursday. The result of heavy rain, the sinkhole appeared at the dead-end on Olive Street just past the Homestead Motel,... (Continue reading)

More coronavirus vaccine sites opening in SLO County

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department plans to administer more than 6,000 vaccines to people 75 and above next week, which will total more than 18,000 vaccine doses administered by the county. Pharmacies and hospitals are also vaccinating... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students exposed after 41 false positive COVID-19 tests

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A total of 41 Cal Poly students recently received false positive coronavirus test results, university officials said in a message to the campus community on Wednesday. Of those, 13 students were then exposed to the virus during... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles firefighters rescue woman from the Salinas River

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Emergency personnel rescued a woman who was stranded on an island in the Salinas River in Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon. Even though crews attempted to get people camping along the riverbank to leave before the storm,... (Continue reading)

Storm washes away chunk of Highway 1 north of SLO County

Written on 28 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A portion of Highway 1 about 30 miles north of San Luis Obispo County slid away during heavy rains on Thursday. Because of the storm, Highway 1 was already closed near the border of SLO and Monterey counties when the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County outages, flooding and road closures

Written on 28 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Numerous San Luis Obispo County residents remain without power, and several roads are flooded Thursday morning as a storm continues to soak the Central Coast. As of 9 a.m., there are power outages impacting areas across the... (Continue reading)

Judge awards SLO attorneys $151,238 for public interest work

Written on 28 Jan, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett awarded the two lawyers who successfully sued the California Bureau of Cannabis Control to force them to comply with Proposition 64’s billboard ban $151,238 for costs and legal... (Continue reading)

Thousands of SLO County residents lose power amid storm

Written on 27 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

More than 10,000 San Luis Obispo County residents are without power Wednesday night as a strong storm continues to sweep through the Central Coast. The largest blackouts have been in the North County with large outages in Atascadero, Cambria, Creston... (Continue reading)