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Officers investigating second rape in a week at Cal Poly

Written on 11 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Police officers at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo are investigating a second reported rape within a week. Investigators do believe the rapes are connected. On Sunday evening, a victim reported they were raped in the Poly... (Continue reading)

Oil tanker crash near Orcutt sparks fire

Written on 11 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A crude oil tanker crashed east of Orcutt early Monday morning, sparking a fire in a eucalyptus grove. It is unclear if any oil spilled as a result of the crash. A truck and a small vehicle crashed... (Continue reading)

Templeton educational assistant pleads guilty to lewd acts with minors

Written on 11 Oct, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An Atascadero man who worked as a special education assistant for the Templeton Unified School District pleaded guilty last week to five charges of lewd acts upon a child. Timothy Patrick Prendeville worked as a teaching assistant... (Continue reading)

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)