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SLO County reports increase in hospitalizations as COVID-19 cases surge

Written on 11 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By CalCoastNews Staff San Luis Obispo County reported there were 26 people being treated for COVID-19 in area hospitals on Tuesday, the highest number since February. Of those, five are in intensive care. The number of new COVID-19 cases in... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man killed in Avila Beach DUI crash identified

Written on 11 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified Glenn Howard Owens as the 72-year-old Atascadero man killed by a person driving under the influence of drugs in rural Avila Beach on Friday. Shortly before 3 p.m., 31-year-old Patrick McDuffee of Nipomo... (Continue reading)

Who ignored SLO County corruption?

Written on 10 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Opinion | 32 comments

OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Who would have thought? Civic corruption in the happiest county in America? Well, dang. Let’s look first at Wade Horton, San Luis Obispo County administrator. Wade recently expressed surprise and feigned concern over recent revelations of... (Continue reading)

Former Carpinteria music teacher charged with sexual assault

Written on 10 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The former teacher at an elite boarding school in Carpinteria has been arrested in Colorado for sexual assaults on students at a private school in the Rocky Mountain state. He is also suspected of molesting students on... (Continue reading)

Spotlight on SLO County corruption: IWMA

Written on 9 Aug, 2021 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors asked staffers to create a plan to leave the controversial Integrated Waste Management Authority after the agency voted for a countywide ban on polystyrene (Styrofoam is a trademarked brand... (Continue reading)

Road rage in SLO leads to arrest of alleged drug dealer

Written on 9 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A teen is in jail after he allegedly pointed a gun at another driver during a road rage incident in San Luis Obispo last month. A search of the suspect’s home on Thursday netted guns and drugs.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles to start the school year without buses

Written on 9 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Because of a driver shortage, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District will not provide most students with buses in the upcoming year. [KSBY] Currently, the district can only provide buses for special needs children. There will... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara man rams truck into adversary in alleged murder attempt

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

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 51-year-old man allegedly attempted to kill an acquaintance by slamming his truck into the victim on Friday evening in Santa Barbara. Upon impact, the victim was thrown through glass windows of a laundromat, but he survived... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man arrested for murder after Avila Beach crash

Written on 8 Aug, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE CHP officers arrested a 31-year-old Nipomo man on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence on Friday afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., Patrick McDuffee was driving a pickup truck southbound on San Luis Bay Drive in... (Continue reading)

Murder charge against SLO woman dismissed again

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

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge for the second time in the case of a San Luis Obispo woman who shot her husband at point-blank range. On July 16, 2020, Skylar Marshall shot her 35-year-old... (Continue reading)