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May, 2022

COVID cases and deaths on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County has reached a grim milestone, more than 500 residents have died from COVID. The county reported four additional deaths during the past week. COVID cases continue to gradually increase. The county reported a... (Continue reading)

It’s time to support safe routes to schools in Oceano

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Featured, Opinion | 8 comments

OPINION by CHARLES VARNI If you live in the Fourth District, please call or email San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Compton with the message that you want her to support the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) Oceano infrastructure... (Continue reading)

Did Paso Robles vineyard owner make illegal campaign donations?

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Swiss billionaire and owner of Halter Ranch Vineyard in rural Paso Robles, Hansjörg Wyss, is facing allegations he bankrolled Democratic causes with dark money and that he made illegal campaign contributions, which is the subject of a... (Continue reading)

Fire scorches Templeton home

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE An early morning fire scorched a single-family home in Templeton on Wednesday. At 5:34 a.m., a caller reported the blaze burning at a home on Sunnyside Way, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters from Cal Fire and the... (Continue reading)

ExxonMobil sues Santa Barbara County over oil transportation denial

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE ExxonMobil is suing the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors after it denied a request to restart offshore oil wells shut down in 2015 following an oil pipeline spill. Specifically, ExxonMobil asked the county board to approve... (Continue reading)

Sick pelicans showing up along California’s Central Coast

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Wildlife organizations report a large increase in the number of sick and dying brown pelicans along the coastlines of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties during the past three days. Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay cannabis shop to change owners amid corruption investigation

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE Marijuana mogul Helios Dayspring’s Natural Healing Center has agreed to sell three of its retail cannabis stores, including a pot shop in Morro Bay, to Glass House Brands for a combination of cash and stock equity. Dayspring... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies Nipomo teen killed in hit-and-run crash

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified the 19-year-old Nipomo man who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle on Los Berrros Road last Thursday as Joshua Thomas Edward McFarland. At about 11:20 p.m., McFarland... (Continue reading)

California judge deems gender quota for corporate boards unconstitutional

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second consecutive month, a judge has struck down a California law requiring diversity on corporate boards. SB 826, signed into law in 2018, required every publicly traded California company to have one female director on... (Continue reading)

Memo to Dawn Ortiz-Legg: Stop the Adam Hill style corruption

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION by JEANNETTE WATSON In a speech accepting the governor’s appointment, Dawn Ortiz-Legg said she wanted to carry on the legacy of disgraced former San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill. Then she began her campaign to name a park... (Continue reading)