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New book exposes SLO County corruption

Written on 15 Jun, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 33 comments

By KAREN VELIE Former Grover Beach Mayor Debbie Peterson’s expose detailing the deeply-entrenched cesspool of corruption in San Luis Obispo County is finally public. The book, “The Happiest Corruption: Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town,” details the... (Continue reading)

Gunman fires shots at San Luis Obispo apartment complex, arrested

Written on 15 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman is in jail after he fired shots at a San Luis Obispo apartment complex on Tuesday night. Shortly before 11 p.m., a caller reported shots being fired from the parking lot of the Vintage at... (Continue reading)

Veteran TV, radio journalist King Harris dead at 75

Written on 15 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

BY KAREN VELIE Central Coast broadcaster and journalist King Harris died at his Arroyo Grande home on Tuesday night. He was 75 years old. Harris collapsed unexpectedly and paramedics were unable to revive him. Harris left a Monterey TV station... (Continue reading)

DUI driver crashes into fire hydrant in SLO, attempts to flee

Written on 15 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into a fire hydrant in San Luis Obispo Tuesday night and drove off, prior to being caught. The driver hit a fire hydrant near the intersection of Ella Street and Johnson Avenue... (Continue reading)

A harrowing dog attack in Cayucos

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Discovered, Featured | 12 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)

SLO County continues counting ballots, about 40% not counted

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder’s Office tallied 8,044 ballots on Tuesday, which did not change the leaders in any local races. With about 40% of ballots uncounted, it is still too early to call most San... (Continue reading)

Woman stabs stranger in the back in Santa Barbara

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A 33-year-old woman is in jail after she allegedly stabbed a stranger in the back in Santa Barbara on Monday evening. Shortly after 5 p.m., the woman spotted a man walking near the intersection of West Micheltorena... (Continue reading)

SLO officers accuse serial arsonist of setting fire to homeless encampment

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a serial arsonist for allegedly starting the fire that burned a homeless camp behind the Elks Lodge on Monday. During late afternoon, officers on patrol saw smoke coming from the creek... (Continue reading)

Jury selection underway in Paul Flores’ murder trial

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE More than 26 years after Kristin Smart disappeared from the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus, attorneys are selecting jurors in the murder trial of Paul Flores. Smart, a native of Stockton, was nearing the end of... (Continue reading)

Fire burns homeless encampment in San Luis Obispo

Written on 14 Jun, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A fire burned at a homeless camp near the San Luis Obispo Elks Lodge on Monday, with flames coming close to motorhomes and trailers. A caller reported the blaze shortly before 5 p.m. at a homeless camp... (Continue reading)