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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)

Slapping hats with Raider Hall of Famer Ted Hendricks

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Discovered, Featured | 2 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)

Judge sentences five Santa Maria gang members to life in prison

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Five Santa Maria MS-13 gang members each received life sentences without parole on Monday for a series of murders and other crimes they committed in Northern Santa Barbara County. Amid a string of gang violence, murders in... (Continue reading)

Lunar eclipse creates spectacular blood moon

Written on 16 May, 2022 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

The full moon glistened red on Sunday evening and early Monday morning in what is know as a blood moon. During a total lunar eclipse; the Sun, Moon and Earth lie in a straight line which casts a shadow on... (Continue reading)

Judge rejects another attempt to dismiss lawsuit alleging bias in Atascadero

Written on 16 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE After losing a motion to dismiss a case against Atascadero and two City Council members for alleged bias and prejudice, the city filed a motion to strike most of the allegations, which led the judge again to... (Continue reading)