Home  »  Archives

2023

Another person struck and killed by train in Santa Barbara area

Written on 12 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time this week, an Amtrak train struck and killed a pedestrian in the Santa Barbara area.  At about 9:50 a.m. Saturday, a train struck and killed a woman who was on northbound railroad tracks... (Continue reading)

Former Cal Poly ROTC chair facing up to 15 years in prison

Written on 11 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE An Army Lt. Colonel who served as the chair of Cal Poly’s ROTC program is scheduled for a court martial trial early next year after his hidden camera was discovered in a dressing room in a Pismo... (Continue reading)

Atascadero City Council considers changes to hotel, motel industry

Written on 11 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero City Council will consider changing regulations regarding kitchens in hotels and motels in an attempt to support current trends, according to the Nov. 14 agenda. Currently, in order to be considered a hotel or motel... (Continue reading)

California schools to teach students to spot fake news

Written on 11 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN California schools will next year begin teaching students media literacy in an attempt to combat the spread of misinformation. Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 873. The law requires that, starting Jan.... (Continue reading)

Where is former San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon?

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

By KAREN VELIE Former San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon is looking for a new job, this time hoping to work as a campaign consultant, community organizer, communications specialist or strategic planning specialist. Harmon, who worked with preschool children before... (Continue reading)

Firefighters battling blaze on the Cuesta Grade

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A brush fire has burned about seven acres off Highway 101 along the Cuesta Grade south of Santa Margarita. Shortly after 3 p.m., callers reported four or five small fires burning along the northbound lanes of highway... (Continue reading)

Driver arrested for DUI after flipping car in San Luis Obispo

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE CHP officers arrested a driver for DUI on Friday morning after he flipped his car while taking a Highway 101 off-ramp in San Luis Obispo. Shortly after 8 a.m., the driver allegedly tried to take the Broad... (Continue reading)

SLO gym owner facing new charges for filming partially dressed women

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE After the San Luis Obispo Police Department recovered previously deleted videos of women changing in the bathroom of CCC Fitness, the SLO County District Attorney’s Office filed new charges against the gym’s owner. Prosecutors added two charges... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies driver who escaped after high-speed chase in northern SLO County

Written on 10 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Highway Patrol has identified Troy Deion Jones Webb as the man for whom authorities have been searching since a high-speed chase in northern San Luis Obispo County on Tuesday night. Shortly before 11 p.m., an... (Continue reading)

SLO man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting two children

Written on 9 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 42-year-old San Luis Obispo man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two children under the age of 14. Juan Adriel CambrayMiranda sexually assaulted the minors between April 2016 and May 2018. He faces 80 years to... (Continue reading)