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Arroyo Grande council limits non-agenda public comment to one minute

Written on 16 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Arroyo Grande City Council has decided to limit public comment on items that do not appear on meeting agendas to one minute. [New Times] During its meeting on Tuesday, the Arroyo Grande council discussed the possibility... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police arrest alleged copper downspouts thief

Written on 16 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers this week arrested a local man who allegedly stole about $20,000 of copper downspouts from the Irish Hills Shopping Center  last month. On July 10, at about 11:30 p.m., a suspect cut... (Continue reading)

Foundation awards grants to 20 Central Coast restaurants

Written on 15 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE While a large number of restaurants have closed during the past several years, 16 Central Coast restaurant owners were recently awarded grants to help fund their businesses. The California Restaurant Foundation  awarded $5,000 grants to eight independently... (Continue reading)

Judge denies request to withdraw plea deal in Pismo Beach assault case

Written on 15 Aug, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE A judge on Wednesday denied San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow’s request to withdraw a plea deal for a violent assault of a Pismo Beach police officer because the prior prosecutor assigned to the case... (Continue reading)

Panetta secures federal funding for the Paso Robles Airport

Written on 14 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta announced today that he helped secure new federal funding to modernize the Paso Robles Airport. The $530,610 federal grant, awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration’s airport improvement program, will support the completion of... (Continue reading)

Former San Luis Obispo County deputy guilty of abusing inmate

Written on 14 Aug, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A federal judge sentenced a former San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputy today to seven months in federal prison for abusing a county jail inmate by dragging the victim by her hair on the ground  from one... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman accused of pilfering fire victim’s donations

Written on 14 Aug, 2024 in Uncovered SLO | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Hours after a fire wreaked $2.4 million in damage at Paso Robles Auto Wrecking on the morning of June 29, a local woman opened a GoFundMe page tasked with helping the business owner, though the woman allegedly... (Continue reading)

Man kidnaps elderly woman, drives her to Paso Robles

Written on 14 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officers captured a suspect after he allegedly kidnapped an elderly woman from the Tachi Palace Casino Resort and took her to Paso Robles. On Monday morning, a caller reported the elderly woman was missing. Witnesses told Kings... (Continue reading)

Three morning fires in Paso Robles, arson suspected in at least one

Written on 13 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Three fires burned in Paso Robles Tuesday morning, two of which were near each other, and at least one of which is suspected by authorities to have resulted from arson. Shortly before 3 a.m., a caller reported... (Continue reading)

Support investigative reporting in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 13 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Our investigative reports, breaking news stories, and information on governments from San Luis Obispo County and throughout the Central Coast have changed our community. Our latest four-part set of articles on county corruption is our most read... (Continue reading)