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Restaurant employee allegedly stabs, kills bartender in Pismo Beach

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE Correction: The original time and date provided were inaccurate and have been corrected. An employee at Giuseppe’s in Pismo Beach allegedly killed the restaurant’s bartender on Wednesday. Shortly after 9 p.m., an employee named Andrew allegedly stabbed... (Continue reading)

Detectives recover nearly $5,000 Los Osos residents lost in crypto scam

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

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives have recovered nearly $5,000 out of approximately $17,000 that a cryptocurrency scammer stole from victims in Los Osos two years ago. On Sept. 12, 2022, the victims informed the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Two injured in two vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Cambria

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

By KAREN VELIE Two vans crashed on Highway 1 south of Cambria resulting in at least two people requiring transport to local hospitals, according to the CHP. Shortly after 1 p.m., two white vans crashed at the intersection of Highway... (Continue reading)

Officers identify pedestrian killed on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo

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

By KAREN VELIE CHP officers identified the man hit and killed while walking on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on Sept. 1 as 26-year-old Cesar Salinas-Ruiz of Oxnard. Salinas-Ruiz was walking in a northbound lane at the Madonna Road... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police seeking public’s help regarding crash

Written on 13 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public’s help as it investigates a crash that left two children with major injuries on Sept. 7. Shortly after 6 p.m., a caller reported the two-car collision at... (Continue reading)

Valley fever cases on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE In the first seven months of 2024, there were 188 confirmed cases of Valley Fever in San Luis Obispo County, as cases of the virus soar in multiple counties. During the same period in 2023, there were... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman killed in Highway 58 crash near Santa Margarita

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 21-year-old Nipomo woman killed in a crash on Highway 58 near Santa Margarita early Thursday morning.  Shortly before 1 a.m., a 1997 Ford F-150 crashed on Highway 58 east of Highway 229. The F-150 overturned, and... (Continue reading)

Teen from Arroyo Grande dies after jet ski collision

Written on 12 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 19-year-old man from Arroyo Grande died following a jet ski collision in Northern California last weekend. [KSBY] On Saturday, Dominic Marshall Lencioni was involved in a jet ski crash, after which he was taken to Mercy... (Continue reading)

One reporter’s plea for good journalism

Written on 11 Sep, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 6 comments

Clarification: Modifications were made in the paragraph that mentions Tribune reporters. OPINION by DANIEL BLACKBURN Writing of this commentary commenced with two expectations: First, Karen Velie won’t want to publish this, and second, she will allow it, because she’s receptive... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo manager bent over backwards for Adam Hill

Written on 11 Sep, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series regarding former San Luis Obispo City Manager Derek Johnson and his role in the pay-to-play schemes of former SLO County Supervisor Adam Hill. CalCoastNews is referring to developer Ryan Petetit,... (Continue reading)