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Santa Barbara County deputies catch teen with gun in school zone

Written on 9 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County deputies on Wednesday arrested a juvenile for possession of a firearm in a school zone. At about 12:30 p.m., Community Resource Deputy Dickey was visiting the Carpinteria High School campus when administrators reported a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for driver who abandoned car after crash

Written on 8 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are searching for a driver who crashed a car early Thursday morning and then abandoned it. Patrol officers found the vehicle by the intersection of Tank Farm and Santa Fe roads. Investigators suspect... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s poststorm rainfall totals, reservoir levels

Written on 8 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A series of storms brought heavy rains and a possible tornado to San Luis Obispo County during the past five days, significantly increasing reservoir levels. SLO County rainfall totals are also above average for this time of... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo needs to reevaluate its parking rates

Written on 8 Feb, 2024 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION by JOE BENSON San Luis Obispo has an opportunity to put the traditional archaic approach to parking in the rear view mirror and shift gears by adopting a new approach that will result in a more efficient, pleasant parking... (Continue reading)

Appellate court overturns $20.8 million award in dog attack case

Written on 8 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An appellate court overturned a decision by a San Luis Obispo County jury that awarded $20.8 million to the elderly woman injured and the family of a man killed in a 2016 Grover Beach dog attack.  On... (Continue reading)

Suspected tornado wreaks havoc in Grover Beach, photos

Written on 7 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A suspected tornado wreaked havoc in Grover Beach on Wednesday afternoon, with trees topple, power lines knocked down, and awnings and shingles torn from buildings. Before moving into Grover Beach, the storm ripped out a row of... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay, Cayucos, Los Osos under tornado warning

Written on 7 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Residents in Morro Bay, Cayucos and Los Osos are asked to take cover as severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado are headed to the area, according to the National Weather Service. “Take cover now! Move to... (Continue reading)

Lawyers attempt to stop closure of SLO County homeless parking site

Written on 7 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments
Homeless parking site

By KAREN VELIE Homeless Union of San Luis Obispo attorneys recently filed a restraining order in an attempt to block the closure of a safe parking site off Highway 1 near the sheriff’s department, where 21 people currently reside. Since... (Continue reading)

Shelter-in-place order issued at Arroyo Grande High School

Written on 7 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities placed Arroyo Grande High School under a shelter-in-place order Wednesday morning after police learned of an anonymous threat. [KSBY] The Arroyo Grande Police Department received the threat and then sent officers to the high school campus... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria principal accused of falsifying athletes’ transcripts

Written on 7 Feb, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE The official registrar for St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria has accused the principal of altering transcripts and ordering others to falsify high-performing athletes’ grades on official transcripts. Connie Plata, the school’s registrar, filed a blistering... (Continue reading)