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Paso Robles celebrates groundbreaking for low-income senior housing

Written on 19 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Locals and public officials gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for Paso Robles’ latest low-income senior housing project on July 18. The development, located near the Walmart shopping center on Niblick Road, is slated to open in 2024.... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo pauses natural gas ban, again

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 25 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo City Council voted in April to suspend its natural gas ban for new construction after three federal appellate court judges ruled an identical ban in Berkeley was not legal. However, the city continued... (Continue reading)

Shandon murder suspect’s victims identified

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims of a stabbing in Shandon on Monday evening as 44-year-old Kelly Jean Buchanan and 52-year-old William Louis Buchanan, the assailant’s stepmother and father. At 9:23 p.m., William... (Continue reading)

District attorney finds fatal Santa Maria police shooting justified

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has ruled a Santa Maria police officer was justified in using deadly force when, at the end of a long standoff last year, he shot and killed a man armed... (Continue reading)

Officials investigating death of woman at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 18 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Monterey County park rangers and San Luis Obispo County coroner’s personnel are investigating the death of a woman who fell off a tube at Lake Nacimiento earlier this month. [KSBY] On July 9, Luz Maria Ruiz, 57,... (Continue reading)

SLO Planning Commission endorses revival of world’s first motel

Written on 17 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission last week approved the design of a revival of the world’s first motel, located on Monterey Street near Highway 101. [KSBY] Motel Inn, originally known as the Milestone Mo-Tel, was built... (Continue reading)

Shandon stabbing suspect arrested, identified as relative of victims

Written on 17 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the suspect in a stabbing that occurred in Shandon Sunday evening, which left a woman dead and her husband injured.  The victims are relatives of the suspect, 31-year-old Justin... (Continue reading)

One person killed another injured in stabbing in Shandon

Written on 17 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE One person died and another was injured during an altercation in Shandon on Sunday evening. At 9:23 p.m., a caller reported a stabbing in Shandon in the 2nd Street area. Emergency crews arrived to find one person... (Continue reading)

Jury awards falsely accused officers $13 million

Written on 16 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A jury awarded $13.1 million on Wednesday to two Los Angeles police officers who were falsely accused of drawing a Hitler-style mustache on an arrestee. [LA Times] In 2017, four officers responded to a drunk driving collision... (Continue reading)

Vehicle suspected of starting fire on Highway 101 in Atascadero

Written on 15 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By RICHARD BASTAIN Investigators believe a vehicle, possibly dragging a chain, sparked a fire near the San Anselmo Road overpass on Saturday afternoon. Crews from the Atascadero Fire Department and Cal Fire battled the grass fire, which was stopped at... (Continue reading)