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California sea otter snatching surfboards, evading capture

Written on 20 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An aggressive, surfboard-snatching sea otter swimming off the coast of Santa Cruz is posing problems for California officials, while avoiding captivity and simultaneously capturing the national spotlight. [Surfer] Over the past few weeks, the otter dubbed “841”... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police searching for wallet thieves

Written on 20 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Grover Beach Police Department is asking the public for help identifying two men who allegedly stole a woman’s wallet inside of Vons on Thursday afternoon. Surveillance footage from the Grover Beach grocery store shows one man... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay’s historic theater for sale

Written on 19 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The iconic Bay Theatre is for sale with an asking price of $1.625 million. The Morro Bay landmark includes a 314 single-screen theater. Originally built by the Army Corp of Engineers in 1942, the theater has been... (Continue reading)

Shandon murder suspect has criminal record, mental health troubles

Written on 19 Jul, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Shandon man who stabbed to death his stepmother and wounded his father Monday evening has a criminal record related to domestic violence and a history of mental health struggles. [Tribune] On Monday evening, 31-year-old Justin Buchanan... (Continue reading)

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)