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Fights, mayhem in SLO after midnight on Saint Patrick’s Day, video

Written on 18 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE Locals and visitors celebrated in downtown San Luis Obispo on Saint Patrick’s Day, many wearing green while enjoying the city’s wide variety of restaurants and pubs. While festivities started a 6 a.m., with lines of people waiting... (Continue reading)

Man arrested after stabbing at Paso Robles business

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

By KAREN VELIE A 34-year-old Paso Robles man is in jail after he allegedly stabbed his domestic partner at Vineyard Kennels on Wednesday. Shortly after 9 p.m., a caller reported an accidental stabbing at the kennel located on the 300... (Continue reading)

Highway 41 in Atascadero remains closed, one more week

Written on 18 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Highway 41 remains closed in both directions from San Gabriel Road to Los Altos Road in Atascadero because of a landslide. Travelers can take Highway 46 or Highway 1 as alternate routes. Mud, trees and power lines... (Continue reading)

San Miguel woman guilty of hit and run, insurance fraud

Written on 17 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County Jury convicted a 46-year-old San Miguel woman on Thursday for felony hit and run causing injury, four felony counts of insurance fraud and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving. On March 23,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo doubling fines on Saint Patrick’s Day

Written on 17 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo Police Department is doubling fines for rowdy parties and alcohol offenses on the evening of Saint Patrick’s Day. The city’s safety enhancement zone begins tonight at midnight and extends until 7 a.m. on... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach residents arrested over drugs and guns

Written on 17 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a pair of Grover Beach residents on Thursday for firearms offenses and allegedly selling drugs out of a home near an elementary school.  The Sheriff’s Special Operations Unit served a... (Continue reading)

Crews search Santa Maria water basin for missing man

Written on 16 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By Josh Friedman Rescue crews are searching for a man who went missing after possibly entering a water catchment basin in Santa Maria Tuesday night. Shortly before 11 p.m., a 911 caller reported her acquaintance, 32-year-old David Navarro, could not... (Continue reading)

Central Coast reservoirs show remarkable recovery

Written on 16 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE After years of critically low-levels at reservoirs, water storage levels throughout the Central Coast have show remarkable recoveries. In Nov. 2022, most of California was in moderate to extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. As... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man arrested for burglarizing storage units

Written on 16 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers arrested a 28-year-old man on Tuesday who rented a storage unit before allegedly burglarizing other units at the facility. After several people reported their storage lockers at a facility on Union Road had... (Continue reading)

Mudslide, downed trees close Highway 41 in Atascadero

Written on 15 Mar, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Highway 41 remains closed in both directions from San Gabriel Road to Los Altos Road in Atascadero because of slide activity, downed trees and electric wires. The section of road closed during the atmospheric river storm on... (Continue reading)