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SLO County is cloud seeding to raise Lopez Lake water level

Written on 24 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County will spend an estimated $1 million over the next three years on a cloud seeding project intended to raise the water level of Lopez Lake. [KSBY] Cloud seeding is a type of weather... (Continue reading)

Date set for contentious Paso Robles school district election

Written on 24 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County has set April 14 for an election for an open seat on the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board, following a petition to remove an appointed trustee. Candidates for the open seat... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County pot grow in line to be largest in California

Written on 24 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Barbara County cannabis farm could become the largest contiguous outdoor cultivation site in California. [Pacific Coast Business Times] Farming First Holdings obtained permitting for a 134-acre outdoor cannabis farm located near Los Alamos. Previously, Glass... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles arrest two felons for outstanding warrants

Written on 24 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Following routine compliance checks on Thursday, Paso Robles officers arrested a man and a woman who had outstanding warrants, according to the city’s police department. Officers conducted compliance checks on 51-year-old Bill Benjamin Hernandez and 43-year-old Stephanie... (Continue reading)

Bicyclist hit and killed on Highway 101 north of Paso Robles

Written on 23 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE A truck hit and killed a bicyclist on Highway 101 north of Paso Robles on Thursday night. At 10:25 p.m., a caller reported a Dodge Ram headed northbound had crashed into a possible bicyclist on Highway 101... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County adding new street lights

Written on 22 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County is installing new streetlights and associated improvements in Templeton, Los Osos, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande, the Public Works Department announced Thursday. The following locations were prioritized to increase safety to the traveling... (Continue reading)

Judge places dangerous property in San Luis Obispo in receivership

Written on 22 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge placed a San Luis Obispo property located next to the Prado Road homeless shelter in a receivership earlier this month, ruling authorities must step in to clean up the criminality and dangerous conditions at the... (Continue reading)

Injured dirt biker rescued from Pozo Summit Trail

Written on 22 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A helicopter airlifted an injured dirt biker off of a trail near Santa Margarita on Wednesday afternoon. The dirt biker crashed while riding on the Pozo Summit Trail and could not ride back to the trailhead, according... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies pedestrian killed in crash on Highway 101

Written on 21 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The CHP identified the 62-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed while walking across Highway 101 in Paso Robles last week as Nicholas Schaefer of Paso Robles. Shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 16, Schafer was crossing... (Continue reading)

Illegal immigrants paid $15,000 for boat to Santa Barbara County

Written on 21 Dec, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A jury found two Mexican men guilty on Tuesday of drug and alien trafficking charges after law enforcement caught them on a panga boat containing 45 pounds of methamphetamine and 11 illegal immigrants from Mexico on a... (Continue reading)