Daily Briefs


California plans to ban diesel truck fleets

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced a plan to eventually force all diesel truck fleets off the roads in the Golden State. [SF Gate] CARB is proposing a package of regulations called Advance Clean Fleets,... (Continue reading)

Bezos charity awards $5 million to controversial SLO County nonprofit

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A charity created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has issued a $5 million grant to the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County (CAPSLO) for housing homeless families. Launched in 2018, the Bezos Day 1 Families... (Continue reading)

Deputies asking for help finding missing Arroyo Grande woman

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a 22-year-old woman who was last seen in Arroyo Grande. On Monday, Ysabel Moriarty Puig’s mother reported her missing. The last time... (Continue reading)

Paul Flores’ attorney attempts to delay sentencing for murder

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The attorney for Paul Flores, whom a jury convicted last month of the murder of Kristin Smart, has filed a motion seeking to delay his client’s sentencing. A hearing on attorney Robert Sanger’s motion will take place... (Continue reading)

Multiple fires damage home near Lake Nacimiento

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters battled two blazes at a two-story home near Lake Nacimiento, with the first fire discovered on Monday evening. Hours after firefighters extinguished the blaze, a second fire damaged the same house. Shortly after 5 p.m. on... (Continue reading)

Biden announces plans to give $1.1 billion grant to keep Diablo Canyon open

By KAREN VELIE The Biden administration announced on Monday it plans to give Pacific Gas & Electric a $1.1-billion grant to help the company keep operating Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plantin San Luis Obispo County. After 40 years in operation,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo offering free holiday parking in city structures

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo is offering free parking during the holiday season in the city’s three downtown parking structures in order to increase shopping and dining. Beginning on Thanksgiving Day through Dec. 27, the city will not charge... (Continue reading)

Person killed by gunshot wound found outside Atascadero police station

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An officer on Sunday evening found a person dead of a gunshot wound inside a vehicle outside the Atascadero Police Department, police said. The officer checked on a vehicle parked in the police department’s public parking lot... (Continue reading)

Four people injured in two-car crash in Santa Barbara County

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Four people suffered injuries, one of whom was airlifted to the hospital, in a two-car crash in Los Olivos Sunday evening. Shortly before 6:30 p.m., a caller reported a crash in the 3000 block of Foxen Canyon... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo closes trails, issues mountain lion advisory

By KAREN VELIE Amid multiple mountain lion sightings, the city of San Luis Obispo closed two open spaces, multiple trails and issued a wildlife advisory on Sunday. After receiving reports of mountain lion sightings in and around the Irish Hills... (Continue reading)