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Former San Luis Obispo mayor Dave Romero dead at 93

Written on 19 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Former San Luis Obispo mayor Dave Romero, who served as a public official with the city of SLO for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 93. Beginning in 1956, Romero served as San... (Continue reading)

Oceano officials take another run at implementing a fire service tax

Written on 19 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Two years after narrowly failing, an Oceano fire tax measure will be back on the ballot in the upcoming primary election. In 2020, the Oceano Community Services District attempted to implement a $180 annual flat-rate special fire... (Continue reading)

Woman killed fleeing officers in Nipomo, involved in previous chase

Written on 19 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Highway Patrol officers identified the 28-year-old woman who was killed Thursday morning while fleeing officers near Nipomo as Jessica Moreno. This was not the Santa Maria woman’s first high-speed chase. In 2017, a resident caught Moreno... (Continue reading)

Bomb threat leads to evacuation at high school in San Luis Obispo

Written on 18 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A person in Canada on Friday falsely reported a bomb had been placed on the campus of Pacific Beach High School on Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo, according to city officials. The individual called... (Continue reading)

Assailant stabs man 7 times in Paso Robles

Written on 18 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE An assailant stabbed a 32-year-old man seven times near the Salinas riverbed in Paso Robles on Thursday evening. A Walmart employee walked outside the Niblick Road store shortly after 10 p.m. to find Christopher Thatcher in the... (Continue reading)

Scott Smith to continue as Coast Union School District superintendent

Written on 18 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE After announcing plans to retire from his Cayucos Elementary School superintendent position, Scott Smith procured a two-year contract with Coast Unified School District in Cambria. During the past four years, Smith has worn multiple hats. Prior to... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man convicted of possessing large cache of child porn

Written on 18 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury on Monday found a 53-year-old Nipomo man guilty of possession of at least 600 images of child pornography,with at least 10 of those images depicting children under the age of 12.... (Continue reading)

Woman fleeing officers killed in crash near Nipomo

Written on 17 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 28-year-old woman was killed Thursday morning in a crash near Nipomo as she fled law enforcement officers, according to the CHP. Shortly before 9 a.m., Guadalupe police officers were pursuing a Santa Maria woman driving a... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man guilty of threatening to torch a bartender in Los Osos

Written on 17 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE After a week-long trial, a San Luis Obispo County jury found a 59-year-old Atascadero man guilty of threatening to light a bartender on fire at the Sweet Springs Saloon in Los Osos. On Dec. 16, 2021, Kellen... (Continue reading)

Allegations of sexual harassment, Brown Act violations in Ventura County

Written on 17 Mar, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Amid allegations of sexual harassment, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors placed Executive Officer Mike Powers on leave last week, though the board allegedly failed to properly report the action leading to Brown Act violation complaints. An... (Continue reading)