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Overturned semi-truck slows traffic on Highway 101 near Nipomo

Written on 20 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A semi-truck loaded with produce overturned on northbound Highway 101 near Nipomo slowing traffic in Santa Maria on Friday morning, according to the CHP. Victor Gonzalez was headed northbound near Highway 166 when he drove off the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo business owner sentenced to prison

Written on 20 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo auto repair shop owner, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to a federal charge of failing to pay almost half a million to the Internal Revenue Service, was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday.... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach City Council increases water restrictions

Written on 19 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Pismo Beach City Council on Tuesday tightened the city’s water restrictions that had already been adopted to combat drought conditions. Last year, the city of Pismo Beach prohibited outdoor irrigation between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies nab felon with large amount of fentanyl

Written on 19 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies caught a wanted felon with a large amount of fentanyl last month after a woman and the felon attempted to flee officers in Nipomo. At about 10:30 p.m. on April 22,... (Continue reading)

SLO County supervisors dump plans to become a charter county

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

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to indefinitely postpone plans to move from a general law county governed by the California Government Code to a charter county with one unique law, a mandate... (Continue reading)

COVID cases and deaths on the rise in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County has reached a grim milestone, more than 500 residents have died from COVID. The county reported four additional deaths during the past week. COVID cases continue to gradually increase. The county reported a... (Continue reading)

Fire scorches Templeton home

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

By KAREN VELIE An early morning fire scorched a single-family home in Templeton on Wednesday. At 5:34 a.m., a caller reported the blaze burning at a home on Sunnyside Way, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters from Cal Fire and the... (Continue reading)

ExxonMobil sues Santa Barbara County over oil transportation denial

Written on 18 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE ExxonMobil is suing the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors after it denied a request to restart offshore oil wells shut down in 2015 following an oil pipeline spill. Specifically, ExxonMobil asked the county board to approve... (Continue reading)

Sick pelicans showing up along California’s Central Coast

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

By KAREN VELIE Wildlife organizations report a large increase in the number of sick and dying brown pelicans along the coastlines of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties during the past three days. Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies Nipomo teen killed in hit-and-run crash

Written on 17 May, 2022 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified the 19-year-old Nipomo man who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bicycle on Los Berrros Road last Thursday as Joshua Thomas Edward McFarland. At about 11:20 p.m., McFarland... (Continue reading)