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Cal Poly requiring students get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots

Written on 23 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo announced Wednesday that it will require students, faculty and staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot by Jan. 20, or six months after they have received the final dose of... (Continue reading)

Grand jury rejects claims of mismanagement at Hancock College

Written on 22 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury recently released a report rejecting allegations of widespread mismanagement at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. Earlier this year, the grand jury received a detailed complaint about the governance of Hancock... (Continue reading)

Orphaned sea otter rescued off of Pismo Beach

Written on 22 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A baby sea otter was rescued off the coast of Pismo Beach and is now living in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. [Long Beach Post] The 14-week-old orphaned otter arrived at the Long Beach... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles hires new police chief

Written on 21 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE The City of Paso Robles announced Tuesday the appointment of Damian Nord as police chief. Nord is in the process of relocating from Bakersfield to Paso Robles. “I am honored to be joining the City of Paso... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s COVID-19 case rates rising, one new death

Written on 21 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE After months of COVID-19 daily rates in the 30s, San Luis Obispo County’s average new case rate increased to 45, the largest new infection rate since October. SLO County reported one new coronavirus death on Tuesday. The... (Continue reading)

Fire displaces three people in San Luis Obispo

Written on 21 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An apartment fire displaced three San Luis Obispo residents on Monday. The blaze started at about 4 p.m. inside a first-floor unit at a complex located at 1245 Phillips Lane, according to the San Luis Obispo Fire... (Continue reading)

San Miguel man sentenced to 30 years in prison for molestation

Written on 21 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a San Miguel man on Monday to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing four children. Between Jan. 1995 and Oct. 2019, David Avis Vance, now 57, molested four children ranging in age from... (Continue reading)

Atascadero police searching for armed robber

Written on 20 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero Police Department is seeking the public’s help in finding a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint on Saturday. Shortly before 2 p.m., a woman was standing in her garage in the 9000 block of... (Continue reading)

Thieves lead police on chase from Los Osos to Atascadero

Written on 20 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Three suspects who were allegedly caught stealing a catalytic converter fled from the Los Osos area to Atascadero early Monday morning, leading police on a chase that ended with two of the alleged thieves evading capture. At... (Continue reading)

Alleged thieves caught breaking into bulldozers on Cuesta Ridge

Written on 20 Dec, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies caught a man and woman after they allegedly broke into the gas cap of at least one bulldozer on the Cuesta Ridge earlier this month. [Tribune] Early in the morning on... (Continue reading)