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Traffic change coming near Cholame “Y” amid Highway 46 East widening project

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid the Highway 46 East widening project, Caltrans next week will redirect traffic onto a segment of newly constructed lanes near the Cholame “Y.” The shift will begin on Tuesday and is anticipated to last until early... (Continue reading)

Appeals court upholds ban on homeless encampment sweeps

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a ban on homeless encampment sweeps. An injunction prohibiting San Francisco from clearing encampments without first offering the residents shelter will remain in place. In the fall of... (Continue reading)

PG&E raises rates in January

Written on 12 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

By KAREN VELIE When you open your PG&E bills in January, ready yourself for an unpleasant surprise. PG&E electric rates are slated to increase by $32 a month, for an medium use household. As part of the company’s plan to... (Continue reading)

CHP vehicle rams elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A CHP officer used a patrol vehicle early Thursday morning to ram the car of an elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County. [KSBY] Shortly after 2 a.m., 911 callers reported a wrong-way driver... (Continue reading)

Minor injuries in head-on crash in San Luis Obispo

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments
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By KAREN VELIE One driver suffered minor injuries in a head-on crash in San Luis Obispo near the airport on Thursday afternoon. Shortly before 5 p.m., two full-size pickup trucks, one dark grey and one white, collided on Buckley Road... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man arrested for attempted murder, assault with attempt to rape

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Central Coast man Wednesday on charges including attempted murder and assault with attempt to rape following an incident at a hotel in Goleta, over which officials have disclosed few details. ... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for backpack thieves

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers are asking the public for help with identifying two suspects who allegedly stole a backpack at McCarthy’s Irish Pub in Downtown SLO. The two men allegedly stole the backpack from a patron... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man guilty of drug and firearm related offenses

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County jury found a 35-year-old Atascadero man guilty of drug and firearm related offenses on Wednesday. John Allen Webb is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 2, according to the District Attorney’s Office.... (Continue reading)

Man gets 25 years to life for elderly Arroyo Grande woman’s murder

Written on 10 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a Fresno man on Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of an elderly woman whom he killed in her rural Arroyo Grande home. [KSBY] On Nov. 27, 2020, while... (Continue reading)

Surf, coastal flood and wind advisories as storms move towards SLO County

Written on 9 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Two storms are headed to San Luis Obispo County, one is slated to arrive on Tuesday night while the other moves in on Wednesday. The storms are are forecast to bring breaking waves of up to 17... (Continue reading)