By KAREN VELIE Update: The 9-1-1 lines were restored on Wednesday morning. Parts of San Luis Obispo County were hit with 9-1-1 outages on Tuesday afternoon impacting both landline and cellular service. Areas in SLO County impacted include San Miguel,... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Update: The 9-1-1 system was restored in Santa Barbara County on Wednesday morning. The Santa Maria area of northern Santa Barbara County is currently experiencing a 9-1-1 outage. “We are currently experiencing a 9-1-1 outage affecting our... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE During a Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, members of the community and public officials discussed ICE raids, ongoing misinformation campaigns and if the sheriff should step in during federal enforcement actions. Supervisor Bob... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A disgraced former San Luis Obispo County restaurateur is now facing allegations he exploited undocumented immigrants to financially benefit himself. While Robert Clouston owned two restaurants in Paso Robles – Estrella and Robert’s Restaurant – and Robert’s... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County sheriff deputies located a missing 16-year-old girl on Monday who they returned to her home in Nipomo, according to a press release. Navada Austin was reported missing on July 10. It was suspected... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A man spotted huffing nitrous oxide in a car parked in a city garage in San Luis Obispo on Sunday is facing charges of DUI and resisting arrest. On Sunday afternoon, a parking enforcement officer spotted a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE The Atascadero City Council is slated to vote on Tuesday on annexing the Dove Creek mixed-use project into the city’s Community Facilities District in order to authorize the levy of special taxes, according to its July 22... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Pump prices continue to fall matching prices from four years ago. The average price for a gallon of gas in San Luis Obispo County dropped two cents to $4.88 a gallon last week, according to figures from... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles police officers seized 90 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and four pounds of suspected cocaine, with a street value of approximately $240,000, during a traffic stop on Friday. Shortly before 4 p.m., officers pulled over a... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE After half a year of falling unemployment, numbers skyrocketed in San Luis Obispo County in June with the number of unemployed workers jumping 32.7%, from 4,900 in May, 2025 to 6,500 in June, 2025, the state Employment... (Continue reading)