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Power outages impact thousands of SLO County residents

Written on 12 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

By KAREN VELIE For the third time in five days, thousands of San Luis Obispo County residents lost power on Sunday. Shortly after 6 p.m., more than 3,000 PG&E customers lost power in Atascadero, Creston and San Luis Obispo. PG&E... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County pushed Dan DeVaul to sell Sunny Acres

Written on 12 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid its ongoing spat with SLO rancher Dan DeVaul, San Luis Obispo County reportedly pushed for the sale of DeVaul’s property to a Santa Margarita couple, a deal DeVaul has rejected. DeVauls’s 72-acre ranch lies on the... (Continue reading)

SLO teen killed in three-car crash near Cal Poly

Written on 11 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE A teen was killed and two others suffered minor injuries in a three-car crash near Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo on Saturday. Shortly before 7 a.m., the 17-year-old was driving a white Volvo eastbound on Highland... (Continue reading)

SLO County reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths

Written on 11 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County reported 10 new COVID-19 deaths on Friday, and a decline in new cases from a daily average of 133 to 116. Those who recently succumbed to the virus range in age from their... (Continue reading)

Bomb threat prompts evacuation of SLO High School

Written on 10 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo High School was evacuated early Friday afternoon after the SLO Police Department received a telephoned bomb threat. Shortly after 1 p.m., the caller told police a bomb would go off at the school in... (Continue reading)

Man assaults bank manager in Grover Beach over mask policy

Written on 10 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

BY JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police are searching for a man who allegedly used a racial slur against a manager at the Grover Beach Wells Fargo branch, then lied in wait and physically attacked the bank employee as he was... (Continue reading)

SLO police capture wanted man with guns and drugs

Written on 10 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police arrested a wanted Kern County man Wednesday night on a host of charges related to drugs and firearms. At about 11:15 p.m., Officer Peck stopped a car for a traffic violation near the... (Continue reading)

Power out for thousands in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 9 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE More than 2,600 north San Luis Obispo County residents are without electricity Thursday afternoon, with power not expected to be restored until late in the afternoon. As of noon, 623 customers are without power in Templeton, Atascadero,... (Continue reading)

Body found in pond identified as Arroyo Grande man

Written on 9 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Santa Barbra County Sheriff’s Office has identified the person found dead in a pond at Waller Park in the southern Santa Maria area as Shane Sejera, 60, of Arroyo Grande. Sejera’s body was found in the... (Continue reading)

Judge rules in favor of ‘In Your Own Backyard’ podcaster

Written on 9 Sep, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County judge ruled Wednesday that “Your Own Backyard” podcaster Chris Lambert won’t have to testify or provide records during the preliminary hearing for Paul and Ruben Flores. Flores’ defense attorney had subpoenaed Lambert,... (Continue reading)