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Gov. Newson declares state of emergency in SLO and Monterey counties

Written on 30 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday declared a state of emergency for San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties because of destruction from the atmospheric river storm. During the storm, trees fell on homes, sinkholes developed and mud slides blocked roads. In... (Continue reading)

SLO County deputies seek your help in finding mail thief

Written on 30 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to help identify a man suspected of stealing a check out of a mailbox last month and then cashing it. Sometime between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, a thief... (Continue reading)

Mail truck crashes into sinkhole in SLO

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A mailman drove a United States Postal Service truck into a sinkhole in San Luis Obispo on Thursday. The result of heavy rain, the sinkhole appeared at the dead-end on Olive Street just past the Homestead Motel,... (Continue reading)

More coronavirus vaccine sites opening in SLO County

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department plans to administer more than 6,000 vaccines to people 75 and above next week, which will total more than 18,000 vaccine doses administered by the county. Pharmacies and hospitals are also vaccinating... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly students exposed after 41 false positive COVID-19 tests

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A total of 41 Cal Poly students recently received false positive coronavirus test results, university officials said in a message to the campus community on Wednesday. Of those, 13 students were then exposed to the virus during... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles firefighters rescue woman from the Salinas River

Written on 29 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Emergency personnel rescued a woman who was stranded on an island in the Salinas River in Paso Robles on Thursday afternoon. Even though crews attempted to get people camping along the riverbank to leave before the storm,... (Continue reading)

Storm washes away chunk of Highway 1 north of SLO County

Written on 28 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A portion of Highway 1 about 30 miles north of San Luis Obispo County slid away during heavy rains on Thursday. Because of the storm, Highway 1 was already closed near the border of SLO and Monterey counties when the... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County outages, flooding and road closures

Written on 28 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Numerous San Luis Obispo County residents remain without power, and several roads are flooded Thursday morning as a storm continues to soak the Central Coast. As of 9 a.m., there are power outages impacting areas across the... (Continue reading)

Thousands of SLO County residents lose power amid storm

Written on 27 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

More than 10,000 San Luis Obispo County residents are without power Wednesday night as a strong storm continues to sweep through the Central Coast. The largest blackouts have been in the North County with large outages in Atascadero, Cambria, Creston... (Continue reading)

The burnt body of a homeless man found in Paso Robles

Written on 27 Jan, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police found the burnt body of a homeless man at his campsite in the Salinas riverbed on Tuesday afternoon. Anthony Suarez had lived in a tent just behind JC Penny on the riverbank for years... (Continue reading)