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Police searching for Santa Maria murder suspect

Written on 19 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A gunman shot and killed a man in Santa Maria on Friday. Witnesses heard multiple gun shots in the 800 block of W. Donovan Road at about 4:20 p.m. Police officers arrived at the scene and found... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County’s declining population

Written on 19 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County’s population declined over the last fiscal year, while statewide growth fell to a record low rate, as California is on the verge of a population decline. Between July 1, 2019 and July 1,... (Continue reading)

More than 4,000 Cal Poly students moving back to the campus

Written on 18 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Despite requests from Cal Poly faculty and staff to have students learn remotely until the current outbreak of coronavirus is under control, university administrators are moving approximately 4,500 students into campus housing during the first week of January. Since July... (Continue reading)

Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham seeks to remove Newsom’s emergency powers

Written on 18 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham introduced a bill on Thursday to limit Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ’s ability  to unilaterally enact or change laws or regulations 60 days after an emergency is declared under the California Emergency Services Act. If passed, Cunningham’s bill,... (Continue reading)

SLO County ICU availability drops, hospital leaders concerned

Written on 17 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

While the state reported the Southern California region is at 0% intensive care unit (ICU) availability on Thursday, San Luis Obispo County has approximately 40% ICU beds unused. The Southern California region includes medical facilities in Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles,... (Continue reading)

Marian Regional Medical Center frontline staff receives coronavirus vaccine

Written on 17 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An infectious disease specialist at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria was the first of many physicians, nurses, and frontline support staff on the Central Coast to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Chief Nursing Officer Candice Monge administered the vaccine... (Continue reading)

California woman receives unemployment in U.S. senator’s name

Written on 17 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Federal prosecutors charged three California women involved in two unemployment benefit fraud schemes that netted over $400,000. Two of the women were involved with inmate fraud while a third was a former Employment Development Department employee who impersonated a U.S.... (Continue reading)

California orders 5,000 body bags and refrigeration trucks on standby

Written on 16 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 36 comments

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the state had ordered 5,000 more body bags and placed dozens of refrigerated trucks on standby as the state set a record for daily deaths from the coronavirus. On Tuesday, 290 people in California died... (Continue reading)

New Solvang City Council reverses order, votes to abide by stay at home order

Written on 16 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A week after the outgoing Solvang City Council voted unanimously to sidestep California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order, a new council majority is backtracking on efforts to keep businesses operating in defiance of public health mandates. [KSBY] Last week, the... (Continue reading)

Six coronavirus deaths in one day in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 15 Dec, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo County reported Tuesday that six community members died overnight from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the county to 52. The surge in cases is linked to gatherings of friends and family during the... (Continue reading)