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California to give $600 stimulus checks to low earners, immigrants

Written on 19 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal with legislators on a plan to issue $600 stimulus checks to low-income state residents, including illegal immigrants. [LA Times] The “Golden State Stimulus” is expected to be a one-time $600 payment to approximately... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar Unified School District plans to open schools

Written on 19 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Lucia Mar Unified School District has announced plans for students to return to campus for in-person instruction, with the first phase of the reopening scheduled for next week. Plans call for transitional kindergarten with students to... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman died from blunt force trauma, investigators say

Written on 18 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office determined a 68-year-old woman who was found dead in her Nipomo home last year died from blunt force trauma. On May 27, 2020, deputies responding to a 911 call at a home on... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police officers nab two murder suspects in Nevada

Written on 18 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Paso Robles police detectives arrested a 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman in Arizona on Thursday for allegedly being accessories in the murder of Trevon Perry. Police detectives and investigators with the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office traveled... (Continue reading)

Truck stolen in San Luis Obispo home invasion found in San Jose

Written on 18 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Authorities found the truck stolen during a home invasion in San Luis Obispo last weekend abandoned at a gas station in the San Jose area Wednesday morning. Law enforcement personnel are still searching for the suspect, 38-year-old... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo sets priorities for the next two years

Written on 17 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

San Luis Obispo City Counsel adopted goals and priorities on Tuesday as part of its 2021 to 2023 financial plan. The goals include fiscal sustainability, diversity, climate action and housing. San Luis Obispo’s goals include: “Economic recovery, resiliency and fiscal... (Continue reading)

SLO County increases vaccinations, COVID-19 cases continue to drop

Written on 17 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

San Luis Obispo County health officials are planning to administer 8,300 coronavirus doses next week: 5,100 second doses and 3,200 first doses. At 9 a.m. on Thursday, residents over 65 can book one of 3,200 appointments available at ReadySLO. First-dose... (Continue reading)

Video shows altercation between driver and protesters in SLO

Written on 17 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN The attorney representing a Black Lives Matter activist facing misdemeanor false imprisonment charges has released previously withheld drone footage of a car colliding with a protester on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo and another demonstrator... (Continue reading)

SLO County to remain in the coronavirus purple tier for now

Written on 16 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Hopes of indoor dining and hair care returning to San Luis Obispo County this week were crushed after the county’s healthy places index fell into the red tier. Last week, SLO County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein said that... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal preparing to reopen schools in March

Written on 16 Feb, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is preparing to possibly reopen all of its campuses by mid-March. The proposed plan calls for a phased-in return to on-campus instruction in which all students switch from remote learning... (Continue reading)