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Morro Bay High School teacher accused of misusing funds

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The former auto shop teacher at Morro Bay High School allegedly sold vehicles repaired by students without depositing funds from the sales back into a school account. [Tribune] Additionally, ex-automotive technology teacher James Bueno used school club... (Continue reading)

SLO County now has three available vaccines, cases continue to drop

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

San Luis Obispo County announced today that it received its first allocation of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, which it will reallocate to several local pharmacies. The county’s three public COVID-19 vaccine clinics will continue to administer the... (Continue reading)

DUI driver sentenced to 15 years to life for fatal Nipomo crash

Written on 5 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Santa Maria man has received a sentence of 15 years to life in prison for causing a 2018 DUI crash in Nipomo that killed an 82-year-old woman. Edgar Saul Rojas Morales, 25, narrowly avoided a murder... (Continue reading)

California to restrict 40% of vaccine doses for disadvantaged areas

Written on 4 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to restrict 40% of all vaccine doses in the state for disadvantaged neighborhoods and to lower the requirement to move into the red-tier. State officials plan to distribute the restricted doses to... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police nab alleged graffiti vandals

Written on 4 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police have identified a pair of California Valley residents who allegedly spray painted graffiti containing cryptic messages on a bus and several locations in Paso Robles. The graffiti was reportedly discovered on Saturday. A few... (Continue reading)

Most SLO County students able to return to the classroom in March

Written on 3 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

With San Luis Obispo County now in the red tier, all but one local school district is permitting students to return to the classroom this month. Most of the districts are allowing parents to choose between a half-day hybrid model... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly in SLO plans for close to normal operations in the fall

Written on 3 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Administrators at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo aim to have most students return to campus and on-campus housing at nearly pre-pandemic capacity for the fall quarter of 2021. In a letter to the campus community, Cal... (Continue reading)

Former prep soccer star arrested for Arroyo Grande shooting

Written on 3 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Nearly five months after a gunman shot a person in the parking lot of an Arroyo Grande McDonald’s, police announced the arrest of the alleged shooter, who is a former local high school soccer star. At approximately... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande elementary school principal resigns suddenly

Written on 2 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The principal of Harloe Elementary School in Arroyo Grande resigned abruptly last week. And the Lucia Mar Unified School District is not disclosing the reason for Principal Peter Ponomaroff’s sudden departure. District officials notified Harloe Elementary parents... (Continue reading)

Restaurants in SLO County can now reopen inside dining

Written on 2 Mar, 2021 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County advanced today from the restrictive purple tier into the more lenient red tier, while neighboring Santa Barbara County remains in the purple tier. Even though the number of new coronavirus cases in both counties continues to... (Continue reading)