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Oceano plans to raise water rates on residents

Written on 9 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Oceano officials are proposing a 37 percent water rate increase over three years to pay for infrastructure repairs, employee costs and to achieve minimum financial reserves. The Oceano Community Services District staff wants three months of expenses in reserves. In... (Continue reading)

Coronavirus hospitalizations dive, some schools plan to reopen

Written on 8 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in San Luis Obispo County has fallen to levels not seen since April. There are currently two infected people in the hospital, down from 22 in August. After two weeks in the... (Continue reading)

Suicide by cop attempt in Cambria fails

Written on 8 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A reportedly suicidal Cambria man who was wearing a shirt with the handwritten words “COP KILLER” on it and who had access to weapons engaged in a standoff with San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles officers awarded medals of valor

Written on 7 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles Police Chief Ty Lewis on Tuesday presented three employees with medals of valor for their actions during an active shooting event in June that left two people dead and four suffering from gunshot wounds. Dispatcher... (Continue reading)

Oceano gang murder linked to beef about the victim’s daughter

Written on 7 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By CCN STAFF A longstanding beef, in part over a runaway relative, may have been the motive for three Oceano gang members to shoot and kill a 41-year-old man last year, court testimony suggests. [Tribune] Shortly after 12 p.m. on... (Continue reading)

Congressman Salud Carbajal tests positive for coronavirus

Written on 7 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Democratic Congressman Salud Carbajal tested positive on Tuesday for coronavirus, days after possibly coming into contact with Republican Sen. Mike Lee, who contracted the virus around the same time President Donald Trump did. Carbajal, who represents all... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo woman arrested for felony hit and run

Written on 7 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

BY CCN STAFF CHP officers arrested a 49-year-old San Luis Obispo woman on Tuesday who allegedly crashed into a bicyclist in Los Osos and then fled the scene. Shortly before 11 a.m., Erin Aversano drove into the bicycle lane and... (Continue reading)

SLO County football players return to practice without footballs

Written on 6 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

San Luis Obispo County high school athletes on Monday returned to practice for the first time since coronavirus measures took effect in March. They did so without using any balls. [KSBY] In addition to not being allowed to use balls... (Continue reading)

Young boy drowns at Lake Nacimiento

Written on 5 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Update: The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office identified the drowning victim is 14-year-old Jonathan Barrueta of Santa Maria. A boy drowned at Lake Nacimiento Sunday afternoon. Relatives have identified him as Jonathan Barrueta. Shortly before 2 p.m.,... (Continue reading)

Carbajal quarantined after coronavirus exposure

Written on 5 Oct, 2020 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Democratic Congressman Salud Carbajal started a 14-day quarantine in Washington D.C. after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. “No one is immune to contracting coronavirus and Congress is certainly no exception,” Carbajal said in a... (Continue reading)