Daily Briefs


Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new plan permits beauty shops to reopen

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a more gradual color coded reopening plan on Friday that allows beauty shops and barber shop to open indoors with modifications. The state assigns every county a color, based on its rate of new cases and... (Continue reading)

Dan Dow and law enforcement supporters rally in SLO

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A couple hundred supporters of SLO County District Attorney Dan Dow and local law enforcement rallied Thursday evening outside the San Luis Obispo courthouse and along Monterey Street. Demonstrators arrived with United States flags, pro-police flag and... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly again reduces occupancy on campus

Students will not share rooms this year at Cal Poly residence halls and apartments, according to a recent announcement. This modification reduces the maximum number of students in campus housing to 5,150, or about 60 percent capacity. On Aug. 19,... (Continue reading)

Police deem Atascadero man’s disappearance suspicious

Police are asking the public’s help finding a 38-year-old Atascadero man who was last seen by his family in April. Cory KelleyArmer’s family told police it’s uncharacteristic for him to not have any contact with his family for months, leading... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County deputies rescue homeless man

Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies managed to rescue a 56-year-old homeless man experiencing a drug overdose in Isla Vista on Saturday by administering the opioid-combating medication Naloxone. At about 2 p.m., a 911 caller reported a man was lying unresponsive... (Continue reading)

Bystanders pull drowning child out of Lake Nacimiento

Good Samaritans pulled a young boy out of Lake Nacimiento Tuesday afternoon and performed CPR on the child. [KSBY] Shortly after 3 p.m., the boy was swimming near the shore of Lake Nacimiento with his parents. Individuals from out of... (Continue reading)

Firefighters extinguish yet another blaze at the Ocean Dunes

For the fourth time in less than two weeks, a fire was reported burning at the Oceano Dunes. On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters extinguished the 10 foot by 10 foot blaze. On Aug. 13, the Dunes Fire scorched 11 acres. Ignited... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man charged with killing an elephant seal

A Santa Barbara County man was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a northern elephant seal on a beach near San Simeon. Northern elephant seals are a protected species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Jordan Gerbich, 30, of Santa Maria,... (Continue reading)

Detectives identify Nipomo shooter

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died during a gunfight with law enforcement as 42-year-old Scott Huffman of Bakersfield. Shortly after 11 a.m. on Aug. 21, Huffman and a woman argueded in the Von’s parking... (Continue reading)

SLO County’s new coronavirus cases drop significantly

San Luis Obispo County reported an average of 25 daily new cases of coronavirus last week, down from an average of 44 a day a week earlier, and 50 the week before. During the past five days, SLO County reported... (Continue reading)