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Battery storage facility in Nipomo nearly completed

Written on 26 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 100 megawatt battery storage facility is slated to open next month in Nipomo. Caballero Energy Storage plans to store energy in lithium-ion batteries. Initially proposed and owned by PG&E, Apha Omega Power recently acquired the facility... (Continue reading)

Continuation school in Cambria temporarily closes, only one student

Written on 25 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cambria’s continuation high school is temporarily closed after enrollment fell to just one student. Part of the Coast Unified School District, Leffingwell Continuation High School suspended operations, but is not permanently closed. The school’s only student plans... (Continue reading)

Vandenberg rocket lights up San Luis Obispo County skies

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 starlight satellites into orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday morning and lit up skies in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. One early morning driver questioned if... (Continue reading)

Man hit, killed by car near Santa Margarita following altercation

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Shortly before a vehicle hit and killed a 19-year-old man attempting to run across Highway 101 near Santa Margarita, the man was in an altercation in a passenger vehicle, according to the CHP. Not long after midnight... (Continue reading)

Addis’ battery storage legislation would halt Morro Bay project

Written on 24 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

  By KAREN VELIE In the aftermath of a raging fire at a battery storage facility in Moss Landing, Assemblywoman Dawn Addis introduced legislation that if passed will likely halt plans for a facility in Morro Bay. Along with Monterey... (Continue reading)

Neighbor appeals third retail pot shop in San Luis Obispo

Written on 23 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

By KAREN VELIE Even though the San Luis Obispo City Council voted in 2017 to approve three retail cannabis shops, there have been only two. In September, the Planning Commission voted to approve a third proposed pot shop, this one... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara News-Press relaunching as a nonprofit

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE After closing in June 2023, the Santa Barbara News-Press will begin publishing again, this time under as a nonprofit under the NEWSWELL umbrella. Previously known as the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California, the News-Press began publishing... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo man busted with over 700 child porn images

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police arrested a 30-year-old man on Jan. 16 who had downloaded more than 700 images of child pornography. Electronic service providers such as Facebook, Google and Reddit are required to monitor and report those... (Continue reading)

Body found in parked car at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo Campus

Written on 22 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A body was discovered in a parked car in a Cuesta College parking lot at the San Luis Obispo Campus on Tuesday morning. On the first day of the spring semester, a student spotted a person who... (Continue reading)

San Luis Coastal School District plans to keep transitional kindergarten

Written on 21 Jan, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Coastal Unified School District is no longer planning to cut transitional kindergarten classes at the end of this school year, superintendent Eric Prater said in a statement. Expecting to spend $5 million more than... (Continue reading)