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Undefeated San Luis Obispo MMA fighter to face toughest opponent

Written on 7 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Undefeated San Luis Obispo Mixed Martial Arts fighter Steven Sainsbury is competing in his fifth professional bout on May 17 at one of the premiere fighting events in the county – Fight Night III in San Jose.... (Continue reading)

Head-on collision on Highway 58 near Creston

Written on 7 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE A head-on collision on Highway 58 near Creston on Wednesday morning has stalled traffic in both directions, according to the CHP. Shortly before 7 a.m., a brown Dodge Ram pulling a trailer crashed head-on with a black... (Continue reading)

SLO police cite 35 during bicycle and pedestrian safety operation

Written on 7 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department issued 35 citations to drivers and bicyclists for a variety of violations during a bicycle and pedestrian safety operation on Monday. Police officers conducted the operation citywide from 7 a.m. to... (Continue reading)

Watch Cal Poly president address congress on antisemitism

Written on 7 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey Armstrong is scheduled to speak at a hearing before Congress today regarding antisemitism on campus. The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing starts at 7:15 a.m. PT.... (Continue reading)

California files lawsuit against Trump administration over wind energy

Written on 6 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump Administration’s alleged “unlawful attempt to freeze the development of offshore wind energy,” according to Bonta’s office. On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria, SLO ranked in top 10 most unaffordable home markets

Written on 6 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE While home ownership is a key part of the American dream, there is a dramatic gap between what the middle class can afford and actual home prices, according to GOBankingRates. The top 10 most unaffordable cities in... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman forged documents for immigrants, pleads guilty

Written on 5 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 54-year-old Nipomo woman pleaded guilty today to forging hundreds of fraudulent documents to help immigrants meet requirements for green cards or to adjust their immigration status and for using a deceased doctor’s credentials to acquire and... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly spent over $1 million on St. Patrick’s Day weekend

Written on 5 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly spent more than $1 million on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, that’s on top of the $112,000 the City of San Luis Obispo spent on public safety, according to the Mustang Daily. Following years of vandalism,... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach’s squirrel population is eroding the bluffs

Written on 4 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE An exploding squirrel population is leading to rapid bluff erosion and damaging parks in Pismo Beach, leading the City Council to discuss options such as poison, birth control, small gas chambers and shooting the rodents. Two years... (Continue reading)

Goats and sheep return to Paso Robles, fire protection

Written on 4 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE For the fifth year in a row, Paso Robles is welcoming hundreds goats and sheep to create firebreaks and reduce fuel loads along the Salinas River. In 2021, 2022. 2023 and 2024, the city noted a significant... (Continue reading)