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Ambulance provider wins, Santa Barbara County loses latest legal battle

Written on 8 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County lost the latest legal battle over why it awarded its own fire department a contract. The recent ruling bars the county from taking over ambulance services, at least for now. For 50 years, American... (Continue reading)

Fire damages house in San Luis Obispo

Written on 7 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN Firefighters quickly extinguished a house fire in San Luis Obispo 0n Sunday morning. A caller reported the blaze shortly after 9 a.m. at a two-story home in the 1400 block of Oceanaire Drive. Firefighters extinguished the... (Continue reading)

Check out SLO County rainfall totals, reservoir levels

Written on 7 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County rainfall totals are well above average for this time of year with Paso Robles at 156% of normal. Local reservoir levels remain flat, though healthy. Climate scientists track rain from July 1 through... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police investigating multiple shots fired at residence

Written on 7 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paso Robles are investigating a shooting on Friday night in which multiple shots were fired at a residence on the north side of town. Shortly before midnight, a caller reporter hearing shots fired near the intersection of... (Continue reading)

Atascadero teen rescued after falling down embankment near Big Sur

Written on 6 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE An Atascadero teen is in the hospital after he fell nearly 250 feet while hiking on a trail near Big Sur on Thursday afternoon. At 4:30 p.m., the 19-year-old man was hiking with his girlfriend on the... (Continue reading)

Police deem Paso Robles High School bomb threat not credible

Written on 6 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police officers are investigating a juvenile who allegedly made a phony bomb threat on Snapchat that was directed at Paso Robles High School. On Thursday, Paso Robles High School students reported a Snapchat user made bomb threats... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police searching for missing teen

Written on 5 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers are asking the public for help with locating a missing teenage girl.  Investigators are not aware of any possible whereabouts of Yuliema Ambrocio Cruz, 14. Police ask that anyone who has information about... (Continue reading)

Halcyon Road scheduled to reopen next week following mudslide

Written on 5 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County plans to begin repairing Halcyon Road on Monday, with a proposed reopening planned for Friday, according to a press release. A mudslide closed Halcyon Road just north of Highway 1 in both directions... (Continue reading)

A Cayucos hero rescues people at sea

Written on 5 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Discovered, Featured | 6 comments

Editor’s Note: The following series, “Life in Radically Gentrifying Cayucos by the Sea,” to be posted biweekly includes the notes, thoughts, and opinions of an original American voice: author Dell Franklin.  Franklin’s memoir, “The ballplayer’s Son” is currently on Amazon.... (Continue reading)

Tourist killed by large waves in Pismo Beach

Written on 5 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE Large waves knocked a woman onto the rocks in Pismo Beach on Dec. 30. She died at the scene. Shortly before 9 a.m., 39-year-old Brindha Shunmuganathan of Georgia was walking with her children along the ocean access... (Continue reading)