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Grover Beach police arrest driver for two DUIs in span of a week

Written on 27 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police arrested a driver for DUI Monday evening, marking the second time in the span of one week that officers in the South County city arrested the suspect for allegedly driving intoxicated. At about 9... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man sentenced to 26 years in prison for robbery

Written on 27 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 32-year-old Santa Maria man was sentenced to 26 years in prison this week for firing a gun during a residential robbery in Goleta in 2023. A jury convicted Edgar Bribiescapuga in May of firing a weapon... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County woman facing nine election fraud charges

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

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County woman is facing nine election fraud charges related to the 2022 and 2024 elections. Prosecutors filed charges of voter registration fraud, filing a false declaration of candidacy, fraudulent voting, failure to file campaign... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man sentenced to seven years for deadly hit-and-run

Written on 26 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 31-year-old Atascadero man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for a hit-and-run crash that killed an 11-year-old boy in March. Zachary Bernal pleaded to charges of vehicular manslaughter, narcotics possession, and hit-and-run resulting... (Continue reading)

Trump administration tells California to ban transgender athletes

Written on 25 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

By KAREN VELIE The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that the California Department of Education and the state’s high school sports federation have violated civil rights law by allowing transgender students to compete on girls sports teams. Federal laws require... (Continue reading)

Rare corpse flower blooming at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Written on 25 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Literary Corner | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is inviting the public to view a rare corpse flower bloom this week at the campus Plant Conservatory. The corpse flower is known for its impressive size and stench, as well as... (Continue reading)

SLO police catch gas station clerk with meth during tobacco sting

Written on 24 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police arrested a gas station clerk who allegedly sold tobacco to a minor and was in possession of methamphetamine last week. On Friday, detectives conducted an operation in which a supervised person under the... (Continue reading)

Power outage impacting 1,279 PG&E customers in SLO County

Written on 23 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Power outages from Atascadero through rural Santa Margarita have left 1,279 PG&E customers without power on Monday morning. Shortly before 7 p.m., 245 customers in San Luis Obispo County lost power in southeast Atascadero near Heilmann Park.... (Continue reading)

UCLA Health opening cancer care facility in Atascadero

Written on 23 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE UCLA Health is opening a cancer care facility in Atascadero in July to treat all types of cancer through multiple therapies. “We offer world-class care to our patients, as well as support for their loved ones, powered... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County unemployment rate continues dropping

Written on 22 Jun, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Hiring in the hospitality industry in May helped drop San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly a year, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. SLO County’s jobless rate was 3.6% in... (Continue reading)